Intelligence
The term that associates all mental abilities as one, and states that intelligence can be purely measured on an intelligence test.
General Intelligence
I devised the first intelligence test in France.
Alfred Binet
The smallest distinctive sound unit.
Phoneme
A mental grouping of similar objects, events, ideas, or people.
Concept
A method for assessing an individual's mental aptitudes and comparing them with those of others.
Intelligence Test
The ability to perceive, understand, manage, and use emotions.
Emotional Intelligence
A basic intelligence predicts our abilities in varied academic areas.
Charles Spearman
The smallest unit that carries meaning.
Morpheme
A mental image or best example of a category.
Prototype
A test designed to assess what a person has learned.
Achievement Test
A measure of intelligence test performance developed by Binet.
Mental Age
Our abilities are best classified into eight or nine independent intelligences, which include a broad range of skills beyond traditional school smarts
Howard Gardner
The system of rules that enables us to communicate with and understand each other.
Grammar
A simple thinking strategy that often allows us to make judgements and solve problems efficiently.
Heuristic
A test designed to predict a person's future performance.
Aptitude Test
Name Sternberg's three intelligences.
Analytical, Creative, and Practical
Our intelligence may be broken down into seven distinct factors.
Thurstone
Beginning around 4 months old, the stage of speech development in which an infant spontaneously utters various sounds at first unrelated to the household language.
Babbling Stage
Estimating the likelihood of events in terms of how well they seem to represent, or match, particular prototypes.
Representative Heuristic
What is the IQ of a 12 year old with an mental age of 14?
117
A condition in which a person otherwise limited in mental ability, has an exceptional specific skill.
Savant Syndrome
I brought the intelligence test to the United States and renamed it adding the name of the college I worked at.
Lewis Terman
Early speech stage in which a child speaks like a telegram.
Telegraphic Speech
Estimating the likelihood of events based on their availability in memory.
Availability Heuristic
The most widely used intelligence test for children.
Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale (WAIS)