Theories & Theorists
Aspects of Intelligence
Influences
Measuring Intelligence
Vocabulary application
100
this man is responsible for the triarchic theory of intelligence
Who is Robert Sternberg
100
The four aspects of emotional intelligence
What are the abilities to perceive, understand, manage and use emotions
100
a statistic that shows that twins have similar intelligences would support ______ influences
What are genetic (influences)
100
the type of thinking one does on an IQ test (one right answer)
What is convergent thinking
100
mental quality consisting of the ability to learn from experience, solve problems, and use knowledge to adapt to new situations
What is intelligence
200
The three aspects of the triarchic theory of intellegence
What are the creative, analytical, and practical intelligences
200
the 5 components of creativity
What are expertise, imaginative thinking skills, a venturesome personality, intrinsic motivation, and a creative environment
200
A statistic that states that children from poorer area tend to score lower on intelligence tests would support
What are environmental influences
200
what does WAIS stand for
What is the Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale
200
Binet's measure of intelligence that corresponds chronological age with performance
What is Mental age
300
5 of the 8 parts of Howard Garner's Theory of Multiple intelligences
What are linguistic, logical-mathematical, musical, spatial, bodily kinesthetic, intrapersonal, interpersonal, and natural
300
the ability to see things in novel ways and to recognize patterns
What is imaginative thinking skills
300
Girls having different abilities than that of boys such as; being better spellers, more sensitive to touch, taste, and color, and detecting emotions
What are gender differences
300
the distribution of scores arranged mathematically that psychologists use to shape their tests
What is a bell-shaped curve
300
the two types of tests. One is a test designed to predict future performance, the other to assess what a person has learned
What are aptitude and achievement tests respectively
400
people who are considered to have an " Island of Brilliance"
Who are Savants
400
Scoring below 70 or above 135 on a Stanford-Binet IQ test
What are the extremes of intelligence
400
intelligence teset relavent examples of the two types of bias
What are aptitude tests predicting how well a test taker will do in a situation and a test that accurately reflects one group's intelligence but not another's
400
an independent measure of what the test aims to assess
What is criterion
400
a self-confirming concern that one will be evaluated based on a negative stereotype
What is stereotype threat
500
A theory that states our intelligence is broken into seven factors; word fluency, verbal comprehension, spatial ability, perceptual speed, numerical ability, inductive reasoning, and memory.
What is Thurstone's theory of primary mental abilities
500
studies show that people with higher intelligence scores tend to _____ ______ faster than others
What is either retrieve memories or perceive stimuli
500
A statistic that states that white Americans score on average 8-15 points higher on an intelligence test while infants of different races have no measurable difference in score illustrates _______
What are environmentally influenced ethnic differences
500
The Stanford university professor who adapted Binet's original IQ scale
Who is Lewis Terman
500
the process of defining meaningful scores compared to a group using statistics
What is standardization
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