What is Intelligence?
Measuring Intelligence
Differences in Intelligence
Genetic Influences
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The capacity to learn from experience, to think rationally, and to deal effectively with the enviornment.
What is intelligence?
100
The intelligence level in years at which a child is functioning, not the same as their chronological age.
What is mental age?
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The condition of having an IQ score ranging from 35-49, in which a person may not read or do math and may have Down Syndrome.
What is moderate retardation?
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Type of study that examines genetic influence on intelligence by studying IQ scores of related people.
What is a kinship study?
100
The psychologist who proposed the idea of emtional intelligence, which he considered improtant to job success.
Who is Daniel Goleman?
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The knowledge and skills gained from experience.
What is achievement?
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A number that relfects the relationship between a child's mental age and his or her chronologal age.
What is the intelligence quotient or IQ?
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The condition of having an IQ score from 50 to 70 and hte occasional need for guidance and support.
What is mild retardation?
200
The extent to which variations in a trait from person to person can be explained by gentic factors.
What is heritability?
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The testing criterion that results in a test measuring what it is supposed to measure.
What is validity?
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The psychologist who suggested that intelligence consists of general intelligence and specific intelligence.
Who is Charles Spearman?
300
The first modern intelligence test, which provides an intelligence quotient (IQ).
What is Standford-Binet Intelligence Scale (SBIS)?
300
The condition of having an IQ score of 130 or above, showing outstanding potential.
What is giftedness?
300
Type of study that examines genetic influence on intelligence by studying the IQ scores of adopted children and those of their biological parents.
What is adoptee studies?
300
___________ skills can continue to expand for a lifetime.
What is vocabulary?
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The psychologist who identified seven different and seperate kinds of intelligence such as verbal, musical, and interpersonal.
Who is Howard Gardner?
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The intelligence tests that includes several subtests and measures both verbal and nonverabl abilities.
What are the Wechsler Scales (of Intelligence)?
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The ability to invent new solutions to problems or original ideas/materials.
What is creativity?
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A program designed to provide young children with enriched early experiences, thereby developing inteligence earlier.
What is Head Start (pre-school)?
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A characteristic of a test that gives an advantage to a praticular group, reflecting a problem with the test for those not in that group.
What is culturally biased?
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The psychologist who proposed a three-level model of intelligence consisting of analytic, creative, and practical parts.
Who is Robert Sternberg?
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The testing criterion that results in a test yeilding very similar scores for same person every time it is taken.
What is reliability?
500
one does not have to be __________ to be creative.
What is gifted or highly intelligent?
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Schooling, parenting style, and preschool programs are examples of __________ influences on intelligence.
What is enviornmental?
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______ ______ question scores decrease as age increases, due to processing speed slowing down.
What is timed test?
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