Types
The construct that the different abilities and skills measured on intelligence tests have in common.
General intelligence
Thinking that is directed toward finding the correct answer to a given problem.
Convergent thinking
The ability to control and productively use one’s emotions.
Emotional regulation
What is IQ? (100 points for each: name, definition, & formula)
Intelligence Quotient
A measure of intelligence that is adjusted for age
IQ = (mental age/chronological age) x 100
The proposal that one could improve the human species by encouraging or permitting reproduction of only those people with genetic characteristics judged desirable.
Eugenics
A measure of specific skills in narrow domains.
Specific intelligence
The ability to generate many different ideas for or solutions to a single problem.
Divergent thinking
The ability to accurately identify, assess, and understand emotions, as well as to effectively control one’s own emotions.
Emotional intelligence
Tests that have this quality are consistent over time.
Reliability
The pattern of scores usually observed in a variable that clusters around its average.
Normal distribution
The accumulated knowledge of the world we have acquired throughout our lives.
Crystallized intelligence
What plays a larger role in IQ, nature or nurture?
Nature
The capacity to understand the emotions, intentions, motivations, and desires of other people.
Interpersonal intelligence
Giving a test to a large number of people of different ages and computing the average score on the test at each age level is known as what?
Standardization
A test predicts outcomes — such as grades or occupational success — better for one group than it does for another.
Bias
The capacity to learn new ways of solving problems and performing activities.
Fluid intelligence
These tests are designed to measure one’s ability to perform a given task.
Aptitude tests
The capacity to understand oneself, including one’s emotions.
Intrapersonal intelligence
Tests that have this quality actually measure intelligence rather than something else.
Construct validity
Performance decrements that are caused by the knowledge of cultural stereotypes.
Stereotype threat
What type of intelligence does the Stanford-Binet test measure?
General intelligence
List components that are important for creativity (100 points for each correct WITHOUT HELP)
Expertise, imaginative thinking, risk-taking, intrinsic interest, and working in a creative environment
Name an IQ test
Bonus if you name both we covered without notes
Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale
Stanford-Binet
The observation that scores on intelligence tests worldwide have increased substantially over the past decades.
Flynn Effect
The difference in the average IQ scores between global regions (or racial groups) can be attributed (at least partially) to what component?
Differences in national income