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What concept of Intelligence is Charles Spearman about
General Intelligence
What is Intelligence?
The ability to learn from experience, solve problems, and use knowledge to adapt to new situations.
What is Emotional Intelligence
the ability to perceive, understand, manage, and use emotions
What is an intelligence test?
A method used to compare the mental aptitudes of individuals with others using a numerical scores.
What is giftedness?
demonstration of higher ability in one or more areas.
Word fluency, verbal comprehension, spatial ability, perceptual speed, numerical ability, inductive reasoning, and memory are associated with who?
L.L. Thurstone
The difference between crystalized and fluid intelligence?
crystalized intelligence is our accumulated knowledge; increases with age. Fluid intelligence is our ability to reason speedily and abstractly; decreases with age.
The difference between growth and fixed mindset?
A growth mindset is a focus on learning and growing; believing intelligence is changeable. A fixed Mindset is viewing intelligence as unchangeable.
What is IQ?
Intelligence quotient - a person’s mental age divided by their chronological age and multiplied by 100.
What does it mean for a test to be inappropriately biased?
When a test is inappropriately biased a test predicts less accurately for one group than for another.
What concept of Intelligence is Howard Gardner about
Multiple Intelligences
What is grit
Passion and perseverance in the pursuit of long-term goals.
What is an achievement test?
A test that reflect what you have learnt
What is an aptitude test?
A test to predict your ability to learn a new skill.
What three Criteria must an intelligence test meet? Define if you can.
Standardized, Reliable, and Valid
Analytical, creative and practical intelligence are associated with who?
Robert Sternberg
What is Savant syndrome
A person limited in mental ability that has an exceptional specific skill like drawing or mapping.
What is the Flynn effect?
When intelligence test performance improves with time.
Describe the triarchic theory.
multiple intelligence but limited to three intelligences: Analytical, creative, and practical intelligence.
The difference between WAIS (Wechsler) and the Stanford-Binet test?
The Stanford-Binet test gives only an overall intelligence score. The WAIS gives an overall intelligence score and induvial scores (for verbal comprehension, perceptual organization, working memory, and processing speed.)
Who is associated with mental age?
Alfred Binet
The difference between Content and Predictive validity?
Content Validity is the extent to which a test samples the behavior that is of interest. Predictive Validity is the success with which a test predicts the behavior it is designed to predict.
What is heritability?
the proportion of variation among individuals in a group that we can attribute to genes.
What is stereotype threat?
a self-confirming concern that one will be evaluated based on a negative stereotype.
The three ways reliability can be tested. Define if you can.
Split-half, Alternative form, Test-retest