Theorists
A basic intelligence predicts our abilities in varied academic areas.
Who is Charles Spearman?
A condition in which a person otherwise limited in mental ability has an exceptional specific skill, such as in computation or drawing.
What is savant syndrome?
The most widely used intelligence test; contains verbal and performance (nonverbal) subtests for adults.
What is the Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale (WAIS)?
Our accumulated knowledge and verbal skills; tends to increase with age.
The proportion of variation among individuals that we can attribute to genes.
What is heritability?
Our intelligence may be broken down into seven factors: word fluency, verbal comprehension, spatial ability, perceptual speed, numerical ability, inductive reasoning, and memory.
Who is Louis Thurstone?
Passion and perseverance in the pursuit of long-term goals.
What is grit?
Defining uniform testing procedures and meaningful scores by comparison with the performance of a pretested group.
What is standardization?
Our ability to reason speedily and abstractly; tends to decrease during late adulthood.
What is fluid intelligence?
A self-confirming concern that one will be evaluated based on a negative stereotype.
What is a stereotype threat?
Our abilities are best classified into eight independent intelligences, which include a broad range of skills beyond traditional school smarts.
Who is Howard Gardner?
The ability to perceive, understand, manage, and use emotions.
What is emotional intelligence?
The extent to which a test yields consistent results, as assessed by the consistency of scores on two halves of the test, on alternate forms of the test, or on retesting.
What is reliability?
A condition of limited mental ability, indicated by an intelligence score of 70 or below and difficulty in adapting to the demands of life.
What is an intellectual disability?
Boys typically score higher than girls on what area of an intelligence test?
What is visual-spatial ability?
Our intelligence is best classified into three areas that predict real-world success: analytical, creative, and practical.
Who is Robert Sternberg?
On contemporary intelligence tests, the average performance for a given age is assigned a score of 100, with scores assigned to relative performance above or below average.
What is the intelligence quotient (IQ)?
The extent to which a test measures or predicts what it is supposed to.
What is validity?
A condition of mild to severe intellectual disability and associated physical disorders caused by an extra copy of chromosome 21.
What is down syndrome?
Girls typically score higher than boys on intelligence tests in what area?
What is memory?
Proposed that nature selects successful traits through the survival of the fittest
Who is Charles Darwin?
A group of people from a given time period.
What is a cohort?
The extent to which a test samples the behavior that is of interest.
What is content validity?
A study conducted over a long period of time.
What is a longitudinal study?
Charles Spearman’s g refers to
What is general intelligence?