Thinking
Language & Thought
Intro to Intelligence
Assessing Intelligence
Influences on Intelligence
100
a mental image or best example of a category
What is prototype
100
smallest distinctive sound unit
What is phoneme
100
the ability to produce novel and valuable ideas
What is creativity
100
ratio of mental age to chronological age multiplied by 100
What is intelligence quotient (IQ)
100
the proportion of variation among individuals that we can attribute to genes
What is heritability
200
a mental grouping of similar objects, events, or people
What is concept
200
our spoken, written, or signed words and the ways we combine them to communicate meaning
What is language
200
the ability to perceive, understand, manage, and use emotions
What is emotional intelligence
200
test designed to predict a person's future performance
What is aptitude test
200
involving many genes
What is polygenetic
300
the way an issue is posed
What is framing
300
smallest unit that carries meaning
What is morpheme
300
a triarchic theory of three intelligences: analytical, creative, and practical
What is Sternberg's triarchic theory
300
our accumulated knowledge and verbal skills
What is crystallized intelligence
300
a self-confirming concern that one will be evaluated based on a negative stereotype
What is stereotype threat
400
a methodical, logical rule or procedure that guarantees solving a particular problem
What is algorithm
400
early speech stage in which a child speaks using mostly nouns and verbs
What is telegraphic speech
400
a condition in which a person otherwise limited in mental ability has an exceptional specific skill
What is savant syndrome
400
the extent to which a test samples the behavior that is of interest
What is content validity
400
tests spatial abilities
What is mental rotation test
500
clinging to one's initial conceptions after the basis on which they were formed has been discredited
What is belief perseverance
500
impairment of language
What is aphasia
500
a statistical procedure that identifies clusters of related items on a test
What is factor analysis
500
our ability to reason speedily and abstractly
What is fluid intelligence
500
girls are better spellers, boys do better on complex math problems
What is group differences
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