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Define intelligence.
What is "a mental quality consisting of the ability to learn from experience, solve problems, and use knowledge to adapt to new situations".
100
Who is Alfred Binet?
What is "Alfred Binet is a psychologist best known for his development of the first intelligence test".
100
In a typical spelling test, would males or females do better?
What is "females". (At the end of high school, only 30% of U.S. males spell better than the average female)
100
Would you share more comparable mental abilities with your best friend, your mom, or your dog?
What is "Your mother (genetic contribution)".
100
What building is this class located in?
What is "Building 15".
200
Define validity.
What is "the extent to which a test measures or predicts what it is supposed to".
200
What term did Lewis Terman give us?
What is "IQ. Professor Lewis Terman planted the term into many American's vocabularies".
200
Which gender is more sensitive to touch, taste, and odor?
What is "females".
200
Would orphans or children born into homes be more susceptible to delayed development?
What is "Orphans".
200
When is the LAST day of class?
What is "June 10th".
300
Define heritability.
What is "the proportion of variation among individuals that we can attribute to genes. (The heritability of a trait may vary depending on the range of populations and environments studied)".
300
What did David Wechsler create?
What is "He created the current most widely used intelligence test (Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale (WAIS))."
300
In intelligence research, are males or females more likely to vary in their scores?
What is "males".
300
Name an example of bias.
What is "ex) performance differences caused by cultural experiences on a tests".
300
What are Ms. Bayer's office hours?
What is "10:15am-11:15am (mon-fri)".
400
Define stereotype threat.
What is "a self-confirming concern that one will be evaluated based on a negative stereotype".
400
What type of research did J. McVicker Hunt do?
What is "Research with rats to see the effect of early rearing environments and gain insights into the development of personality characteristics".
400
As far as nonverbal memory (locating objects), do males or females have more edge for picture association?
What is "females".
400
Name one thing you could do to an intelligence test to standardize it (defining meaningful scores).
What is "Giving the test to a large representative sample of people, and then compare later tests to the first".
400
When is your final paper due?
What is "June 5th".
500
Define Stanford-Binet.
What is "the widely used American revision (by Terman at Stanford University) of Binet's original intelligence test".
500
What was Charles Spearmans's chief topic of research?
What is "the nature and causes of variation in human intelligence".
500
On math and spacial aptitudes were males or females the higher scorers? Or were they the same?
What is "the same".
500
What types of people would use imaginative thinking?
What is "ex) cartoonists..."
500
Tell us at least two ways that you can get extra credit in this class.
What is 1. Visit the writing and tutor center at least two times and submit the pink slips to Ms. Bayer. (25 pts) 2. Visit the ETutor and submit two transcript copies of the online sessions to Ms. Bayer. (25 pts) 3. Attend the SI sessions (2) devoted to peer reviews. (25 pts) 4. Write a reflection paragraph on your paper experience. (25 pts).