Intelligence Basics
This term refers to general mental ability.
What is intelligence?
This type of intelligence involves learned knowledge and experience.
What is crystallized intelligence?
This is the extent to which a test measures what it claims to.
What is validity?
This bias occurs when test content favors a particular culture.
What is personal/socio-cultural bias?
This "g" factor suggests one overall intelligence.
What is general intelligence?
The abbreviation "IQ" stands for this.
What is Intelligence Quotient?
This type of intelligence helps solve novel problems without prior knowledge.
What is fluid intelligence?
A test that gets the same results over time has this.
A test that gets the same results over time has this.
This phenomenon causes underperformance due to negative stereotypes.
What is stereotype threat?
Splitting a test in half and checking for consistency measures this.
What is split-half reliability?
These tests assess overall mental ability.
What are intelligence tests?
Gardner proposed this theory involving 8+ types of intelligence.
What is the theory of multiple intelligence?
A test designed to predict future ability is called this.
What is an aptitude test?
This opposite effect boosts performance due to positive stereotypes.
What is stereotype lift?
If a test accurately forecasts future grades, it has this kind of validity.
What is predictive validity?
This effect explains why IQ scores rise over generations.
What is the Flynn Effect?
Sternberg’s triarchic theory includes analytic, creative, and this type of intelligence.
What is practical intelligence?
A test measuring what you’ve already learned is this.
What is an achievement test?
Claude Steele is best known for researching this concept.
What is stereotype threat?
The theory that intelligence is one single measurable trait is attributed to this psychologist.
Who is Charles Spearman?
This mindset believes intelligence can grow.
What is a growth mindset?
EQ refers to this form of intelligence.
What is emotional intelligence?
Making a test uniform to allow comparisons is known as this.
What is standardization?
This mindset, coined by Carol Dweck, says intelligence is fixed.
What is a fixed mindset?
The belief that intelligence can be improved with effort relates to this theory.
What is the growth mindset theory?