Help
Options
Didn't know it?
click below
click below
Knew it?
click below
click below
Don't Know
Remaining cards (0)
Know
retry
shuffle
restart
0:00
Embed Code - If you would like this activity on your web page, copy the script below and paste it into your web page.
Normal Size Small Size show me how
Normal Size Small Size show me how
bkx PSY213 CH8
PSY-213 CH8: Intelligence
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Name three major abilities considered when determining one's intellignece | 1) Problem-solving ability (logical reasoning, identifying connections, making good decisions, etc.) 2) Verbal ability (articulation, reading comprehension, vocabulary) 3) Social competence (acceptance, punctuality, humility, intrigue) |
| Name the 3 life-span concepts | 1) Multidirectionality 2) Plasticity 3) Interindividual variability |
| Multidirectionality | The distinct patterns of change in abilities over the life span, with these patterns differing for different abilities |
| Plasticity | The range of functioning within an individual and the conditions under which a person's abilities can be modified with in a specific age range |
| Interindividual variability | The fact that people differ in the direction of their intellectual development |
| Multidimensionality | The characteristic of having multiple aspects or domains |
| Cognitive-structural approach to researching intelligence | When researchers are more concerned with the ways in which people conceptualize and solve problems rather than in scores on tests; emphasis on developmental changes in modes and styles of thinking |
| Psychometric approach to researching intelligence | When researchers focus on standardized test scores as a measure of intelligence |
| Information-processing mechanisms approach to researching intelligence | When researchers aim at a detailed analysis of age-associated changes in components of cognitive mechanisms and their interactions |
| Two components of developmental processes proposed by Baltes & co. | (1) Mechanics of intelligence (concerning the neurophysiological) and (2) pragmatic intelligence (concerning acquired knowledge available or embedded in culture) |
| The structure of intelligence | The psychometric approach's organization of interrelated intellectual abilities into a sort of hierarchy |
| Primary mental abilities | The third level in the structure of intelligence (tests and test questions are subordinate); reflects interrelationships among performances on intelligence tests |
| Secondary mental abilities | The fourth level in the structure of intelligence (primary mental abilities are immediately subordinate); reflects interrelationships of primary mental abilities |
| Factor | When the performance on one test is highly related to the performance on another,the abilities measured by the two sets are interrelated and are called a "factor." |
| List: 7 Primary Mental Abilities | (1) numerical facility, (2) word fluency, (3) verbal meaning, (4) inductive reasoning, (5) spatial orientation, (6) perceptual speed, (7) verbal memory |
| List: 6 Secondary Mental Abilities | (1) Crystallized intelligence, (2) Fluid intelligence, (3) Visual organization, (4) Auditory organization, (5) Short-term acquisition & retrieval, (6) Long-term storage & retrieval |
| Define: crystallized intelligence | the knowledge that you have acquired through life experience and education in a particular culture (improves with age) |
| Define: fluid intelligence | consists of the abilities that make you a flexible and adaptive thinker, allowing you to draw inferences and understand the relations among concepts independent of acquired knowledge and experience (declines with age) |
| Define: visual organization | indicated by primary mental abilities such as visualization, spatial orientation, etc. |
| Define: auditory organization | indicated by primary mental abilities such as temporal tracking, auditory cognition of relations, speech perception under distraction of distortion, etc. |
| Define: short-term acquisition & retrieval | comprised by processes of becoming aware and processes of retaining information long enough to do something about it |
| Define: long-term acquisition & retrieval | facility in storing information and retrieving information that was acquired in the distant past |
| List: 3 processing mechanisms that decline with age that may effect declines in fluid intelligence | (1) processing rate, (2) working memory, (3) ability to inhibit |
| Define: tacit knowledge | generic knowledge about a particular area |
Created by:
bamkapowxo
Popular Psychology sets