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
Module 23
Chapter 7 - Module 23 - Intelligence
| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| intelligence | the capacity to understand the world, think rationally, and use resources effectively when faced with challanges |
| g-factor | the single, general factor for mental ability, assumed to underlie intelligence in some early theories of intelligence |
| fluid intelligence | intelligence that reflects information-processing capabilities, reasoning, and memory |
| crystallized intelligence | the accumulation of information, skills, and strategies that are learned through experience and can be applied in problem-solving situations |
| theory of multiple intelligences | Gardner's intelligence theor that proposes that there are eight distinct spheres of intelligence |
| practical intelligence | according to Sternberg, intelligence related to overall success in living |
| emotional intelligence | the set of skills that underlie the accurate assessment, evaluation, expressiong, and regulation of emotions |
| intelligence tests | tests devised to quantigy a person's level of intelligence |
| mental age | the average age of individuals who achieve a particular level of performance on a test |
| intelligence quotient (IQ) | a score that takes into account an individual's mental and chronological ages |
| achievement test | a test designed to determine a person's level of knowledge in a give subject area |
| aptitude test | a test designed to predict a person's ability in a particular area or line of work |
| reliability | the property by which tets measure consistently what they are trying to measure |
| validity | the property by which tets actually measure what they are suppose to measure |
| norms | standards of test performance that permit the comparison of one peron's score on a test with the scores of other individuals who have taken the same test |
| mental retardation | a condition characterized by significant limitations both in intellectual functioning and in conceptual, social, and practical adpative skills |
| fetal alcohol syndrome | the most commom cause of mental retardation in newborns, occuring when the mother uses alcohol during pregnancy |
| familial retardation | mental retardation in which no apparent biological defect exists but there is a history of retardation in the family |
| intellectually gifted | the 2 to 4 percent of the population who have IQ scores greater then 130 |
| culture-fair IQ test | a test that does not discriminate against the members of any minority group |
| heritability | a measure of the degree to which a characteristic is related to genetic, inherited factors |
Created by:
ubbridge
Popular Psychology sets