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PSYC Chapter Nine
MTA PSYC 1011 Chapter Nine: Intelligence and IQ Testing
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Abstract Thinking | The capacity to understand hypothetical concepts. |
| Bell Curve | The distribution of scores in which most fall toward the middle, with progressively fewer scores towards the tails. |
| Between-Group Heritability | The extent that a difference in a trait between groups is genetically influenced. |
| Convergent Thinking | The capacity to create the single best solution to a problem. |
| Crystallized Intelligence | One's accumulated knowledge of the world acquired over time. |
| Culture-Fair IQ Test | An abstract reasoning measure that doesn't depend on language and is less influenced by cultural factors. |
| Deviation IQ | The expression of one's IQ relative to their same-aged peers. |
| Divergent Thinking | The capacity to create various solutions to a problem. |
| Emotional Intelligence | The ability to understand emotion and to apply that information to daily life. |
| Eugenics | The belief that only those with good genes can/should reproduce and those who don't have good genes shouldn't reproduce (20th century movement). |
| Fluid Intelligence | The capacity to learn new ways of solving problems. |
| Flynn Effect | The finding that the average IQ scores worldwide have been rising at a rate of three points per decade. |
| g (general intelligence) | The hypothetical factor that accounts for overall differences in intelligence among people. |
| Ideological Immune System | Our psychological defense's against evidence that contradicts what we think. |
| Intellectual Disability | A condition characterized by an onset before adulthood, an IQ below 70, and an inability to engage in normal daily functioning. |
| Intelligence Quotient (IQ) | The systematic means of quantifying differences in intelligence among people. |
| Intelligence Test | A diagnostic tool designed to measure overall thinking ability. |
| Mental Age | One's age that's calculated by their performance on an intelligence test. |
| Multiple Intelligences | The idea that people vary in their ability levels across different areas of intellectual skill. (8-9) |
| s (specific abilities/intelligence) | Measures the particular ability level in a domain of intellectual skill. |
| Stanford-Binet IQ Test | An intelligence test based on the measure developed by Binet and Simon. |
| Stereotype Threat | The fear that we're confirming a negative group stereotype. |
| Test Bias | The tendency of a test to predict outcomes better in one group than another. |
| Triarchic Model | A model of intelligence proposed by Robert Sternberg that states there are three distinct types of intelligence: analytical, practical, and creative. |
| Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale (WAIS) | The most commonly used intelligence test used for adults, which consists of 15 subtests to assess various types of mental abilities. |
| Wisdom | The application of intelligence toward a common good. |
| Within-Group Heritability | The extent of the variability of a trait within a group is genetically influenced. |
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