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Psychometric approach |
a theoretical approach that portray intelligence as a trait (or set of traits) on which individuals differ |
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Mental age |
a measure of intellectual development that reflects the level of age-graded problems a child is able to solve |
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"g" |
Spearman's abbreviation for neogenesis, which, roughly translated means an individuals ability to understand relations |
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Primary mental abilities |
seven mental abilities, identified by factor analysis, that Thurstone believed to represent the structure of intelligence |
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Structure-of-Intellect model |
Guilford's factor analytic model of intelligence, which proposes that there are 180 distinct mental abilities |
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Fluid intelligence |
the ability to perceive relationships and solve relational problems of the type that are not taught and are relatively free of cultural influences |
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Crystallized intelligence |
the ability to understand relations or solve problems that depend on knowledge acquired from schooling and other cultural influences |
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Hierarchical Model of Intelligence |
model of the structure of intelligence in which a broad, general ability factor is at the top of the hierarchy, with a number of specialized ability factors nested underneath |
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Three-Stratum theory of intelligence |
Carroll's hierarchical model of intelligence with "g" at the top of the hierarchy, eight broad abilities at the second level, or stratum and narrower domains of each second-stratum ability at the third stratum |
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Triarchic theory |
a recent information-processing theory of intelligence that emphasizes three aspect of intelligent behaviour not normally tapped by IQ tests |
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Theory of multiple intelligence |
Gardner's theory that humans display as many as nine distinct kinds of intelligence, each linked ti a particular area of the brain and several of which are not measured by IQ tests |
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Standford-Binet Intelligence Scale |
modern descent day of the first successful intelligence test; measures general intelligence and four factors: verbal reasoning, quantitative reasoning, spatial reasoning and short-term memory |
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IQ |
mental age/ chronological age * 100 |
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Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children |
WISC - IV ; widely used individual intelligence test that includes a measure of general intelligence and both verbal and performance intelligence
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Wechsler Scales |
WPPSI - III WISC - IV |
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The K-ABC Kaufman Assessment Battery for Children |
individual intelligence test for children; grounded heavily in information-processing theory |
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The Bayley Scales of Infant Development |
Motor scale Mental scale Behavioural record |
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Development Quotient |
a numerical measure of an infant's performance on a developmental schedule, relative to the performance if other infants of the same age |
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Cumulative deficit hypothesis |
the notion that impoverished environments inhibit intellectual growth and that these inhibiting effects accumulate over time. |
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Flynn effect |
systematic increase in IQ scores observed over the 20th century |
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HOME inventory |
a measure of the amount and type of tellectual stimulation provided by a child's home environment |
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Genetic hypothesis |
the notion that group differences in IQ are hereditary |
