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Analytic intelligence |
The ability typically measured by intelligence tests and crucial for academic success |
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Choice reaction time |
A measure of the speed of mental processing that takes place when someone must choose between several responses, depending on which stimulus is presented |
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Crystallized intelligence |
Acquired knowledge, including the person's repertoire of verbal knowledge and cognitive skills. See also fluid intelligence |
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Emotional intelligence |
The ability to understand your own and others' emotions and to control your emotions appropriately |
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Factor analysis |
A statistical method for studying the interrelations among various tests. The goal is to discover whether the tests are all influenced by the same factors. |
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Fluid intelligence |
The ability to deal with new and unusual problems. See also crystallized intelligence. |
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Flynn effect |
A worldwide increase in IQ scores over the last several decades, at a rate of about 3 points per decade. |
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General intelligence (g) |
A mental attribute that is hypothesized as contributing to the performance of virtually any intellectual task. |
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Goal maintenance |
The mental process of keeping one's goal in mind to guide the selection of the next actions. |
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Heritability ration (H) |
A measure that describes, for a given population in a given environment, what proportion of the variance of the trait is due to genetic differences |
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Inspection time |
The time someone needs to make a simple discrimination between two stimuli |
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Multiple intelligences |
In Howard Gardner's theory, the six essential, independent mental capacities (linguistic, logical-mathematical, spatial, musical, bodily-Kinesthetic, and personal intelligence). |
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Practical intelligence |
The ability to solve everyday problems through skilled reasoning that relies on tacit knowledge. |
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Predictive validity |
An assessment of whether a test measures what it's intended to measure, based on whether the test score correlates with another relevant criterion measured later. |
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Psychometric approach to intelligence |
An attempt to understand the nature of intelligence by studying the pattern of results obtained on intelligence tests. |
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Savant syndrome |
A syndrome in a developmentally disabled person who has some remarkable talent that contrasts with his low level of general intelligence. |
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Simple reaction time |
A measurement of how quickly someone can respond to a stimulus |
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Stereotype threat |
A mechanism through which a person's performance is influenced by her perception that her score may confirm stereotypes about her group. |
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Tacit knowlefge |
Practical "how-to" knowledge accumulated from everyday experience. |
