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13 Cards in this Set
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General Intelligence (g)
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The idea that intelligence is one basic trait, underlying all cognitive abilities. According to this concept, people have varying levels of this general ability.
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Flynn Effect
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The rise in average IQ scores that has occurred over the decades in developed nations.
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Seattle Longitudinal Study
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The first consequential study of adult intelligence. This study began in 1956, the most recent testing was conducted in 2005.
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Fluid Intelligence
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Those types of basic intelligence that make learning of all sorts quick and thorough. Abilities such as short-term memory, abstract though, and speed of thinking are all usually considered part of fluid intelligence.
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Crystallized Intelligence
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Those types of intellectual ability that reflect accumulated learning. Vocabulary and general information are examples. Some developmental psychologists think this type of intelligence increases with age, while fluid intelligence decreases.
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Analytic Intelligence
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A form of intelligence that involves such mental processes as abstract planning, strategy selection, focused attention, and information processing, as well as verbal and logical skills.
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Creative Intelligence
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A form of intelligence that involves the capacity to be intellectually flexible and innovative.
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Practical Intelligence
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The intelligence skills used in everyday problem solving.
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Selective Optimization with Compensation
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The theory, developed by Paul and Margaret Baltes, that people try to maintain a balance in their lives by looking for the best way to compensate for physical and cognitive losses and to become more proficient in the activities they can already do well.
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Selective Expert
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Someone who is notably more skilled and knowledgeable than the average person about whichever activities are personally meaningful.
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How does intelligence change with age?
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Crystallized intelligence, including vocabulary and general knowledge, increases with age while fluid intelligence, particularly with regard to speed, decreases with age.
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Name 3 different ways of categorizing intelligence.
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1) Crystallized and fluid
2) analytic, creative, and practical 3) linguistic, logical-mathematical, musical spatial, bodily-kinesthetic, naturalistic, social understanding, and self-understanding |
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What are the characteristics of expert thought?
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1) Intuitive
2) Automatic 3) Strategic 4) Flexible |
