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What is intelligence? |
The ability to learn from experience, solve problems & use knowledge to adapt to new situations. |
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How Spearman define intelligence? |
One general intelligence. |
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Explain Gardner's Multiple Intelligences, and how many? |
Multiple abilities that come in different packages.., 8. |
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Define savant syndrome. |
Exceptional at one skill. |
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How does Sternberg define intelligence? |
Creative, Analytical & Practical = 3. |
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Explain emotional intelligence. |
The ability to perceive, understand, manage, & use emotions; wisdom. :-) |
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What was the purpose of the first well established test of intelligence? |
Simon & Binet//How could French schools make fair judgments about children's learning potential? |
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What did the Simon & Binet test measure? |
Aptitude & Achievement, |
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Contrast achievement & aptitude. |
Aptitude = Ability to learn.
Achievement = what people have already learned. |
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What is the Stanford-Binet intelligence scale? |
mental age of 10 IQ = __________________________X 100=125 chronological age of 8 |
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Explain the concept of mental age. |
A subject that does as well as an average 8 year old is said to have the mental age of 8. |
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Explain intelligence quotient. |
I.Q. |
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How does the WAIS differ? |
Separate scores for separate skills. |
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Define standardization and normal distribution. |
Enough people have taken the test. |
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Compare reliability and validity. |
Reliability - gives consistent scores no matter who takes it.
Validity - the extend to which the test actually measures or predicts what it promises. |
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What is the formal definition of intellectual disability? |
Under 70 I.Q., and unable to take care of oneself. |