Psy 376: Intelligence And Creativty

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Psychometric Approach

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focuses on the measurement of intelligence

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What did Charles Spearman propose?

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a two factory theory of intelligence

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g factor

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underlies all intellectual tasks and mental abilities

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s factor

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special abilities, each of which is specific to a particular kind of task

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Spearman's Thesis

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His thesis was that in general - at a wide variety of tasks - a person's general intellectual ability (his "g") is a statistically significant predictor of performance - that is, his performance can be predicted significantly better by his known "g" than by chance.

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What did Louis Thurstone identify?

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he analyzed the test scores of eight graders and college students and identified seven distinct factors called primary mental abilities

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What are primary mental abilities?

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* Verbal comprehension--the ability to define and understand words
* Word fluency--the ability to produce words rapidly
* Number--the ability to solve arithmetic problems .
* Space--the ability to visualize relationships .
* Memory--the ability to memorize and recall
* Perception--the ability to see differences and similarities among objects
* Reasoning--the ability to find rules

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How do Thurstone and Spearman's theories clash?

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Thurstone concluded that Spearman's general ability factor should be broken into several distinct mental abilities.

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Who greatly influenced thinking concerning intelligence by focusing on two types of intellect: fluid intelligence and crystallized intelligence?

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Raymond Catell and John Horn

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What is crystallized intelligence?

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use of knowledge acquired through schooling and other life experiences.

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What is fluid intelligence?

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the ability to use your mind actively to solve problems

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Who rejects the idea that a single IQ scores is a meaningful measure of human intelligence?

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Gardner

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Linguistic Intelligence

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Language Skills

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Logical-mathematical Intelligence

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The abstract thinking and problem solving
for example: stuff mathematicians and computer scientists do!

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Musical Intelligence

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Based on acute sensitivity

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Bodily-Kinesthetic Intelligence

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The skillful use of the body to create crafts, perform, or fix things,

for example: skills of dancers, athletes, and surgeons

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Interpersonal Intelligence

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understanding ones own feeling and inner life

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Naturalist Intelligence

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Expertise in the natural world of plants an animals

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Savant Syndrome

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the phenomenon in which extraordinary talent in a particular area is displayed by a person

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Sternberg's Triarchic Theory

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emphasizes three aspects of intelligence:
1. contextual
2. experimental
3.information processing componenets

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contextual subtheory

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defines intelligent behavior differently depending on the sociocultural context in which it is displayed

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experiental subtheory

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the ability to adjust to new tasks, use new concepts to adapt creatively in new situations and use insight

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Response to novelty

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relatively novel tasks provide the best measures of intelligence because they tap the individual to come up with creative ideas or fresh insights

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Automatization

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an increased efficiency of information processing with practice.

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Componential subtheory

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focuses on information-processing components: performance components and knowledge acquisition components

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performance components

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executing cognitive tasks

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knowledge acquisition components

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are the processes used in gaining and storing new knowledge - i.e. capacity for learning. The strategies you use to help memorize things exemplify the processes that fall into this category.

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Creativity

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often defined as the ability to produce novel responses appropriate in context and valued by others

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What type of thinking does IQ tests measure?

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convergent thinking

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Divergent Thinking

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coming up with a variety of ideas or solutions to a problem when there is no single correct answer

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Convergent Thinking

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reducing information to
one single accepted solution

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ideational fluency

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the sheer number of different ideas that a person can generate

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What is the best known and most widely used intelligence test for infants?

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The Bayley Scales of Developmentm

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the motor scale (infants)

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measures infant's ability to do things like grasping a cube or throwing a ball

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the mental scale (infants)

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includes adaptive behaviors such as reaching for a desriable object, searching for a hidden toy, and

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the behavior rating scale (infants)

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a rating of the child's behavior on dimensions such a s goal-directions, emotional regulation, and social responsibility

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Creativity

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often defined as the ability to produce novel responses appropriate in context and valued by others

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What type of thinking does IQ tests measure?

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convergent thinking

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Divergent Thinking

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coming up with a variety of ideas or solutions to a problem when there is no single correct answer

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Dont Understand Convergent Thinking

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Dont Understand Convergent Thinking

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ideational fluency

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the sheer number of different ideas that a person can generate

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What is the best known and most widely used intelligence test for infants?

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The Bayley Scale of Development

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the motor scale (infants)

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measures infant's ability to do things like grasping a cube or throwing a ball

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the mental scale (infants)

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includes adaptive behaviors such as reaching for a desriable object, searching for a hidden toy, and

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the behavior rating scale (infants)

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a rating of the child's behavior on dimensions such a s goal-directions, emotional regulation, and social responsibility

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Use it or lose it

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e plasticity of the nervous system throughout the life span enables elderly individuals to benefit from intellectual stimulation and training, to maintain the intellectual skills most relevant to their activities, and to compensate for the loss of less-exercised abilities

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How does Robert Sternberg define wise people?

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defines a wise person as someone who can combine successful intelligence with creativity to solve problems that require balancing multiple interests or perspectives

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What are five qualities of wise people?

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# Rich factual knowledge about life (a knowledge base regarding such areas as human nature, interpersonal relations, and critical events in life)
# Rich procedural knowledge (such as strategies for giving advice and handling conflicts)
# A life-span contextual perspective (consideration of the contexts of life—family, education, work, and others)
# Relativism of values and life priorities (acknowledgment and tolerance of different values)
# Recognition and management of uncertainty (understanding that knowledge of the world is limited and the future is unknown)

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What makes up wisdom?

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a combination of intelligence, personality, and cognitive style

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What two processes does creativity made up of ?

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creative activity involves two processes: ideation (generating creative ideas) and elaboration (executing ideas to produce poems, paintings, or scientific publications).

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terminal drop

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a rapid decline in intellectual abilities that people within a few years of dying often experience

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To be considered mentally retarded someone must have an IQ of ____ or lower

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70

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What is the most common form of mental retardation?

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cultural familiar retardation

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organic retardation

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the retardation is because of some identifiable biological cause associated with hereditary factors, diseases, or injuries

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stereotype threat

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fear of being judged to have the qualities associated with negative stereotypes of african americans

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Flynn Effect

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a phenomenon in which IQ scores have increased in all countries

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________________ intelligence declines earlier and more steeply than crystallized intelligence

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fluid

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Giftedness

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having a high iq or showing special abilities in areas valued in society, such as mathematics, the performing arts and visual arts, or even leadership

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Cumulative Deficit Hypothesis

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impoverished environments inhibit intellectual growth and these negative effects accumulate over time

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An infant is given a ______ instead of an IQ

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DQ (Developmental Quotient)