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Definition of intelligence |
Someone's ability to adapt to the environment and learn from experience |
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What's the psychometric approach? |
Measures cognitive abilities thought to be in intellectual performance |
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What was Spearman's general intelligence theory? |
Theory stating intelligence has a general mental ability factor (g) representing what different cognitive tasks have in common |
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True / false: IQ is not generally accepted as a decent measurement of intelligence |
False; it's considered a fair, objective measurement of general intelligence, but not comprehensive |
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What is Howard Gardner's multiple intelligence theory? |
There are actually nine different forms of intelligence: Verbal Musical Logical mathematical Spatial Body movement Introspective Existential Understanding others |
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Two disadvantages to Gardner's theory? |
Not knowing the number of intelligence types when testing; no standard testing available for these different types of intelligence |
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What's Robert Sternberg's triarchic theory? |
Divides intelligence into three separate areas: -Analytical / logical thinking -Creativity ; learning from experience -Practical thinking skills that help adaption to one's sociocultural environment |
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One major criticism of Sternberg's theory? |
His research and tests have not provided sufficient support for the triarchic theory |
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What is the Binet Simon intelligence scale? |
First ever intelligence test. Measured vocabulary, memory, and cognitive abilities |
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Define mental age |
Measurement of a child's intelligence by comparing the test score to the average test scores of age groups |
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How did the Stanford-Binet test differ from it's predecessor? |
Developed in Stanford university. Added test items, an English translation, and a new scoring system |
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What was the definition of IQ according to the Stanford Binet test? |
Dividing mental age by chronological age and multiplying by 100 |
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What're the two primary factors that separate a good test from a bad one? |
Reliability; validity |
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What's validity mean? |
A test measures what it's supposed to |
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What is reliability? |
Consistency; if a person takes the same test at different ages, the scores should come out to the same result |
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Regarding test scores, what shape does a normal distribution take? |
Bell shaped curve, indicating majority of average scores in the middle |
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Scale of intellectual disabilities |
50 - 70: mild 35 - 55: moderate 20 - 40: severe |
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What's giftedness? |
Defined by the 2% of people with an IQ at or above 130 |
