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26 Cards in this Set
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Intelligence Test
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Diagnostic tool designed to measure overall thinking ability.
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Abstract Thinking
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Capacity to understand hypothetical concepts.
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G (General Intelligence)
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Hypothetical factor that accounts for overall differences in intellect among people.
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S (Specific Abilities)
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Particular ability level in a narrow domain.
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Fluid Intelligence
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Capacity to learn new ways of solving problems.
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Crystallized Intelligence
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Accumulated knowledge of the world acquired over time.
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Multiple Intelligences
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Idea that people vary in their ability levels across different domains of intellectual skill.
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Triarchic Model
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Model of intelligence proposed by Robert Sternberg positing three distinct types of intelligence: analytical, practical, and creative.
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Stanford-Binet IQ Test
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Intelligence test based on the measure developed by Binet and Simon, adapted by Lewis Terman of Stanford University.
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Intelligence Quotient (IQ)
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Systematic means of quantifying differences among people in their intelligence.
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Mental Age
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Age corresponding to the average individual's performance on an intelligence test.
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Deviation IQ
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Expression of a person's IQ relative to his or her same-aged peers.
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Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale (WAIS)
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Most widely used intelligence test for adults today, consisting of 15 subtests to assess different types of mental abilities.
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Eugenics
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Movement in the early twentieth century to improve a population's genetic stock by encouraging those with good genes to reproduce, preventing those with bad genes from reproducing, or both.
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Culture-fair IQ Test
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Abstract reasoning measure that doesn't depend on language and is often believed to be less influenced by cultural factors than other IQ tests.
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Bell Curve
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Distribution of scores in which the bulk of the scores fall toward the middle, with progressively fewer scores toward the "tails" or extremes.
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Mental Retardation
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Condition characterized by an onset prior to adulthood, an IQ below about 70, and an inability to engage in adequate daily functioning.
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Flynn Effect
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Finding that average IQ scores have been rising at a rate of approximately three points per decade.
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Within-group Heritability
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Extent to which the variability of a trait within a group is genetically influenced.
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Between-group Heritability
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Extent to which differences in a trait between groups is genetically influenced.
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Test Bias
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Tendency of a test to predict outcomes better in one group than another.
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Stereotype Threat
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Fear that we may confirm a negative group stereotype.
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Divergent Thinking
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Capacity to generate many different solutions to a problem.
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Convergent Thinking
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Capacity to generate the single best solution to a problem.
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Emotional Intelligence
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Ability to understand our own emotions and those of others, and to apply this information to our daily lives.
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Wisdom
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Application of intelligence toward a common good.
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