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subaverage intellectual functioning so that such a person is not able to perform at the level appropriate for his or her age
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mental retardation
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the practice of keeping mildly mentally retarded children in regular academic classrooms
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mainstreaming
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the mental processes that result in original, workable ideas
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creativity
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a tendency to solve problems in the same old way over and over
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set
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to come up w/ unusual, unexpected ideas; to use something in a different way from how it is normally used
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break set
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the ability to understand and adapt to the environment by using a combination of inherited abilities and learning experiences
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intelligence
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the original intelligence test developed by alfred binet and refined at stanford university
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stanford-binet intelligence test
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the level of intellectual functioning in years, which is compared w/ chronological age
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mental age
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a measure of intelligence originally obtained by comparing mental age w/ physical age
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intelligence quotient
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IQ test items that rely heavily on word comprehension and usage
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verbal scale
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iQ test items that try to bypass verbal material and focus on problem solving w/o words
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performance scale
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an intelligence test for adults that provides three IQs: verbal, performance, and combined (total) iQ
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wechster adult intelligence scale- revisal WAIS-R
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an intelligence test for children ages six to sixteen; similair in form to the WAIS-R
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Wechster Intelligence Scale for Children- Revise (WISC-R)
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IQ tests administered on a one-to-one basis- one examiner to one test taker
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individual intelligence tests
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iQ tests administered to many people at one time; test is highly verbal and uses paper and pencil
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group intelligence tests
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the first major psychologist to study intelligence is
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Alfred Binet
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4 elements Binet believed were important for intelligence:
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1.direction- ability to set a goal
2.adaptability- when you're faced w/ a problem, you can make adjustments 3.comprehension- basic understanding of exactly what the problem is 4.self-evaluation - assessing the soultion |
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IQ=
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mental age / (divided by) physical age * 100
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what percentage of people are average?
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49
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what percentage of intelligence is inherited?
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50
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what social class is an IQ test better suited for?
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middle class white people
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who was the first man to study personal characteristics of superior intelligent people?
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Terman
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if 50 of intelligence is inherited, what are the other three out of five?
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1. education
2. environment 3. nutrition |
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what percent of people are considered "borderline intelligent"
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6
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only about ___ of those labeled as retarded suffer from known physical defect
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20
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what percentage of retarded people are severely mentally retarded?
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75
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potential problems of intelligence testing
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1. tests may unintentionally reflect a cultural bias
2. tests may unintentionally reflect a middle class bias 3. individually administered tests are costly |
