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17 Cards in this Set
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What is Intelligence? (3)
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Ability to:
Acquire Knowledge Think and Reason Effectively Deal adaptively with the environment |
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Howard Gardner's Description of Intelligence (4)
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Biological potential
Culturally Determined Processing of information to problem solve/make things Analogous to a domain or discipline |
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IQ Test Range and Average
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Ranges from 50-150
Average is 90-110, 47% of the population |
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What do IQ scores predict? (3)
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Academic Achievement
Career performance/wage Health Longevity |
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Why do IQ scores predict what they do?
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Maybe influenced by initial physical development, and healthy choices
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Does IQ Matter?
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Motivation may matter more
Depends on Cultural attitudes |
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Stanford-Binet Test
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1916, Stanford University
Tests different ages with different questions ex) Age 3: Name pictures, repeat 2 word list Age 9: Basic arithmetic, repeat 4 digits in reverse order, rhymes |
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Wechsler Test
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1930s
Verbal and Non verbal Tests Tests for kids and adults ex) Child: Arrange pictures to tell a story Jigsaw puzzle, Complete a picture |
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What did Psychological Tests Measure? (3)
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Aptitude (potential)
Achievement (prior learning) Intelligence (potential and prior learning) |
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Key Concepts of Testing? (3)
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Standardization (consistent testing environment)
Validity (measuring what it is intended to measure) Reliability (test consistency) |
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Types if Reliability (2)
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Test-Retest: scores are similar when test is given twice to same group
Internal Consistency: all items of the test should measure the same thing |
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Define Validity and its three types
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is the test an accurate measure?
Construct Validity: does a test measure what its supposed to measure Content: do all items measure all knowledge or skills that comprise the construct Predictive: how well does test score predict criterion measures |
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What is Crystallized Intelligence?
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ability to apply previously learned knowledge to current problems
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What is Fluid Intelligence?
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ability to deal with novel problem-solving situations without any previous knowledge
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Emotional Intelligence
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the ability to:
read others' emotions respond to others appropriately motivate oneself regulate and control own emotional responses |
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Sternberg's Triarchic Theory (3)
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Analytical Intelligence (info-processing strategies)
Creative Intelligence (transfer to new situations) Practical Intelligence (adapting to the enviroment)
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Gardner's Multiple Intelligences (8)
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Verbal
Logical Spatial Musical Body-Kinesthetic Interpersonal Intrapersonal Spiritual/Naturalistic |
