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what is intelligence? |
the ability to; direct ones thinking, adapt to ones circumstances, and learn from ones experiences. |
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Who is sir francis galton? |
he believed that intelligence was inherited, |
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what were the four ways sir francis galton measured intelligence? |
strength, size of head, reaction time, which of these 2 balls are heavier |
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Who is alfred binet? |
psychologist who worked with children and created the binet-simon intelligence scale. |
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what is the binet - simon intelligence scale? |
a scale that assigned a mental age to children based on verbal, math, problem solving and memory skills. |
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what is the Stanford - binet intelligence scale? |
it is your performance reflected by a single score mental age/physical age x 100 |
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what does IQ mean? |
intelligence quotient |
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who is david weschler ? |
he created the wechsler adult intelligence scale (WAIS-IV) |
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what is the WAIS-IV |
intelligence scale test, for late adolescence to adulthood. |
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what was different about the WAIS-IV |
it kept the IQ but it was calculated differently - deviation IQ = persons test score / average test score x 100 |
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what are the four parts of the WAIS - IV? |
verbal comprehension test, perceptual reasoning test, working memory test, processing speed test |
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what are lumpers?
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intelligence is made up of one single underlying factor of general intelligence |
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what are splitters? |
intelligence is made up of distinct abilities that are not neccesarrily related. |
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What is spearman's two factor theory? |
proposed that general intelligence underlines all mental abilities. |
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what is sternbergs triarchic theory of intelligence |
it focused more on the analytical, creative, and practical assest of intelligence. |
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what is emotional intelligence? |
to be aware of, and control ones emotions. |
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what is fluid intelligence? |
the ability to abstract relationships and draw logical inferences. |
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what is crystallized intelligence? |
the ability to retain and use knowledge that was acquires through experience |
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what is heritability? |
a statistic estimate of the variation in a given trait caused by differences in genes. |
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what makes up heritability? |
50% genetics, other is environment |
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what are some other factors to heritability? |
school, safety, birth, nutrition, |
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more variability ______ genders rather than ______ |
within, between |
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what are the 8 mid level intelligence abilities? |
1) memory and learning, 2) cognitive speediness, 3) visual perception 4) auditory perception 5) retrieval ability 6) processing speed 7) crystallized intelligence 8) fluid intelligence |
