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Chapter 8 Flashcards

1
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What is intelligence

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Verbal or mathematical ability?
Practical problem solving?
Social competence?
Vague book def: adapt to environment,
think and learn, understand self and
others
Overall: no consensus

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Measuring intelligence the Binet way

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Mental age (MA): mental development relative to others

Chronological age (CA): age in years

Intelligence quotient (IQ): MA/CA x 100

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Ratio Vs Deviation

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Ratio IQ: MA/CA x 100 – no longer used
Deviation IQ: relative to others of the
same age
IQs at different ages are easy to
compare because M = 100, SD = 15

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DEVIATION IQ – WHAT DOES IT ACTUALLY MEAN?

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Normal distribution
(or bell curve)

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G- General Factor

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g = general intelligence
*Posses certain amount of g

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G- General Factor

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Support
Correlates with:
Grades
Processing speed
General knowledge

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G- General Factor

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1 g or subdivide?

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Fluid intelligence

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Novel problems, reasoning
Working mem. and processing
speed
-goes down overtime

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Crystallized intelligence

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Factual
Ex. vocab, math problems, social
customs
Correlated
Support
Change over lifespan is different

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STERNBERG’S TRIARCHIC THEORY

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Ability to succeed/function

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Analytical

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Academic
g
Ex. Performance on
standardized tests

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Creative

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 Novelty
Fluid
Ex. Forgot important
equipment, what are
the alternatives

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Practical

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Everyday probs, adapt
Street smarts
Ex. Knowing how to
work with coworkers

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GARDNER’S MULTIPLE INTELLIGENCES

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  • Not 1 g
  • Actually 9 types of
    intelligence
    Evidence:
  • Brain-damage (can loose
    ability in one area but not
    another
  • Prodigies
  • Critique: often correlated
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INFANTS

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*Developmental Quotient (DQ) and Bayley Scales
*OK diagnostic
*Best predictors - Information processing
*Attention, habituation, cross modal perception

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Flynn effect

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  • Nutrition, health care, and access to education
  • Increase in 3-4 point per decade
  • Test need to be re-normed
17
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Stereotype Threat

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the risk of confirming negative stereotypes about an individual’s racial, ethnic, gender, or cultural group

18
Q

Expectation Effects

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When someone expects a given result, that expectation unconsciously affects the outcome or report of the expected result.

19
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Growth mindset

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-intelligence is flexible, gained by experience
-focus on learning
-rely on own evaluation

20
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Fixed mindset

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-intelligence is fixed
-focus on outcomes
-rely on other’s evaluation

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