chapt 9

Question 1

anthropometrics

Answer 1

measure of how people measure

Question 2

intelligence

Answer 2

ability to think/understand/adapt

Question 3

mental-age

Answer 3

average intellectual ability

Question 4

stanford-binet test

Answer 4

testing for natural intelligence levels

Question 5

deviation IQ

Answer 5

comparing test to average score

Question 6

wechsler adult intelligence scale

Answer 6

most common intelligence test

Question 7

person with savant abilities

Answer 7

low mental/capacity, strong in other areas

Question 8

general intelligence factor

Answer 8

mental energy

Question 9

fluid intelligence

Answer 9

intelligence used to process new learning without previous knowledge

Question 10

crystallized intelligence

Answer 10

uses past knwoledge

Question 11

multiple intelligences

Answer 11

several intelligences

Question 12

gene knockout

Answer 12

removing gene and comparing characteristics of animals with and without genes

Question 13

neotropic substances

Answer 13

beneficially affect cognition

Question 14

the flynn effect

Answer 14

steady population level increases in intelligence test scores over time