Chapter 10

Question 1

what do intelligence tests measure

Answer 1

tends to be school smarts

Question 2

charles spearman theory

Answer 2

general intelligence, stemmed from work with factor analysis

Question 3

thurstone’s method

Answer 3

56 tests for seven clusters of primary mental abilities

Question 4

CHC theory

Answer 4

fluid intelligence and crystallized intelligence (found evidence for g factor)

Question 5

Gf

Answer 5

ability to reason speedily and abstractly when solving logic problems

Question 6

Gc

Answer 6

accumulated knowledge as reflected in vocab and applied skills

Question 7

gardner’s multiple intelligences

Answer 7

8 relatively independent intelligences
(possible 9 existential intelligence)

Question 8

savant syndrome

Answer 8

island of brilliance but often score low on intelligence tests

Question 9

sternberg’s 3 intelligences

Answer 9

analytical
creative
practical

Question 10

emotional intelligence (4 abilities)

Answer 10

perceiving emotions
understanding emotions
managing emotions
using emotions

Question 11

achievement tests

Answer 11

reflect what you have learned

Question 12

aptitude tests

Answer 12

predict what you will be able to learn

Question 13

who tested children’s mental age

Answer 13

binet and simon

Question 14

eugenics

Answer 14

movement that proposed measuring human traits and encouraging only smart and fit people to reproduce

Question 15

are standford-binet and WAIS tests periodically restandarized?

Answer 15

yes

Question 16

flynn effect

Answer 16

average person’s intelligence score rose 3 points per decade

Question 17

how to test a tests reliability

Answer 17

split half
test retest
higher correlation = higher reliability

Question 18

what kind of validity should intelligence tests have

Answer 18

predictive validity: should predict criterion of future performance

Question 19

are general aptitude tests as predictive as they are reliable

Answer 19

no, they peak in early school years

Question 20

standarized

Answer 20

pretested on a representative sample of people

Question 21

stability of intelligence from the age of 11 true of false?

Answer 21

true

Question 22

why do more intelligent people live longer and healthier lives

Answer 22

1. more education, better jobs / environment
2. healthy living
3. prenatal events or illness can influence intelligence and health
4. well wired body perhaps fosters intelligence / longevity

Question 23

entity theorists

Answer 23

think traits are fixed

Question 24

incremental theorists

Answer 24

think traits are changeable

Question 25

stereotype threat

Answer 25

fear of being judged or treated stereotypically, worry that it might be true, or others might think its true

Question 26

are aptitude tests necessarily biased

Answer 26

yes, but not statistically