Chapter 14 - Intelligence and Self

Question 1

Emotional Intelligence

Answer 1

ability to understand your emotions and those from those around you

Question 2

Salovey and Mayer’s 4 branch model of EI

Answer 2

1. Perceiving branch
2. Facilitating branch
3. Understanding branch
4. Managing branch

Question 3

two main areas of the 4 branches of EI (Salovey and Mayer)

Answer 3

1. Experiental
2. Strategic

Question 4

Goleman’s model of EI - 4 emotional competencies

Answer 4

1. self-awareness
2. self-regulation/ management
3. Social awareness
4. social skills / management

Question 5

Bar-On’s Model of Emotional Intelligence

Answer 5

range of interrelated emotional and social competence abilities that allowed individuals to understand and express themselves effectively, understand and relate to others, cope with environmental demands and pressures

Question 6

Bar-On’s model - 5 major domains and 15 aspects

Answer 6

• intrapersonal skills
• interpersonal skills
• adaptability scales
• Stress-management scales
• general mood

Question 7

Sex differences in specific intelligences

Answer 7

• men on average perform better on spatial ability than women

Question 8

Biological explanations for sex differences in measures of general intelligence

Answer 8

• brain size: brain volume is positively correlated to intelligence (BUT Only small effect size)
• evolutionary perspectives
• brain functioning
• testosterone

Question 9

Evolutionary perspectives and sex differences in spatial ability

Answer 9

• foraging
• range hypothesis
• warfare

Question 10

Brain functioning and sex differences in spatial intelligence

Answer 10

male and female brains may be anatomically different with respect to intelligence
> different brain structures and processes in men and women might explain sex differences in intelligence

Question 11

Testosterone and sex differences in spatial intelligence

Answer 11

higher levels of testosterone in males are significantly related to faster responses and lower error rates on a mental rotation task

Question 12

Stereotypes and sex differences in intelligence outside of education

Answer 12

• toy choice
• role of stereotypes
• parental influence

Question 13

Stereotypes and sex differences in intelligence within education

Answer 13

stereotypes regarding
> subject choice
> stereotype interactions within the classroom (self-fulfilling prophecies)

Question 14

Interactions between technology and and their influence on intelligence in the classroom

Answer 14

boys from medium and high SE backgrounds spend more time on activities that promote spatial abilities

Question 15

Stereotype emphasis

Answer 15

• over-empahsis stereotypes
• under-emphasis stereotypes
• accurate stereotypes