Chapter 9

Question 1

General Intelligence Factor

Answer 1

The construct that the different abilities and skills measures on intelligence tests have in common

Question 2

Specific Intelligence

Answer 2

Measure of specific skills in narrow domains

Question 3

Fluid Intelligence

Answer 3

Capacity to learn new ways of solving problems and performing activities

Question 4

Crystallized Intelligence

Answer 4

Accumulated knowledge of the world we have acquires throughout our lives

Question 5

Convergent Thinking

Answer 5

Thinking directly towards finding the correct answer to a given problem

Question 6

Divergent Thinking

Answer 6

Ability to generate many different ideas for or solutions to a single problem

Question 7

Expertise

Answer 7

Creativity comes with a lot of hard work

Question 8

Imaginative thinking

Answer 8

Creative people visualize the problem and try to take different points of views

Question 9

Risk Taking

Answer 9

Willing to take risks

Question 10

Intrinsic Interest

Answer 10

Creativity is highest when you love the project you work on

Question 11

Practical Intelligence

Answer 11

Intelligence that cannot be acquired from books or formal learning

Question 12

Mental Age

Answer 12

Age at which a person is performing intellectually

Question 13

IQ

Answer 13

Measure of intelligence that is adjusted for age

Question 14

Aptitude Tests

Answer 14

Designed to measure ones ability to perform a specific task

Question 15

Boderline Intelligence

Answer 15

IQ below 70

Question 16

Down Syndrome

Answer 16

Chromosomal Disorder leaning to boderline intelligence caused by the presence of all or part of an extra 21st chromosome

Question 17

Phonemes

Answer 17

Smallest unit of sound that makes a meaningful difference in a language

Question 18

Morphemes

Answer 18

String of one or more phonemes that make up the smallest units on meaning in a language

Question 19

Syntax

Answer 19

Set of rules of a language by which we construct sentences

Question 20

Contextual Information

Answer 20

Information surrounding language; facial expressions, postures, gestures and tone of voice

Question 21

Generativity

Answer 21

Speakers of a language can compose sentences to represent new ideas that they have never before been exposed to

Question 22

Deep Structure

Answer 22

How an idea is represented in the fundamental universal grammar that is common to all languages

Question 23

Surface Structure

Answer 23

How an idea is expresses in any one language

Question 24

Broncas Area

Answer 24

Area in front of the left hemisphere. Responsible for language production

Question 25

Wernickes Area

Answer 25

Area of the brain for language comprehension

Question 26

Aphasia

Answer 26

Language function are severely impaired

Question 27

Broncas Aphasia

Answer 27

Can understand speech but have difficulty producing speech

Question 28

Wernickes Aphasia

Answer 28

Trouble understanding language but can produce speech