chapter 9

Question 1

the g factor

Answer 1

single, general factor for mental ability assumed to underlie intelligence in every aspect in some early theories of intelligence

Question 2

intelligence that reflects ability to think logically, rason abstractly, solve problems

Answer 2

fluid intelligence

Question 3

accumulation of info, knowledge, skills ppl have learned thru experience and education

Answer 3

crystallized intelligence

Question 4

theory of multiple intelligences

Answer 4

gardener’s theory - 8 spheres of intelligence. each person has 8 kinds of intelligence but in different degrees

Question 5

sternberg 3 intelligences

Answer 5

practical, analytical,creatibe

Question 6

mental age

Answer 6

age for which a given level of performance is average or typical. basis of binet test

Question 7

iq or intelligence quotient

Answer 7

score that takes into account an individual’s mental and chronological age

Question 8

intellectual disability in which no apparent biological defect exists but ther eis a history fo intellectual disability in the family

Answer 8

familial intellectual disability

Question 9

the degree to which a characteristic is related to geentic, inherited factors

Answer 9

heritability

Question 10

what are the 8 intelligences

Answer 10

MILL BINS
musical 
interpersonal
linguistic
logical-mathematical

bodily kinesthetic
intrapersonal
naturalist
spatial

Question 11

musical intelligence

Answer 11

skills in tasks involving music

Question 12

bodily kinesthethic inettligence

Answer 12

skills in usuing the whole body or various portions of it in the solution of problems or in the construction or products or displays
examples: dancers, athletes, actors

Question 13

logical - methematical intelligence

Answer 13

skills in problem solving and scientific thinking

Question 14

linguistic inettligence

Answer 14

skills involved in the production and use of language

Question 15

spspatial intelligence

Answer 15

skills involving spatial configurations, such as those used by artists and architects

Question 16

interpersonal intelligence

Answer 16

skills in inetracting with others

ex. sensitivty to the moods, temperaments, motivations, intentions of others

Question 17

intrapersonal intelligence

Answer 17

knowledge of the interal aspects of oneself, access to one’s own feelings and emotions

Question 18

naturalist intelligence

Answer 18

ability to identify and classify patterns in nature

Question 19

reliability

Answer 19

tests measure consistently what they are tryna measure

Question 20

valid

Answer 20

when it actually measures what it is supposed to measure

Question 21

norms

Answer 21

standards of test performance that permit the comparison of one person’s score on a test to the scores of others who have taken the same test