intelligence Flashcards
intelligence
abilities involved with learning and adaptive behavior
ability
skill that a person actually has
aptitude
potential ability
practical intelligence
ability to select and accomplish goals
self aware
aware of the world
verbal intelligence
a broad vocabulary, learning skills, overall smart.
problem solving
makes good decisions, plans ahead, considers results of actions
Lay People
intelligence includes social competence
Spearman
“general”
thurstone
abilities are independent of each other
7 areas
cattell
mental abilities form 2 clusters
the flynn effect
the substantial and long sustained increase in both fluid and crystallized intelligence scores
howard garner
multiple intelligences
7 unique abilities
metacomponents
awareness of your own processes
performance
mental operations or skills used to actually solve the problem
knowledge acquisition
combine and compare pieces of information
experimental intelligence
relate new situations to old ones
solve problems fast
create new ideas
contextual
adapting
relating things to themselves
Alfred Binet
designed first intelligence test for the french public schools
wanted to see who needed extra help
created mental age
Terman- Professor at stanford
created the term IQ
normed the test around the score of 100
gender bias
stanford binet IQ test
individual 4 mental abilities: -verbal reasoning -abstract/visual reasoning -quantitive reasoning -short term memory
wechester intelligence scales
WAIS-R- adult intelligence scale
made for adults
mental age norms did not work
no emphasis on life skills
WAIS-R
divided into verbal and performance
performance tests
“non readers”
minimize use of words
culture fair test
minimize use of language
