Intelligence Part 2 Flashcards
Person with very low intelligence score yet possess one exceptional ability such as music or math
Savant
Persons with an average intelligence score yet possesses one exceptional ability in 1 area
Prodigy
Ability to perceive, express, understand, and regulate emotions
Emotional Intelligence
Refers to an ability to generate novel and valuable ideas
Creativity
People with high IQ may by this , which indicates that intelligences is only one component of this
Creativity
Think about many ways to use something
Divergent Thinker
Think about the most efficient way or best way to do something
Convergent Thinker
Designed to predict future performance and measure your capacity to learn new information rather than measuring what you already know
Aptitude Tests
Measure a person’s current knowledge and test their skills in different areas
Achievement Test
Tendency for the extreme or unusual scores to fall back toward the average
Regression to the Mean
A procedure for statistically combining the results of many different research studies
Meta-Analysis
Aspects of intellectual ability and learned knowledge
Crystallized Intelligence
Increases with Age
Crystallized Intelligence
Cognitive abilities that require speed and rapid learning by recognizing patterns, seeing relationships, or using logic to solve novel problems without connection to the past
Fluid Intelligence
Decreases with age
Fluid Intelligence
Most widely used intelligence test
WAIS
Individually administered, contains 11 subjects, yield separate verbal, abstract, and performance intelligence scorers
WAIS
What percent of people score between 15 points below or above 100
68%
What percent of people falls within 30 points of 100
95%
Bell shaped curve that represents the distribution of many many physical and psychological attributes
Normal Curve
Curve is symmetrical with most scores near the average and fewer near the extremes
Normal Curve
Average distance from the mean
Standard Deviation
What is the standard deviation on IQ test
15
Process of defining meaningful scores on a test by pretesting a large, representative samples of people
Standardization
