Topic 8 Intelligence

Question 1

Mental potential to learn from
experience, solve problems, and
use knowledge to adapt to new
situations. Ability to derive information,
learn from experience, adapt to
the environment, understand,
and correctly utilize thought and
reason.

Answer 1

Intelligence

Question 2

Believed we have one general
intelligence (often shortened to g)

Answer 2

Charles Spearman

Question 3

factor that underlies
specific mental abilities and is therefore
measured by every task on an intelligence
test

Answer 3

General Intelligence (g)

Question 4

Explains the differences in performance on
different tasks. Specific to a certain aspect of
intelligence

Answer 4

Specific ability (s)

Question 5

A statistical procedure that
identifies clusters of related items

Answer 5

Factor Analysis

Question 6

Hierarchal models of intelligence

Answer 6

Raymond Cattell

Question 7

the power of reasoning and using
information. It encompasses the ability to
see complex relationships and solve
problems.

Answer 7

Fluid Intelligence

Question 8

is characterized as acquired knowledge
and the ability to retrieve it

Answer 8

Crystallized Intelligence

Question 9

Identified eight
relatively independent
intelligence

Answer 9

Howard Gardner:
Naturalist
Bodily kinesthetic
Musical
Logical-mathematical
Interpersonal
Intra-personal
Linguistic
Spatial

Question 10

The know-how involved
in social situations and
managing yourself
successfully

Answer 10

social Intelligence

Question 10

The ability “to ponder
large questions about
life, death, existence.

Answer 10

Existential Intelligence

Question 11

Triarchic Theory of Intelligence

Answer 11

Robert Sternberg:
Analytical Intelligence - School grades
Creative Intelligence - Generate novel ideas
Practical Intelligence - possible solutions for practical tasks

Question 12

The ability to perceive,
understand, manage,
and use emotions.

Answer 12

Emotional Intelligence

Question 13

A test designed to predict a person’s
future performance

Answer 13

Aptitude Test

Question 14

A test designed to assess what a
person has learned

Answer 14

Achievement Tests

Question 15

Predict someone’s performance in
school and similar strengths.

Answer 15

Intelligence quotient (IQ) Tests

Question 16

To identify French school children needing
special attention

Answer 16

Alfred Binet and Théodore Simon

Question 17

Test’s items are designated by age.

Answer 17

Stanford-Binet IQ Test

Question 18

the range of items used is
adapted to the performance
of the individual

Answer 18

Adaptive Testing

Question 19

Established new age norms to intelligence tests, extending the upper end of the test’s range from teenagers to “superior adults.” Defined originally as the ratio of mental age (ma) to
chronological age (ca) multiplied by 100.

Answer 19

Lewis Terman

Question 20

IQ=mental age/chronological age x 100. Derived the famous intelligence quotient, or IQ. On contemporary intelligence tests, the average
performance for a given age is assigned a score of 100

Answer 20

William Stern

Question 21

Created what is now the most widely used
individual intelligence test

Answer 21

David Weschler

Question 22

TYpes of David Weschler test

Answer 22

Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale (WAIS), Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children (WISC)
Wechsler Preschool
and Primary Scale of Intelligence (WIPPSI).

Question 23

The latest (2008) edition of the WAIS consists of
15 subtests, including these:

Answer 23

§ Similarities
§ Vocabulary
§ Block Design
§ Letter-Number Sequencing

Question 24

Assessed more than 10, 000 individuals of their “intellectual strengths” based on reaction time, sensory acuity muscular power, and body proportions. Measures did not correlate with one another

Answer 24

Francis Galton

Question 25

Tests minimizing items that clearly favor one culture over another but keeps some degree of cultural specificity.

Answer 25

Culture-Reduced Testing

Question 26

Principle of test construction: Defining uniform testing procedures and meaningful scores by comparison with the performance of a pretested group.

Answer 26

Standardization

Question 26

Most widely used devised by John C. Raven. Attempts to measure abstract reasoning without any use of language or reference to factual information.

Answer 26

Progressive Matrices test

Question 27

Principle of test construction: The extent to which a test yields consistent results, as assessed by the consistency of scores on two halves of the test, on alternative forms of the test, or on retesting

Answer 27

Reliability

Question 28

Principle of test construction: Indicates how well the test measures what it claims to measure. evaluated by examining its content, the response process, internal structure, and the scores’ relationship to other variables, and the consequences of using the test

Answer 28

Validity