Unit 5. IQ Flashcards
(20 cards)
What are aptitude tests
Designed to predict a persons ability in a particular area or line of work high students take sat and act to get into college
What is IQ
Ability to understand and adapt to the environment
What is creativity
Ability to produce new ideas
What are achievement tests
Designed to determine a persons level of knowledge in a give subject area. Lawyers need to pass the bar exam
Who is Alfred Binet
Developed the first tests
Measures mental age
Compare mental age to their birth age
What is break set
Set group of expectations
What is savant syndrome
Person with below average intelligence who excels in something else
Mrs. B’s niece who can dance
Who is Howard Gardner and what are his 8 things
Linguistic- verbal skills sounds
Logical- mathematical
Spatial- visual
Kinesthetic- ability to control ones body movements
Musical- rhythm
Interpersonal- moods motivations interpreting
Intra- be self aware and in tune with inter feelings values thinking process
Naturalis- nature
What is Mensa
Math IQ in the top 2%
What is mental age
It is based on the age in which it takes an average individual to reach that same level of mental attainment. Mental age is usually measured by standardized intelligence tests. For example, early versions of the Stanford-Binet Intelligence Scales calculated a mental age based on how well a child performed on the test.
What is intelligence
Ability to understand and adapt to the environment. U using a combination of inherited abilities and learning experiences
Explain the different kinds of IQ
Street smarts
Book smarts
Gardeners theory
Talents and abilities
Why do we deal with IQ
Help students achieve in school
Educational selection for schools and program
Job placement
What are the problems with IQ Tests
Bias and validity What is intelligence? Who defines it? Education issues Social issues segregation and labeling
Binets 4 elements of intelligence
Direction
-setting a goal
Adaptability
-when faced with a problem make adjustments
Comprehension
-basic understanding of exactly what the problem is
Self evaluation
- person working on the problem should have some idea of whether he or she have been able to solve it correctly
Controversies surrounding IQ tests
Racial issues
Some believe it is fixed
Some believe environment can change and improve IQ
Explain low IQ and mental retardation
IQ under 70
50-70 mild retardation. Can function on own. Need supervision
Explain the 4 levels of mental retardation
50-70 mild retardation: can function on their own
35-50 moderate mental retardation
Often physical problems. Need supervision everyday
20-34: severe mental retardation
Constant supervision physical problems
Less than 20. Profound mental retardation usually don’t live long.
What can cause mental retardation
Injury disease inherited from parent
Malnutrition
Drug use personal and prenatal
Lack of stimulation
Exposure to toxins (lead)
Explain ideas behind nature vs. nurture in intelligence
Smart genes and growing up with strict parent making you work and parents who don’t care so you don’t care w
