Final Exam, part 2 | PSY 150 - General Psychology-HON, Quizzes of Psychology

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Intelligence

ability to learn from experience, to solve problems, and to use our knowledge to adapt to new situations. "School Smarts." **It is a concept, not a thing. TERM 2

Refication

DEFINITION 2 thinking that intelligence is a trait, viewing an abstract immaterial concept as if it were a concrete thing. TERM 3

Genreal Intelligence (g)

DEFINITION 3 **Spearman Intelligence can be linked to many clusters that can be analyzed to factor analysis. Example- Doing well on a Vocab and Paragraph Comprehension test defines that you have verbal intelligence. **7 Clusters TERM 4

Contemporary Intelligence

DEFINITION 4 **Gardner Intelligence comes in multiple forms ** Intelligences & believes there is a 9th intelligence TERM 5

Savant Syndrome

DEFINITION 5 when someone excels in abilities unrelated to general intelligence.

Sternberg

*3 intelligences TERM 7

Analytical Int

DEFINITION 7 assessed by tests TERM 8

Creative Int

DEFINITION 8 adapting to novel situations and generating novel ideas. TERM 9

Practical

DEFINITION 9 required for everyday tasks (STREET SMARTS) TERM 10

Expertise

DEFINITION 10 well developed knowledge basis

Imaginative

Thinking

seeing things in novel ways TERM 12

Adventurous Personality

DEFINITION 12 wanting to seek new experiences rather than following the pack TERM 13

Intrinsic Motivation

DEFINITION 13 a motivation to be creative with in TERM 14

What is a creative enviornment?

DEFINITION 14 A place to allow creativity to bloom TERM 15

What does scoring high on IQ tests indicate?

DEFINITION 15 That people perceive stimuli faster. Retrieve information from memory quicker. Show faster brain response times.

Binet &

Simon

-developed questions that would predict a childs future progress in the Paris School System. TERM 17

Therman

DEFINITION 17 adapted Binets test and named it the Stanford-Binnet test. (IQ test) TERM 18

(IQ)

DEFINITION 18 Intelligence Quotation Mental Age divided by Chronological Age times 100 TERM 19

Aptitude Tests

DEFINITION 19 predict your ability to learn a new skill TERM 20

Achievement Tests

DEFINITION 20 reflect what you have already learned.

WAIS

Wechsler WECHSLER ADULT INTELLIGENCE SCALE (overall intelligence) TERM 22

WISC

DEFINITION 22 Wechsler WECHSLER INTELLIGENCE SCALE for CHILDREN TERM 23

Checking Reliability

DEFINITION 23 yields constant results of tests 1. split the test in to 2 equal halves and assess the consistent scores. 2. Use different tests to see consistency 3. Test-Retest-use the same test on two occasions to measure consistency. TERM 24

Validity

DEFINITION 24 what the test should measure or predict CONTENT-Extent a test measures, part behavior or trait PREDICTIVE-predicting the behavior or trait TERM 25

T or F Do Frat twins raised together show

similar IQ scores?

DEFINITION 25 TRUE!

T or F Are identical twins raised apart more

likely to show slightly less similarity?

TRUE!

TERM 27

Stereotype threat

DEFINITION 27 concern that one will be evaluated based on negative stereotype.