module 10 : intelligence

Question 1

intelligence

Answer 1

ability to discern true or important information from false or unimportant information
- difficult to measure and understand

Question 2

Aristotle : two dimensions of behavioural flexibility

Answer 2

• practical wisdom : application of knowledge (reasoning)
• theoretical wisdom : extention of ideas across conteste, science, abstract

Question 3

The Flynn effect

Answer 3

we are getting smarter due to the environment factors
- nutrition and health
- better education
- increasing complexity of environment and technologie

Question 4

measuring intelligence : Galton

Answer 4

physiological measures predicts intelligence
- eugenics : Darwinism
- conclusion : intelligence is normally distributed

Question 5

binet and simons inteligence tests

Answer 5

evaluates mental age with 3 basic abilities
1) direction
2) adaptation
3) criticism

Question 6

stanford-binet test

Answer 6

• invented IQ
• mental age divided by chronically age x 100
  (doesn’t work for adults)

Question 7

Wechsler test

Answer 7

• developed deviated IQ comparing how an individual compares to the average on standardized test
• bias

Question 8

Darwinism

Answer 8

eugenics (good genes)
- survival of the fittest

Question 8

stereotype threats

Answer 8

Refers to the risk of confirming negative expectations about one’s own social group

Question 9

mindset

Answer 9

mental structure of representation, attitude, interpretations …

Question 10

spearman

Answer 10

we have one general intelligence (g)
-factor analysis (statistical technique)

Question 11

thurstone

Answer 11

several abilities
7 clusters …

Question 12

content validity

Answer 12

The extent to which a test samples the behaviour that is of interest

Question 13

predictive validity

Answer 13

The success with which a test predicts the behaviour it is designed to predict

Question 14

cattel

Answer 14

hierarchical structure
- general intelligence
- fluid general intelligence
- crystallized general intelligence
- cognitive flexibility

Question 15

wisdom paradox

Answer 15

• Goldberg
• people get wiser as they grow up, while the intelligence goes down

Question 16

emotional intelligence (4 components)

Answer 16

Goleman
- ablilty to perceive
- use
- undersand
- manage

Question 17

ability to perceive

Answer 17

distinguish

Question 18

ability to use

Answer 18

facility thoughts, creative thinking

Question 19

ability to understand

Answer 19

predicting

Question 20

ability to manage

Answer 20

how to express

Question 21

other forms of intelligence : triarchic theory

Answer 21

• stenberg
  1) analytic intelligence
  2) creative intelligence
  3) practical intelligence
  All together is successful intelligence

Question 22

analytic intelligence

Answer 22

academic

Question 23

creative intelligence

Answer 23

ideas

Question 24

practical intelligence

Answer 24

applied

Question 25

multiple intelligence : gardner

Answer 25

8 types - bodily-kinesthetic - interpersonal - verbal-linguistic - logical-mathematical - naturalistic - intra-personal - visual-spacial - musical

Question 26

twins and adoptions studies

Answer 26

1) identical twins raised together are similar score 2) identical twins raised apart 3) fraternal twins raised together 4) siblings raised together 5) unrelated individuals raised together