Unti 3 Test - Intelligence & IQ Testing

Question 1

Sensory Capacity

Answer 1

• ability of many senses that other species don’t have

Question 2

Sensory Capacity Testing

Answer 2

extreme hearing test & vision tests

Question 3

Origins of intellgence testing

Answer 3

Alfred B. & Theodore S. -
- constructed intelligence tests to see how children develop
- varied tests to cover multiple areas of learning

Question 4

What is intelligence?

Answer 4

ability to: BANK
B: Benefit & learn from experiences
A: abstract reasoning
N: new environment adaptation
K: knowledge acquiring

Question 5

General vs Specific Abilities

Answer 5

Charles S. claimed that intelligence is general intelligence + specific abilities

Question 6

Fluid Intelligence

Answer 6

capacity to reason, ability to learn new things, abstract thinking (STM)

Question 7

Crystallized Intelligence

Answer 7

Prior learning & past experience, based on facts, increases w/ age (LTM)

Question 8

Who created the theory of fluid vs crystallized intelligence?

Answer 8

Raymond Cattell & John Horn

Question 9

Multiple Intelligences

Answer 9

Howard Gardner: N BIMLLI’S
N: Naturalistic
B: Bodily kinesthetic
I: Interpersonal
M: Musical
L: Linguistic
L: Logico-mathematical
I: Intrapersonal
S: Spatial Awareness

Question 10

Sternbergs Triarchic Theory

Answer 10

1) Analytical Intelligence - intelligence traits
2) Creative Intelligence - create & adapt novel ideas
3) Practical Intelligence - street smart

Question 11

Assessing Intelligence

Answer 11

Intelligence Tests:
- wechsler adult intelligence scale (WAIS - IV)
- wechsler intelligence scale (WAIS-V)

Question 12

IQ Tests

Answer 12

• have lots of bias
• now used to help kids struggling in school to assess their strengths & weaknesses

Question 13

Intellectual Disability

Answer 13

deficits in intellectual functioning & adaptive functioning that occur in the developmental period

Question 14

Environmental Influences

Answer 14

1) Expectancy effect - Rosenthal & Jacobson:
teacher study (bloomer group scored higher on IQ test)

2) Poverty - stress, poor access to resources

3) Flynn effect - avg. IQ scores rising 3 points per decade

4) Lead exposure