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1. Mild (51-70) - 6th grade max. by late teens - self supporting in a stable environment, need help w/ stress
* majority of retarded people fall in the mildly retarded category

2. Moderate (36-50) - 2nd to 4th grade. by late teens - can be semi independent in sheltered environment, needs help w/ mild stress

3. Severe (20-35) - limited speech, toilet habits - can contribute to self support with total supervision

4. Profound (< 20) - little or no speech, not toilet trained
- requires total care

- 2-3% of the school age population is diagnosed as mentally retarded
- 15% of retarded people think of the obvious behaviors
- usually not noticed until children have been in school a few years

He proposed the existence of 8 intelligences;
-Linguistic, Logical-mathematical, Musical, Bodily/kinesthetic, Spatial, Interpersonal, Intrapersonal, Naturalist

-Gardner argues that separate neural centers underlie these various intelligences.

-He provides numerous case studies of patients who have lost all language abilities because of damage to the speech centers in the left hemisphere, but who still retain the capacity to be musicians, visual artists, and engineers.

-He proposed the existence of eight intelligences
->Linguistic, Logical-mathematical, Musical, Bodily/kinesthetic, Spatial, Interpersonal, Intrapersonal, Naturalist

-Gardner argues that separate neural centers underlie these various intelligences.

-He provides numerous case studies of patients who have lost all language abilities because of damage to the speech centers in the left hemisphere, but who still retain the capacity to be musicians, visual artists, and engineers.

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Intelligence Test

a method for assessing an individual's mental aptitudes and comparing them with those of others, using numerical scores

Achievement Test

a test designed to assess (reflect )what a person has learned.

ex: Exams covering material you have previously learned

Aptitude Test

a test designed to predict a person's ability to learn a new skill and future performance

-Gardner says it is a "thinly disguised intelligence test"

ex: College entering exams which seeks your ability to do college work

Mental Age

a measure of intelligence test performance devised by Binet; the chronological age that most typically corresponds to a given level of performance

-Spearman theorized that mental aptitude like athletic aptitude is a general capacity that shows up in various ways

Stanford-Binet (Terman)

the widely used American revision (by Terman at Stanford University) of Binet's original intelligence test. (IQ TEST)

Intelligence Quotient (IQ)

persons mental age (ma) divided by chronological age (ca) and multiplied by 100

-On contemporary intelligence tests, the average
performance for a given age is assigned a score of 100.
-Derived by William Stern
-Worked well on children NOT adults
-2/3 of all test takers fall between 85-115
Average child with same "ma" and "ca" has IQ of 100 but and 8 year old who answers questions like a 10 year old would has an IQ of 125

Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale (WAIS)

the WAIS and its companion versions for children are the most widely used intelligence tests; contain verbal and performance (nonverbal) subtests.

-overall intelligence score AND separate scores for verbal comprehension, perceptual organization, working memory, and processing speed
-can help psychologists or psychiatrist establish a rehabilitation plan for stroke patients
-helps highlight areas that need improvement and indicate areas of understanding/expertise

Standardization

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

-everyone takes the same test
-on intelligence tests the average score (mean) is 100
-95% of people fall between 70-130
-same environment for all test takers
-pre-test----test (must yield similar scores)

Normal Curve

a symmetrical, bell-shaped curve that describes the distribution of many types of data; most scores fall near the mean (about 68 percent fall within one standard deviation of it) and fewer and fewer near the extremes.

Reliability

the extent to which a test yields consistent results

-the test taker or environment should have no influence
-if the odd and even numbered questions correlate (agree) then the test is reliable
-Standford Binet and WAIS test are very reliable
(+.9 correlation)

Validity

the extent to which a test measures or predicts what it is supposed to.

-high reliability does not ensure this
-

Content Validity

the extent to which a test samples the behavior that is of interest.

-tests that tap the pertinent criterion and behavior
-course tests have this if they asses one's mastery of a representative sample of course material

Predictive Validity

predicts criterion and future performance

-bests when people are young
-correlation between intelligence tests and school performance is +.6

Cohort

a group of people sharing a common characteristic, such as from a given time period

Crystallized Intelligence

knowledge that comes from prior learning and past experiences; based on facts, rooted in experience, increases with age

ex: reading comprehension and vocabulary terms

Fluid Intelligence

the ability to perceive relationships independent of previous specific practice or instruction concerning these relationships

ex:

Intellectual Disability

a condition of limited mental ability, indicated by an intelligence test score of 70 or below and difficulty adapting to the demands of life

Down Syndrome

a condition of mild to severe intellectual disability and associated physical disorders caused by an extra copy of chromosome 21.

Intelligence

Mental potential and our ability to learn from experience, solve problems, and use knowledge to adapt to new situations

Savant Syndrome

a condition in which a person otherwise limited in mental ability has an exceptional specific skill, such as in computation or drawing.

-These people score low on intelligence tests and may have limited or no language ability
-4 out of 5 people with this are males and may also have autism

Emotional intelligence

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

-This is a specific type of social intelligence (the know-how involved in social situations)
-consists of 4 abilities
-emotionally intelligence people can delay gratification in pursuit of long-range rewards rather than being impulsive

Rectification

to make an abstract concept concrete

ex: Sally has an IQ of 120 vs. Sally scored 120 on an IQ test
(the first statement indicates the test is objective while its actually subjective)

"G" (general intelligence)

the existence of a broad mental capacity that influences performance on cognitive measures (Spearman)

Analytic (componential)

abstract thinking and logical reasoning AND verbal and mathematical skills

-assessed by intelligence tests, which present well defined problems having a single right answer
-these tests predict school grades and vocational success

Creative (experimental)

divergent thinking; ability to deal with novel situations

-demonstrated in innovative smarts

ex: thinking up a caption for an untitled cartoon

Practical (contextual)

the ability to apply knowledge in the "real world"; the ability to shape and change one's environment

-required for every day tasks that are NOT well defined and may have many possible answers
-Sternburg and Wagner offered a test of practical managerial intelligence that measures skill at writing effective memos, motivating people, reading people, delegating tasks, and promoting one's own career

ex: figuring out how to move a large bed up a spiral staircase

Word fluency

the ability to find and use words readily in communication (retrieval)

Verbal comprehension

the facility with which one can understand words in communication and manipulate them in planning

Spatial visualization

the ability to organize and manipulate spatial patterns

Number facility

the facility of working with numbers, as in simple arithmetic

Associative memory

the ability to recall previously experienced or learned materials (Recall)

Reasoning

the ability to understand symbolic relationships

Perceptual speed

the readiness to attend accurately to some details in perception

Heritability

the proportion of variation among individuals that we can attribute to genes. The heritability of a trait may vary, depending on the range of populations and environments studied.

-genetics (height +.9 and weight +.5)
-environment (height +.1 and weight +.5)

Stereotype threat

a self-confirming concern that one will be evaluated based on a negative stereotype.

Spearman

Theorist who created the concept of "g" or general ability; believed that if one was good at one thing, he/she is probably good at all things.

-His belief stemmed in part from his work with factor analysis

Binet

Worked with low ability students and aimed to get rid of teacher observation as the standard of evaluating children. Creates a test that uses abstract reasoning and basic item identification to measure intelligence.

-Original work was titled under "New Methods for Diagnosing the idiot, the imbecile, and the moron"
-Began by believing all children follow the same course of intellectual development but some develop more rapidly than others
-"Dull" child should score like a younger child and "bright" child should score like an older child
-Measured mental age

Terman

Is from stanford and takes Binet's test and creates the Stanford- Binet test, similar to the IQ test that we know today.

-promoted widespread use of intelligence testing to "take account of the inequalities of children in original endowment" by assessing their "vocational fitness"

Wechler

He deems the Stanford-Binet not adequate for adults and creates a new test based on non-verbal reasoning and and new scoring scheme not age-based

-Wechler Adult Intelligence Scale (WAIS)
-WAIS consisted of 15 subtests such as:
-similarities (what way are two objects alike)
-vocabulary (given picture and asking for name)
-block design (given 4 blocks, make a shape)
-Letter-Number Sequencing (repeating # in orders)

Sternberg

Theorist who believed intelligence is best classified into 3 areas that predict real-world success and is behind the triarchic intelligence theory.

-Agreed with Garden that "multiple abilities can contribute to life, success, differing varieties of giftedness add spice to life challenges for education"

Triarchic Intelligences:
-Analytic (componential)
- Creative (experimental)
- Practical (contextual)

Thurston

Theorist who believes our intelligence can be broken down into 7 factors and is behind the multiple primary mental abilties theory

-Spearman's opponent
-Gave 56 different tests to people and mathematically identified 7 clusters of primary mental abilities
-Did NOT rank on a single scale of general aptitude
-Test of retrieval

Problems With Traditional Intelligence

-Many dimensions
-Tough to measure
-language (reading, writing, essay)
-logic and math

Hands-on-Healing

The socially constructed concept of intelligence varies from culture to culture

Factor Analysis

Statistical procedure that identifies clusters of related terms

Satoshi Kanazawa

British-American psychologist who argued that general intelligence evolved as a form of intelligence that helps people solve novel (unfamiliar) problems

-says general intelligence scores DO correlate with the ability to solve novel problems but DO NOT correlate with individuals skills to solve evolutionary familiar situations

Novel Problem Examples:
ex: how to stop fire from spreading
ex: how to find food in a drought

Evolutionary Familiar Situation Examples:
ex: marrying
ex: parenting

Gardner

Theorists who believed intelligence/ability was broken down into 8 factors (which are broad and beyond traditional school smarts) and was behind the multiple intelligences theory.

-Proposed 8 relatively independent intelligences
-Also proposed a ninth possible intelligence:
(ability to ponder deep questions about life)

4 abilities to emotional intelligence

-Perceiving emotions (recognizing them in faces, music, stores, etc.)

-Understanding emotions (predicting them and how they may change or blend)

-Managing emotions (knowing how to express them in various situations)

-Using emotions (enable adaptive or creative thinking)

Galton

English scientist who was interested in measuring human traits (natural ability)

-Cousin of Charles Darwin
-Gave us the idea of nature vs. nurture
-Wondered if it was possible to measure natural ability and to encourage those with natural ability to mate with one another
-Intelligence assessment "Intellectual Strengths"

Intellectual Strengths Assessment

Assessment given by Galton based on reaction time, sensory acuity, muscular power, and body proportions

-Measures did not correlate with each other

Eugenics

19th century movement that proposed measuring human traits and using the results to encourage only smart and fit people to reproduce

2 necessities for tests

-standardization
-reliable

Flynn Effect

results have been getting higher and higher over time

-occurs because of better education and nutrition
-Flynn attributes the performance increase to our need to develop new mental skills and cope with modern environments

2 components of reliability

-test--retest
-split half

Split-half

When a persons score for the odd and even numbered questions on a test are compared

Thurston's 7 primary mental abilities

-word fluency
-verbal competence
-spatial visualization
-number facility
-associative memory
-reasoning
-perceptual speed

Gardner's 8 multiple intelligences

-musical (music smart)
-visual-spatial (picture smart)
-intrapersonal (self smart)
-interpersonal (people smart)
-naturalistic (nature smart)
-logical-mathmatical (logic smart)
-verbal linguistic (word smart)

Criterion

behavior we want to measure

-college readiness (tying to be aptitude)
-read english
-speak, write, listening, understands english

Growth Mindset

seeing room to improve instead of accepting/thinking you will be bad at something permanently

Deviation percents

1SD=90%
-1SD-1SD=68%
-2SD-2SD=95%
-3SD-3SD=99.7/100%

Overall, are males and females more similar or different in intelligence? Explain.

SIMILIAR

Explanation:
-social expectation
-evolutionary biology
-hormonal
-variability (men)

strengths of female vs. male

Female:
-spelling
-verbal fluency
-non-verbal memory
-sensation
-math computation
-emotion detection
-remembering (spatial)

Men:
-AP math/science tests
-verbal analogies
-risk-taking
-math problem solving
-geometric layout memory

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What kinds of abilities are intelligence tests best suited to measuring?

It consists of 15 different tasks, each designed to assess intelligence, including working memory, arithmetic ability, spatial ability, and general knowledge about the world (see Figure 10.4, “Sample Items from the Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale (WAIS)”).

What abilities does intelligence measure?

Intelligence is the ability to think, to learn from experience, to solve problems, and to adapt to new situations. Intelligence is important because it has an impact on many human behaviours.

What is the best measurement of intelligence?

Individual intelligence or IQ tests, administered on a one-to-one basis by a psychologist, are the preferred way to measure intelligence.

What is the best way to measure intelligence quizlet?

-Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale (WAIS) is an intelligence test that is used quite commonly, and it measures the verbal and nonverbal abilities of adults. The test has been revised in recent years and is now called the WAIS-R.