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16 Cards in this Set
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The ability to acquire and apply knowledge and skills |
Intelligence
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Influences ability on all intellectual tasks |
G = general intelligence
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Factual knowledge, includes word meanings, capitals of countries, arithmetic facts |
Crystallized intelligence
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Ability to think on the spot, includes problem solving, inferential thinking, and analogical reasoning
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Fluid intelligence
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Intelligence that increases steadily throughout life
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Crystallized intelligence
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Intelligence that peaks in early childhood and does not increase through life
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Fluid intelligence
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Reflect performance on the test relative to other children of the same age
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IQ score
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Best age window to test intelligence
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5-6 years old
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Measures quality of home environment, are a good predictor of IQ
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Home scores
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Theory on race and intelligence
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No genetic basis for race at all, so these discrepancies in IQ among races must not have a genetic basis
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Ideas behind Gardner's theory of multiple intelligences
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Traditional tests too limited
Named many different types of intelligences including those that show intelligence in every day life |
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Evidence for Gardner's theory of multiple intelligences
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Brain damaged people show normal performance in all domains except one
Child prodigies have exceptional ability in one area but not others Developmental disorders like autism |
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Limitations of Gardner's theory of multiple intelligences
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No reliable/valid tests of certain domains
Not clears if other domains are "forms of intelligence" or "specific intelligence" |
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Idea of Sternberg's Theory of Successful intelligence
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Three fundamental aspects of intelligence
Students that excel on the practical and creative tests are more racially and economically diverse than those who excel on traditional analytic tests |
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Three fundamental aspects of successful intelligence (Sternberg)
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1. Analytic = academic
2. Creative = reasoning in novel circumstances 3. Practical = reasoning about every day problems |
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Sternberg's theory of intellect, based on the view that intelligence is the ability to achieve success in life
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Theory of successful intelligence
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