Chapter 10: Intelligence
Psychology. Schacter Gilbert Wegner, Second Edition
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| 4806649800 | intelligence | The ability to direct one's thinking, adapt to one's circumstances, and learn from one's experiences. | 0 | |
| 4806649801 | ratio IQ | A statistic obtained by dividing a person's mental age by the person's physical age and then multiplying the quotient by 100. | 1 | |
| 4806649802 | deviation IQ | A statistic obtained by dividing a person's test score by the average test score of people in the same age group and then multiplying he quotient by 100. | 2 | |
| 4806649803 | factor analysis | A statistical technique that explains a large number of correlations in terms of a small number of underlying factors. | 3 | |
| 4806649804 | two-factor theory of intelligence | Spearman's theory suggesting that every task required a combination of a general ability (which he called g) and skills that are specific to the task (which he called s). | 4 | |
| 4806649805 | fluid intelligence | The ability to see abstract relationships and draw logical inferences. | 5 | |
| 4806649806 | crystallized intelligence | The ability to retain and use knowledge that was acquired through experience. | 6 | |
| 4806649807 | prodigy | A person of normal intelligence who has an extraordinary ability. | 7 | |
| 4806649808 | savant | A person of low intelligence who has an extraordinary ability. | 8 | |
| 4806649809 | emotional intelligence | The ability to reason about emotions and to use emotions to enhance reasoning. | 9 | |
| 4806649810 | fraternal twins (also called dizygotic twins) | Twin who develop from two different eggs that were fertilized by two different sperm. | 10 | |
| 4806649811 | identical twins (also called monozygotic twins) | Twins who develop from the splitting of a single egg that was fertilized by a single sperm. | 11 | |
| 4806649812 | heritability coefficient | A statistic (commonly denoted as h^2) that describes the proportion of the difference between people's scores that can be explained by differences in their genes. | 12 | |
| 4806649813 | shared environment | Those environmental factors that are experiences by all relevant members of a household. | 13 | |
| 4806649814 | non-shared environment | Those environmental factors that are not experienced by all relevant members if a household. | 14 | |
| 4819351842 | test bias and having to report their race | These are two reasons minority students as a group tend to score lower on IQ tests | 15 | |
| 4819359610 | Flynn Effect | The gradual increase in intelligence scoring over time/generations | 16 | |
| 8935106829 | Multiple Intelligence Theory | Gardner's Approach - Verbal, Logical, Kinesthetic, Interpersonal, Intrapersonal, Natural, Musical, Visual | 17 | |
| 8935121695 | IQ Bias Factors | Language, Culture, Stereotype Threat | 18 |
