Intelligence

Question 1

Intellectual ability as defined in terms of performance on BLANK of ability.

Tests administered to large groups of people
Know average score at any age, distribution of scores, etc.

What am I?

Answer 1

Standardized tests

Question 2

What did Charles Spearman believe intelligence was?

2pts

Answer 2

Two factors of intelligence:
s- specific abilities
g- underlying general ability

Question 3

What did Louis Thurstone believe intelligence was?

Answer 3

Identified 7 specific abilities he called Primary Mental Abilities

Question 4

What did Raymond Cattel believe intelligence was?

6pts

Answer 4

Fluid Intelligence:
Innate, problem-solving ability
relatively free of cultural influences

Crystallized Intelligence:
Acquired knowledge
Dependent on schooling and other life experiences

Question 5

Who was Alfred Binet?

3pts

Answer 5

• father of intelligence testing
  -Goal – to develop a test that could predict school success or failure
• created IQ tests- Stanford-Binet test

Question 6

Brought Binet’s test to US and standardized on American children at Stanford University.

Who am i?

Answer 6

Louis Terman

Question 7

Developed scales measuring verbal and spatial abilities.

Who am I?

Answer 7

David Wechsler

Question 8

What is convergent thinking?

Answer 8

Goal is selection of a single, acceptable, conventional solution

Question 9

What is divergent thinking?

Answer 9

Searches for new ideas, and a number of different solutions

Question 10

What does the stability of children’s IQ depend on?

2pts

Answer 10

1. age of assessment
2. length of time between assessments

Question 11

What are the genetic factors that affect IQ?

2pts

Answer 11

• MZ twins more alike than DZ twins
  -Adopted children more similar to biological parents than to adoptive parents

Question 12

What are the environmental factors that affect IQ?

5pts

Answer 12

Impoverished Environments:
- isolated mountain communities
- inner city ghettos

Environmental Enrichment:
- IQ gains associated with enriching environment

Question 13

What aspects of a home environment affect IQ?

• parents BLANK, BLANK
• BLANK to children
• variety of BLANK play materials
• BLANK child to ask BLANK, etc.
• BLANK academic BLANK

Answer 13

• parents warm, responsive
• talk to children
• variety of age-appropriate play materials
• encourage child to ask questions, etc.
• encourage academic achievement

Question 14

According to the DSM V-TR, we now refer to learning disabilities as?

Answer 14

Specific Learning Disorders

Question 15

What is a Specific Learning Disorder?

3pts

Answer 15

• You have the cognitive potential to do well
  academically
  – There is a gap between your cognitive abilities and
  your academic achievement
  – You require accommodations to demonstrate your
  full potential