Homework #3

____ is credited with the development of the first intelligence test

Alfred Binet

What does the Fagan Test of Infant Intelligence evaluate?

An infant's ability to process information

_____ intelligence refers to the ability to judge, evaluate, compare and contrast

Analytical

___ intelligence consists of the ability to design, invent, originate and imagine

Creative

Sternberg's viewpoint looks at ____ intelligence and Gardner's includes ___ intelligence

Creative Multiple

Based on data from the Seattle Longitudinal Study, Schaie found more declines using _____ assessments than in longitudinal assessments

Cross-sectional

One's accumulated information and verbal skills are components of ____ intelligence

Crystallized

Tests that have questions that are familiar to children from all socioeconomic and ethnic backgrounds, and tests that have no verbal questions are examples of ___ tests

Culture-fair

Crystallized intelligence includes:

Effects of culture and reasoning, accumulated information, verbal skills

_____ intelligence emphasizes interpersonal, intrapersonal and practical aspects of intelligence

Emotional

The ability to reason abstractly

Fluid intelligence

When assessing individual variations in intellectual functioning, Schaie identified which three tendencies?

Gain Decline Stability

In the Seattle Longitudinal Study, which four intellectual abilities peaked among men and women in middle age?

Inductive reasoning Verbal ability Spatial orientation Verbal memory

Children from 12 months to 4 years of age show stability in ___

Intelligence

___ is the ability to solve problems, learn from and adapt to the experiences of everyday life

Intelligence

_____ encompasses problem-solving skills and the ability to learn from and adapt to experiences

Intelligence

Cognitive ___ are the hardware of the mind

Mechanics

___ age is Binet's measure of an individual's level of intellectual development compared with that of others

Mental

The most prominent finding from brain-imaging studies is that a distributed neural network involving ___ and __ loves is related to higher intelligence

Parietal and frontal

___ intelligence involves the ability to use, apply and implement ideas

Practical

Which types of intelligence do not conform to the patterns favored in conventional schooling?

Practical intelligence & Creative intelligence

Cognitive ____ are the culture-based "software" programs of the mind

Pragmatics

The Bayley-111 includes which of the following scales?

Socio-emotional Cognitive Language Adaptive Motor

The worldwide increase in intelligence test scores that has occurred over a short time frame has been called:

The Flynn effect

The _____ of intelligence claims that intelligence consists of analytical intelligence, creative intelligence and practical intelligence

Triarchic

Identify the six mental abilities assessed in the Seattle Longitudinal Study

Verbal ability Verbal memory Spatial orientation Perceptual speed Inductive reasoning Numeric ability