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Psych 101 Test 3 (Tri-C)
Intro to Psych Chap 7
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Psychology
Undergraduate 1
10/31/2006

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cognition
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the mental processes that are involved in acquiring, storing, retrieving, and using information and that include sensation, perception, imagery, concept formation, reasoning, decision making, problem solving, and language
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intelligence
Definition
the individual's ability to understand complex ideas, to adapt effectively to the environment, to learm from experience, to engage in various forms of reasoning, and to overcom obstacles through mental effort
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g factor
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General intelligence factor
spearman's term for a general intellectual ability that underlies all mental operations to some degree
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primary mental abilities
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according to Thurstone, seven relatively distinct capabilities that singly or in combination are involved in all intellectual activities
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gardner's eight frames of mind
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eight frams of mind are linguistic, logical-mathematical, spatial, bodily-kinesthetic, musical, interpersonal, and naturalistic
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sternberg's triaarchic thoeiry of intelligence
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theory developed by sternberg that there are threes types of intelligence: componential (analytical), experiential (creative), and contextual (practical)
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componential intelligence
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refersto the mental abilities most closely related to sucess on conventional IQ and achievement tests
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experiential intelligence
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reflected in creative thinking and problem solving
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contextual intelligence
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practical intelligence, might be eqyated with common sense or "streets smarts"
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intelligence quotient
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an index of intelligence, originally derived by dividing mental age by chronological age and then multiplying by 100, but now derived by comparing an individual's scpre with the scores of others of the same age
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norms
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standards based on the range of test scores of a large group of people who are selected to provide the bases of comparison for those take the test later
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aptitude tests
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a test designed to predict a person's achievement or performance at some future time
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standardization
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establishing norms for comparing the scores of people who will takre a test in the future; administering tests using a prescribed procedure
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mentally retarded
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subnormal intelligence reflected by an IQ below 70 and by adaptive functioning severely deficient for one's age
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nature-nurture controversy
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the debate over whether intelligence and other traits are primarily the result of heredity or environment
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heritability
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an indexs of the degree to which a characteristic is estimated to be influenced by heredity
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