Raymond Cattell - answer-______________________ and John Horn distinguished fluid from crystallized intelligence, arguing that what we call "intelligence" is actually a mixture of two capacities.
True - answer-Most modern researchers view fluid and crystallized intelligence as facets or more spe...
Chapter 9 - Intelligence and IQ Testing
intelligence test - answer-diagnostic tool designed to measure overall
thinking ability
abstract thinking - answer-capacity to understand hypothetical concepts
g (general intelligence) - answer-hypothetical factor that accounts for overall
diff erences in intellect among people
s (specific abilities) - answer-particular ability level in a narrow domain
fluid intelligence - answer-capacity to learn new ways of solving problems
crystallized intelligence - answer-accumulated knowledge of the world
acquired
over time
multiple intelligences - answer-idea that people vary in their ability levels
across diff erent domains of intellectual skill
triarchic model - answer-model of intelligence proposed by Robert
Sternberg positing three distinct types of
intelligence: analytical, practical, and creative
Stanford-binet IQ test - answer-intelligence test based on the measure
developed
by Binet and Simon, adapted by Lewis
Terman of Stanford University
intelligence quotient (IQ) - answer-systematic means of quantifying
differences
among people in their intelligence
mental age - answer-age corresponding to the average individual's
performance on an intelligence test
deviation IQ - answer-expression of a person's IQ relative to his or
her same-aged peers
eugenics - answer-movement in the early twentieth century
to improve a population's genetic stock by
encouraging those with good genes to reproduce,
discouraging those with bad genes from
reproducing, or both
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