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The Anthropometric Approach correct answers Sir Francis Galton, measured variation in sensory abilities as an indicator of intelligence (ignored evidence that contradicted thinking)
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Intelligence Tests correct answers Graduate Records Exam (GRE), LSAT, MCAT
The Anthropometric Approach correct answers Sir Francis Galton, measured variation in sensory
abilities as an indicator of intelligence (ignored evidence that contradicted thinking)
Binet-Simon Approach correct answers focuses on mental age as a measure of the current ability
relative to person's age (changeable) to identify children who were behind on development
Stanford-Binet Test correct answers Lewis Terman developed a test intended to measure genetic
(innate) intelligence (viewed intelligence as a fixed trait)
Weschler Adult Intelligence Scale (WAIS) correct answers most widely used intelligence test;
contains verbal and performance subtests, made for adults & uses deviation IQ
Raven's Progressive Matrices correct answers an intelligence test that emphasizes problems that
are intended not to be bound to a particular language or culture (John Raven)
Sexual Sterilization Act correct answers bill that prevented mentally disabled, prostitutes, and
people who scored too low on IQ tests from reproducing, repealed 1972
"The Bell Curve" (Book) correct answers argued that society consisted of cognitive elites, and
the less intelligent and those with lower IQs should not receive assistance from social programs
Stereotype Threat correct answers occurs when negative stereotypes about a group cause
members to underperform on ability tests
Entity Theory correct answers the belief that intelligence is a fixed characteristic and relatively
difficult (or impossible) to change
Incremental Theory correct answers a theory that a person's intelligence can grow as a function
of experiences, practice and effort
Grit correct answers made of perseverance of effort and consistency of effort
Spearman's general intelligence correct answers a basic intelligence predicts our abilities in
varied academic areas ('g'/ a person's mental energy)
Savant correct answers individual with low mental capacity in most domains but extraordinary
abilities in other specific areas such as music, math or art
Spearman's two-factor theory of intelligence correct answers every task requires a combination
of a general ability (g) and skills that are specific to the task (s)
, Hierarchical Model of Intelligence correct answers Lower level abilities ('s' abilities) are 'nested'
within a general intelligence
Fluid Intelligence correct answers type of intelligence used to adapt to new situations and solve
new problems without reliance on previous knowledge
Crystallized Intelligence: correct answers form of intelligence that relies on extensive past
experiences and memories and tends to be relatively stable and robust
Gardner's Multiple Intelligences Model correct answers a model where he proposed that there
were 8 forms of intelligence, where "skills" were described as "intelligence"
Concussion correct answers Case of broad scale brain trauma when there is a disturbance of
consciousness with no evidence of contusion or other structural damage
post concussion syndrome correct answers lingering symptoms from a concussion that last for an
extended period of time
Cognitive Rest correct answers stopping activities that require concentration and attention
(school work, video games) for the purpose of recovering from a concussion
gene knockout correct answers genetic manipulation in which one or more of an organism's
genes are prevented from being expressed
The Flynn effect correct answers The rise in average IQ scores that has occurred over the
decades in many nations
Developmental Psychology correct answers the study of continuity and change across the life
span
Cross-sectional Design correct answers research design that examines people of different ages at
a single point in time
longitudinal design correct answers research design in which one participant or group of
participants is studied over a long period of time
Teratogens correct answers agents, such as chemicals and viruses, that can reach the embryo or
fetus during prenatal development and cause harm
Germinal Stage of Prenatal Development correct answers formation of zygote, cell division
begins (~2 weeks)
Embryonic stage of prenatal development correct answers embryo begins developing major
physical structures (heart, nervous system) and begins to develop extremities
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