Flashcards on Intelligence Concepts

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Intelligence refers to the ability to learn from experience, solve problems, and adapt to new situations.

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It involves the capacity to understand complex ideas, reason effectively, and learn quickly.

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General Intelligence

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A factor that underlies specific mental abilities and is measured by every task on an intelligence test.

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Multiple Intelligences

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Proposed by Howard Gardner, includes linguistic, logical-mathematical, musical, spatial, bodily-kinesthetic, interpersonal, intrapersonal, and naturalistic intelligences.

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Brain Activity in Intelligence Tests

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The brain is most active in the frontal lobe for intelligence tests.

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Brain Damage and Cognitive Abilities

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Brain-damaged people may have cognitive abilities but lack emotion.

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Thurstone's primary mental abilities break intelligence into seven factors.

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Word fluency, verbal comprehension, spatial ability, perceptual speed, numerical ability, inductive reasoning, and memory.

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Sternberg's triarchic theory classifies intelligence into three areas.

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Analytical, creative, and practical intelligence.

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The Flynn Effect refers to the increase in average IQ scores.

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Highlights the role of environmental factors in intelligence.

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Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale (WAIS) includes 15 subtests.

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Measures verbal comprehension, working memory, perceptual organization, and processing speed.

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The High Extreme of intelligence.

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IQ over 135.