Intelligence - Theories and Intelligence Testing

What is the definition of intelligence?

• The "... capacity to be smart"

• The "... ability to do well in school"

• The “… capacity to act purposely, to think rationally, and to deal effectively with the environment”

• The “… capacity to deal effectively with the environment”

According to Gardner, what is logical/mathematical intelligence?

• The gift of visually representing concepts through drawing and building.
• The gift of physical prowess, fitness, or action.
• The gift of thinking in music terms and symbols and of performing.
• The gift of reasoning and thinking in symbols and abstractions, as demonstrated in calculating, computing, problem solving, and graphing

According to Gardner, what is interpersonal intelligence?

• verbal or linguistic skills such as listening, speaking, and writing

• Understanding the self

• Understanding other people

• Environment awareness of the natural world.

If Katie's intelligence quotient is 100, we know that she has a

• perfect score on a set of age-related tests.

• test performance superior to 90% of other children the same age who took the test.

• mental age typical of children who have the same chronological age.

• mental age below those of children with the same chronological age

Which of the following is one of Gardner’s types of Intelligences?

• Executive Skills

• Ethics

• Creativity

• Musical

The term “g-factor” refers to

• General Intelligence

• Gardeners Factors

• Group Intelligence

• Generation Factors

Sternberg’s Triarchic Theory of Intelligence included Practical, ________, and Creative

• Musical

• Interpersonal

• Analytic

• Emotional

A test is said to be reliable if it

• measures the skill it claims to test

• gives the same score to a person taking the test multiple times

• can be used to test different topics

• is passed easily

David Wechsler was responsible for?

• creating a new intelligence scale that could be used for adults

• theory of multiple intelligences

• seven primary mental abilities theory

• the Stanford-Binet intelligence scale

A valid tests measures what?

• The thing it is claims to measure

• Skills and ability

• which career will be suit a person

• Aptitude