Intelligence

Intelligence is...

• one of the oldest topics studied in psychology

• difficult to measure

• closely related to one's cognition

• all of those notions are true about intelligence

True or False? Animal intelligence can be studied and measured?

• True

• False

Intellectual ability includes

• learning, remembering, communicating, solving problems, using logic, being adaptive, and so many other abilities!

• types of "book smarts" but doesn't include "street smarts" like common sense or the ability to grasp and avoid a potentially dangerous situation before being dragged into one

• measuring behaviors that are natural - meaning ones you are born with. But, true intellectual ability doesn't include "nature" or culturally learned skills

• your ability to think. That is it. No reason to make it complicated.

True or False? Intelligence of humans can be measured at any age?

• True - But what is measured may differ for age groups

• False - Intelligence can not be accurately measured until that frontal lobe (of brain) finishes developing

When *standardized tests are used for IQ tests, the data often forms a / an

*standardized test = a assessment that has a uniform selection of questions, answers, and grading scale - given the same way to everyone

• X - Y slope

• bell curve

• gradient with a positive correlation of +5 at each interval

• inconclusive and inconsistent report

The average score for humans on a common IQ test is

• 50

• 100

• 1600

• 500

Throughout history, according to IQ test data, humans are

• becoming less and less intelligent.

• becoming more and more intelligent.

• consistently scoring and performing at the same or similar levels, decade after decade, generation after generation

Emotional Intelligence is

• not measurable

• one's ability to mange stress and understand feelings

• what makes humans more intelligent than other animals

• all are true about emotional intelligence

True or False? One's level of emotional intelligence may help to explain their ability, or inability, to learn and perform well in school.

• True

• False

True or False?

If you are trying to do something (anything! - a new touch pass in soccer, getting to the next level in a video game, learning a new piano song, memorizing social studies vocabulary, etc.) and you simply begin to THINK, "I can't do __________, yet" - instead of, "I can't do __________." You will be more likely to master that thing you want to do.

• True

• False