Unit 11 AP Psych

What is intelligence?

• Mental quality consisting of the ability to learn from experience, solve problems, and use knowledge to adapt to new situations

• Being good at math

• Using your brain to retain information

• Mental quality consisting of the ability to adapt to unfamiliar situations

What is an intelligence test?

• A test that expresses how smart you are in words

• A method of assessing ones intelligence with animals

• A method of assessing an individual's mental aptitudes and comparing them with those of others, using numerical scores

• A test

What is general intelligence?

• Intelligence theory that a basic intelligence predicts our abilities in varied academic subjects

• A type of intelligence that is often required for everyday tasks

• A type of intelligence that is demonstrated in reacting adaptively to novel situations

Who created general intelligence?

• Sternberg

• Spearman

• Thurstone

• Gardener

What is grit?

• Passion and perseverance in the pursuit of long-term goals

• Passion and perseverance in the pursuit of short-term goals

What is emotional intelligence?

• Crying easily

• Being able to mind read what people are thinking

• The ability to access different intelligent levels

• The ability to perceive, understand, manage, and use emotions

What is an achievement test?

• A test designed to predict a person's future performance

• A test designed to assess what a person has learned

• A test designed to predict the future

• A test designed to assess a person's personality

What is an aptitude test?

• A test designed to predict a person's future performance

• A test designed to assess what a person has learned

• A test designed to assess how high someone can jump of the ground

• A test designed to determine what emotion someone is feeling

What is standardization?

• A test designed to assess what a person has learned

• The most widely used intelligence test; contains verbal and performance subjects

• Defining meaningful scores by comparison with the performance of a pretested standardization group

• A test designed to predict a person's future performance

What is a normal curve?

• A positive correlation graph

• A straight line

• The symmetrical bell-shaped curve that describes the distribution of many physical and psychological attributes

• A negative correlation graph