Mod 60 and 61 READING GUIDE

People assign this term (intelligence) to the qualities that enable _______ in their own time and culture.

The ability to learn from experience, solve problems and use knowledge to adapt to new situations

You probably know some people with talents in ​ (a)   , others who excel in the ​ (b)   , and still others gifted in ​ (c)   , art, ​ (d)   or ​ (e)   .

• science
• humanities
• athetics
• music
• dance
• psychology
• rizz
• history

He (Charles Spearman) granted that people often have special, outstanding ​ (a)   . But he noted that those who score ​ (b)   in one area, such as ​ (c)   intelligence, typically score ​ (d)   than average in other areas, such as ​ (e)   or reasoning ability.

• abilities
• high
• verbal
• higher
• spatial
• skills
• low
• mathematical
• lower

Match the following

• factor analysis

• a general intelligence factor that, according to Spearman and others, underlies specific mental abilities and is therefore measured by every task on an intelligence test

• general intelligence

• a condition in which a person otherwise limited in mental ability has an exceptional specific skill, such as in computation or drawing

• savant syndrome

• 
  a statistical procedure that identifies clusters of related items (called factors) on a test; used to identify different dimensions of performance that underlie a person's total score.

• intelligence

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

Match the following

• Charles Spearman

• psychologist; proposed that intelligence consisted of 7 different primary mental abilities: word fluency, verbal comprehension, spatial ability, perceptual speed, numerical ability, inductive reasoning, memory

• LL Thurstone

• devised theory of multiple (8) intelligences: logical-mathematic, spatial, bodily-kinesthetic, intrapersonal, linguistic, musical, interpersonal, naturalistic

• Robert Sternberg

• creator of "g-factor", or general intelligence, concept

• Howard Gardner

• intelligence; devised the Triarchic Theory of Intelligence (analytical problem-solving, practical, and creative)

Match the following

• convergent thinking

• expands the number of possible problem solutions

• analytical intelligence

• narrows the available problem solutions to determine the single best solution

• creative intelligence

• is assessed by intelligence tests, which present well-defined problems having a single right answer

• practical intelligence

• required for everyday tasks that may be poorly defined and may have multiple solutions

• divergent thinking

• demonstrated in innovative smarts: the ability to adapt to new situations and generate novel ideas

passion and perseverance in the pursuit of long-term goals

According to the ​ (a)   on page 629, there is a ​ (b)   correlational coefficient between intelligence test scores and annual income. This is a ​ (c)   correlation.

• scatterplot
• +.30
• moderate positive
• -.30
• strong positive
• strong negative
• weak positive

Thus, emotionally intelligent people more often ​ (a)   in relationship, ​ (b)   and parenting situations than do academically ​ (c)   but less emotionally intelligent people. They also tend to be ​ (d)   and ​ (e)   .

• succeed
• career
• smarter
• happy
• healthy
• fail
• inferior
• less happy
• less healthy