Mod 60 & 61 ASSESSMENT

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

Match the following

• savant syndrome

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

• intelligence

• 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 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.

• factor analysis

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

Match the following

• Howard Gardner

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

• Robert Sternberg

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

• LL Thurstone

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

• Charles Spearman

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

Match the following

• convergent thinking

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

• practical intelligence

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

• divergent thinking

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

• creative intelligence

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

• analytical intelligence

• expands the number of possible problem solutions

passion and perseverance in the pursuit of long-term goals

Match the following

• Gardner's multiple intelligences

• intelligence is classified into three areas that predict real world success: analytical, creative and practical

• Spearman's general intelligence (g)

• a key aspect, consisting of perceiving, understanding, managing and using emotions

• emotional intelligence

• basic intelligence predicts our abilities in varied academic areas

• Sternberg's triarchic theory

• our abilities are best classified into eight or nine independent intelligences, which inlclude a broad range of skills beyond traditional school smarts

• Thurstone's primary mental abilities

• our intelligence is broken down into seven distinct factors

Match the following

• (driving) aptitude test

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

• aptitude test

• rules test online for drivers' permit

• (driving) achievement test

• road test for drivers' license

• intelligence test

• a test designed to predict a person's future performance; aptitude is the capacity to learn

• achievement test

• a test designed to assess what a person has learned

True or False: A person's IQ score is strongly correlated with their SAT scores.

• True

• False

a measure of intelligence test performance devised by Binet; the chronological age that most typically corresponds to a given level of performance

A person's ​ (a)   is equal to their ​ (b)   divided by their ​ (c)   X ​ (d)   .

• IQ
• mental age
• actual age
• 100
• weight
• hypothetical age
• 50