AP11-Group 2
Jerry Tan - (Neural Plasticity - The Flynn Effect, Pages 440-448)
Terms
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- general intelligence (g)
- is "a general intelligence factor" that has to do with one's being good at something leading them to being good at other things as a result
- intelligence
- "the ability to learn from experience, solve problems, and use knowledge to adapt to new situations;" depends on cultural views and what is perceived as leading to success
- Perceptual Speed
- How fast someone interprets information.
- Washoe
- a chimpanzee who knows 181 signs of sign language
- Standardization
- Scores are used in comparison to a fixed measurement of a previously tested group.
- Richard Haier
- Researcher who measured areas of the brain that were involved with intelligence. These "gray" areas were found to be areas associated with "memory, attention, and language."
- IQ
- "intelligence quotient;" is found by means of taking tests that are meant to measure intelligence. The quotient of the mental age and the chronological age x 100.
- reify
- to consider an abstract item, such as intelligence, as a solid thing
- L.L. Thurstone
- administered approximately 60 exams and "identified" the primary mental abilities
- The Flynn Effect
- The rise of test scores as time goes on. Many have attributed this to be because of greater nutrition, more days in a school year, familiarity in the test, parents' involvement in a child's life, exposure to different types of media, etc.
- intelligence test
- used to measure IQ
- Achievement test
- (Standardized) test that measures what has been learned. Ex: Psychology quiz.
- Rico the Border Collie
- knows the name of about 200 objects and can fetch them when told to
- Aptitude test
- (Standardized) test that "predicts" the "ability to learn a new skill." Ex: SAT
- Neurological Speed
- How fast someone acquires and processes information.
- factor analysis
- is a "statistical procedure" that allows for researchers to recognize groups "of test items that measure a common ability"
- Charles Spearman
- assisted in the formation of the factor analysis procedure and believed in the idea of general intelligence (g)
- Standford-Binet
- Name of Binet's revised test.
- Mental Age
- Intelligence test score in the form of an age. I.E. A 10 year old child scores a mental age of 8, therefore he has the intelligence of an 8 year old. This term was coined by Alfred Binet.
- Normal curve (bell curve)
- A display of results that usually peaks around the mean score.
- Neural Plasticity
- Neurochemical basis for making connections due to experiences in the environment.
- Wechsier Adult Intelligence Scale (WAIS)
- Standardized test created by Daivd Wechsler, which contains "verbal and performance subtests."
- Alfred Binet
- Researcher who measured a child's mental age by performing experiments on his daughters. He created questions that would help predict a child's mental aptitude. By doing this, he helped the French government by exposing children who were in need of educational improvement.
- Satoshi Kanazawa
- believes general intelligence developed from a type of intelligence "that helps people solve" unique problems
- Eugenics
- Movement based on the idea of natural selection. Only the intelligent were fit to reproduce.
- Allen Gardner and Beatrix Gardner
- taught a chimpanzee named Washoe how to communicate through use of sign language
- primary mental abilities
- "word fluency, verbal comprehension, spartial ability, perceptual speed, numerical ability, inductive reasoning, and memory"
- Intelligence test
- Standardized test that measures people's intelligence by judging them on their ability to complete various problems.
- "water bird"
- how Washoe the chimpanzee referred to a swan
- Lewis Terman
- Researcher who used Alfred Binet's work and revised it. He was in favor of intelligence testing and eugenics.