Psychology - Chapter 9 - Important Concepts
A child prodigy is an individual who demonstrates extraordinary intellectual or artistic abilities at a very young age, far beyond what is typical for their peers. These exceptional talents often manifest in areas like music, mathematics, or language, highlighting advanced cognitive development early in life.
An individual who displays astounding intellectual achievements at an early age.
Child prodigy
Key Terms
An individual who displays astounding intellectual achievements at an early age.
Child prodigy
Includes reasoning, understanding and judgement.
Higher mental processes
Idea that people vary in their ability levels across different domains of intellectual skill
Multiple intelligences
The ability to grasp deep philosophical ideas, like the meaning of life
existential intelligence
What are the three intelligence types of the Triarchic model?
Analytical intelligence, Practical intelligence, Creative intelligence
The ability to reason logically; book smarts
analytical intelligence
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| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
An individual who displays astounding intellectual achievements at an early age. | Child prodigy |
Includes reasoning, understanding and judgement. | Higher mental processes |
Idea that people vary in their ability levels across different domains of intellectual skill | Multiple intelligences |
The ability to grasp deep philosophical ideas, like the meaning of life | existential intelligence |
What are the three intelligence types of the Triarchic model? | Analytical intelligence, Practical intelligence, Creative intelligence |
The ability to reason logically; book smarts | analytical intelligence |
Aka Tacit intelligence; the ability to solve real world problems, especially those involving other people. Street smarts. | Practical intelligence |
Creativity; our ability to come up with novel and effective answers to questions. | Creative intelligence |
Phenomenon in which idiots think they are smarter than they actually are. | Double curse of incompetence |
Knowledge of our own knowledge. | Metacognition. |
How is IQ calculated? | Divide mental age by chronological age and multiply the result by 100 |
The ability to focus on difficult problems for long periods of time. | Mental energy |
The ability to understand health-related information, such as instructions from doctors or on drug labels. | Health literacy |
Implies that above a certain level of IQ, intelligence is no longer predictive of important real-world accomplishments. | Threshold effect |
The tendency of individuals with similar genes to have children. | Assortative mating |
_________ _________ tends to explain the incredible low points of the IQ distribution | Assortative mating |
Many advocate for the addition of _______ to the criteria for intellectual disability | gullibility |
Allow us to examine the extent to which a trait runs or goes together in intact families. | Family studies |
Family studies do not allow us to distinguish the effects of ______ from those of the environment. | genes |
Believed that intelligence was related to sensory ability. | Galton |
What does intelligence consist of? | Ability to reason abstractly Learn to adapt to novel environmental circumstances Acquire knowledge Benefit from experience |
_______ forms of intellectual disability tend to be inhereted, _____ forms do not. | mild, severe |
IQ is greatly influenced by ______ factors. However, at high levels of _______ deprivation, the effects of _______ on intelligence may largely swamp out the effects of ______. | genetic environmental, environment genes |
Adoption agencies often place children in homes similar to those of the biological parents. Confound for adoptive studies. | Selective placement |
Lines of evidence suggest that exerts a causal influence on IQ. | schooling |
What are explanations for the Flynn effect? | Increased test sophistication Increased complexity of the modern world Better nutrition Changes at home and school |