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Intellectual disability
________ is a developmental condition that is apparent before age 18.
Carol Dweck
________ believed that intelligence is changeable fosters a growth mindset, a focus on learning and growing.
J McVicker Hunt
________ began a training program for the Iranian caregivers, teaching them to play language- fostering games with 11 infant.
Steven Pinker
________ argued that biology affects gender differences in life priorities.
Psychologists
________ have explored our social intelligence- understanding social situations and managing ourselves successfully.
Steven Spencer
________ and his colleagues gave a difficult math test to equally capable men and women.
Vocabulary
________- naming pictured objects, or defining words " (What is a guitar ?)
David Wechsler
________ concluded that "the decline of mental ability with age is part of the general / [aging]/process of the organism as a whole ..
Heredity
________ contributes to individual differences in intelligence.
uniform testing procedures
Standardization**: defining ________ and meaningful scores by comparison with the performance of a pretested group.
proportion of variation
Heritability**: the ________ among individuals in a group that we can attribute to genes.
Stereotype threat
________ may impair attention, performance, and learning.
Analytical
________ (academic problem- solving) intelligence is assessed by intelligence tests, which present well- defined problems having a single right answer.
Terman
________ studied more than 1500 California schoolchildren with IQ scores over 135.
Lewis Terman
________ tried to use Binets testing on children in California.
Age related cognitive differences
________ help explain why older adults are less likely to embrace new technologies.
Validity
________**: the extent to which a test measures or predicts what it is supposed to.
Stephen Ceci
________ and Wendy Williams reported that culturally influenced preferences help explain why American women, more than men, avoid math- intensive vocations.
Edward Thorndike
________ proposed an idea saying,"the best mechanic in a factory may fail as a foreman for lack of social intelligence.
Cohort
________:** a group of people sharing a common characteristic, such as from a given time period.
William Stern
________ developed the IQ (intelligence quotient) test.
Epigenetics
________ is one field that studies the nature and nurture process.
Motivation
________ can affect intelligence test performance.
Adoption
________ enhances the intelligence scores of mistreated or neglected children.
Intelligence
________ facilitates more education, better jobs, and a healthier environment.
valid statistical predictions
Tests are not biased in the scientific sense of failing to make ________ for different group.
verbal reasoning
Children have differing gifts, whether at math, ________, art, or social leadership.
innovative smarts
Creative intelligence is demonstrated in ________: the ability to adapt to new situations and generate novel ideas.
Fluid intelligence
________ is at its peak in late twenties or early thirties.
Hunt
________ believed that education boosted childrens chances for success by developing their cognitive and social skills.
Race
________ is not a neatly defined biological category.
US Supreme Court
The Flynn effect means fewer Americans are now eligible for execution (in 2002 the ________ ruled that the execution of people with an intellectual disability- defined as a test score of below 70- is "cruel and unusual punishment .)
Longitudinal Study
________**: research that follows and retests the same people over time.
Poverty
________ can deplete cognitive capacity.
Sectional Study
Cross- ________:** research that compares people of different ages at the same point in time.
racial differences
There are ________ in test scores, but the tests are inappropriate or biased.
Intelligence test
________ are expected to have predictive validity.
Howard Gardner
________ identified 8 relatively independent intelligence, including the verbal and mathematical aptitudes assessed by standardized tests.
intelligence scores of virtual twins
The ________- "same- age, unrelated siblings adopted as infants and raised together.
Practical intelligence
________ is required for everyday tasks that may be poorly defined and may have multiple solutions.
Sucess gift of nature
________ + a lot of nurture.
High reliability
________ does not ensure a tests validity.
Emotional Intelligence
________:** the ability to perceive, understand, manage, and use emotions.
Intelligence test scores
________ can mean life or death.
Intelligence Quotient
________ (IQ):** defined originally as the ratio of mental age (ma) to chronological age (ca) multiplied by 100 (thus, IQ= ma /ca × 100)
road test
A(n) ________ for a drivers license has content validity because it samples the tasks a driver routinely faces.
Academic aptitude test scores
________ are reasonably good predictors of achievement for children ages 6 to 12.
Intellectual Disability
________:** a condition of limited mental ability, indicated by an intelligence test score of 70 or below and difficulty adapaing to the depends of life.
Fluid intelligence
________ decreases beginning in the twenties and thirties, slowly up to age 75 or so, then more rapidly, especially after age 85.
Intelligence
________ is not a quality like height or weight, which has the same meaning to everyone worldwide.
