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| ability to aquire knowlegde, to think and to reason effectively and to deal adaptively with the environment |
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| factor that is common to performance o all intellectual tasks; includes apprehension of ecperience, education of relations, and education of correlates |
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| Crystallized Intelligence |
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| ability to apply previously aquired knowledge to current problems |
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| ability to deal with novel problem solving situations for which personal experience does not provide solution |
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| Sternberg's Triarchic Theory of Intelligence |
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Environment Demands may call for three types of intelligence
analytic
creative
practical |
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| abstract reasoning, judgement, evaluation |
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| generate new ideas and solutions to novel problems |
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| street smarts, being able to read situations properly, fitting self to situation |
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| Gardners Multiple Intelligences |
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-scope of intel testing too narrow
-critic of IQ tests
-many different groups, multiple human intelligences
-should test in a variety of ways with wider range |
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a standardized measure of sample of a persons behavior
-examine individual differences between people on measures of ability, aptitude, interests, motor skills, aspects of personality |
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measure general mental ability
-meant to assess general intellectual potential, as opposed to accumulated knowledge |
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Assess specific types of mental abilities
-still potential knowledge more than current knowledge
-verbal reasoning, numerical ability |
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| gauge a person's mastery and knowledge of various subjects |
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historical: mental age/ age x 100 used for comparison
Present: good for children, deviation IQ, WAIS: distinguised b/t verbal and nonverbal skills |
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Mild: 55-70% 6th grade
Moderate: 40-54% 2-4th grade
Servere: 25-39 % lim speech, toileting
Profound: Below 25% |
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