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Developmental Psych
Ch 8-Intelligence
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Psychology
Undergraduate 2
10/21/2008

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g/general intelligence
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the part of intelligence that is common to all intellectual tasks
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fluid intelligence
Definition
the ability to think on the spot to solve novel problems
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crystallized intelligence
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factual knowledge about the world
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primary mental abilities
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seven abilities said by Thurstone to be crucial to intelligence
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word fluency, verbal meaning, reasoning, spatial visualization, numbering, rote memory and perceptual speed
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seven primary mental abilities
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three-stratum theory of intelligence
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Carroll's model: g @ top, eight moderate abilities in the middle and specific processes at the bottom
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Weschler Intelligence Scale for Children
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IQ test used on children 6+ yrs old
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passive effects
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the genotype's effect on phenotype when child is raised by biological parents
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evocative effects
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how the genotype of the child elicits reactions from others
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active effects
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how the genotype straight up changes the environment
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multiple intelligence theory
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Gardner's view of intelligence
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theory of successful intelligence
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Sternberg's theory that intelligence is the ability to succeed
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phonemic awareness
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the ability to distuguish compenent sounds within words
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phonological recording skills
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ability to translate letters into sounds and sounds into words
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visually based retrieval
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proceeding directly from the visual form of a word to it's meaning
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strategy-choice process
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procedure for selecting among alternative ways of solving problems
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phonological processing
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ability to discriminate and remember sounds within words
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mental model
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processes used to represent a situation or sequence of events
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comprehension monitoring
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the process of keeping track on one's understanding of written text
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gesture-speech mismatches
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the phenomenon of hand movements and verbal statements conveying different ideas
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