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| the global capacity to think rationally, act purposefully, and deal effectively with the environment. |
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| a measurement of intelligence in which an individual's mental level is expressed in terms of the average abilities of a given age group. |
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| intelligence quotient (IQ) |
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| a measure of general intelligence derived by comparing an individual's score with the scores of others in the same age group. |
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| a test designed to measure a person's level of knowledge, skill, or accomplishment in a particular area. |
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| a test designed to assess a person's capacity to benefit from education or training. |
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| the administration of at est to a large, representative sample of people under uniform conditions for the purpose of establishing norms. |
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| normal curve/normal distribution |
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| a bell-shaped distribution of an individual differences in a normal population in which most scores cluster around the average score. |
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| the ability of a test to produce consistent results when administered on repeated occasions under similar conditions. |
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| the ability of a test to measure what it is intended to measure. |
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| g factor or general intelligence |
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| the notion of general intelligence factor that is responsible for a person's overall performance on tests of mental ability. |
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| individual instances of a concept or category, held in memory. |
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| thinking and behavior directed toward attaining a goal that is not readily available. |
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| a problem-solving strategy that involves attempting different solutions and eliminating those that do not work |
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| a problem solving strategy that involves following a specific rule, procedure, or method that inevitably produces the correct solution. |
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| a problem solving strategy that involves following a general rule of thumb to reduce the number of possible solutions. |
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| the sudden realization of how a problem can be solved |
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| coming to a conclusion or making a judgment with conscious awareness of the thought processes involved. |
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| the tendency to view objects as functioning only in their usual or customary way. |
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| the tendency to persist in solving problems with solutions that have worked in the past. |
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| a strategy in which the likelihood of an event is estimated on the basis of how readily available other instances of the event are in memory. |
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| representativeness heuristic |
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| a strategy in which the likelihood of an event is estimated by comparing how similar it is to the prototype of the event. |
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| Adept us of language: poet, writer, public speaker, native storyteller. |
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| Logical-Mathematical Intelligence |
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| Logical, mathematical, and scientific ability: scientist, mathematician, navigator, surveyor. |
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| Ability to create, synthesize, or perform music: musician, composer, singer. |
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| ability to mentally visualize the relationships of objects or movements: sculptor, painter, expert chess player, architect. |
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| bodily kinesthetic intelligence |
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| control of bodily motions and capacity to handle objects skillfully: athlete, dancer, crafts person |
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| interpersonal intelligence |
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| understanding of other people's emotions, motives, and intentions: politician, salesperson, clinical psychologist. |
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| Intrapersonal Intelligence |
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| Understanding of one's own emotions, motives, and intentions: essayist, philosopher |
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| Naturalistic Intelligence |
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| Ability to discern patterns in nature: ecologist, zoologist, botanist. |
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| triarchic theory of intelligence |
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| Sternberg's theory that there are three distinct forms of intelligence: analytic, creative, and practical. |
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