Lay Person is...

A person who is a non-expert in a particular field. Are those who are not qualified or those employed by an organisation.

See an example below..

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What is implicit?

Implicit means something that has been understood but not clearly stated.

Implicit attitudes are thought to reflect an accumulation of life experience.

Implicit knowledge is that one that is gained through incidental activities, or without awareness that learning is occurring.

Examples are knowing how to walk, run, ride a bicycle, or swim

What is implicit theory?

Refers to the belief individuals hold about the nature of intelligence. Individuals tend to see intelligence as something that is fixed and immutable or as a malleable dimension that can be changed or improved.

What is relativism?[image]

Argues that intelligence is relative, and it is dependent on how individuals act in different situations and times.

Regarding intelligence, relativists claim that intelligence is that act which a particular culture defines or values as intelligence. Therefore, intelligence is relative.

What is g?

General Intelligence. And it refers to a general mental ability that underlies multiple specific skills, including:

1.       Verbal

2.       Spatial

3.       Numerical and mechanical.

Who created the theory of g and how?

Spearman by using factor analysis.

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What is RPM (Raven's Progressive Matrices)?

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A nonverbal group test typically used in educational settings.

Used to assess abstract reasoning.

The test is progressive. It gets harder as it progresses.

The task is to determine the missing element in a pattern

What is Fluid Intelligence?

The ability to reason and think flexibly.

This involves being able to think and reason abstractly and solve problems.

This ability is considered independent of learning, experience, and education.

What is Crystallised Intelligence?

The accumulation of knowledge, facts, and skills that are acquired throughout life.

As we age and accumulate new knowledge and understanding, crystallized intelligence becomes stronger.

What is Kinesthetic?

Is the perception of body movements.

Use of one’s body in highly skilled ways.

It involves being able to detect changes in body position and movements without relying on information from the five senses.

What is Psychometric approach?

Area of psychology that specializes in how to measure what we talk and think about.

Psychometric theorists have generally given little attention to cognitive development.

What is Flynn Effect?

Refers to the observed rise over time in standardized intelligence test score

What is Hamiltonian view of intelligence?

This is the view that says that people are born with different levels of intelligence and those who are less intelligent need the good offices of the those who are more intelligent to keep them in line.

What is the Jacksonian view of intelligence?

All people are equal not only as human beings but in terms of their competencies. Everyone can be substitute by someone else aside from specialist skills that can be learnt.

What is the Jeffersonian view of intelligence?

People are equal in terms of rights but not in terms of how they take advantage of those rights. Opportunities are equal but rewards should not be.

In the Robert Stenberg triarchic theory of intelligence componential intelligence refers to...

...to analytical ability. The ability to think abstractly and process

In the Robert Stenberg triarchic theory of intelligence contextual intelligence refers to...

...practical ability. The abilty to adapt to the environment that changes in order to maximize our strengths and compensate our weaknesses.

In the Robert Stenberg triarchic theory of intelligence experiential intelligence refers to...

....creative ability. The ability to formulate new ideas, to combine seemingly unrelated facts or information.

What do metacomponents allow us to do?

They enable a person to plan what to do, monitor things as they are being done, and evaluate things after they are done

What do we mean by multifactorial approaches in intelligence?

That many factors are involve in intelligence.

Genes and environment.

How many stratum has the Three-stratum Model?

3

What is the first Stratum in the Three-Stratum Model?

Stratum I

General ability

What are the second and third Stratum in the Three-Stratum Model?

Stratum II

Broad abilities

Stratum III

Narrow abilities

What stands for CHC?

The Cattell-Horn-Carroll theory.

How many broad cognitives abilities has the CHC?

16

What is divergent production?

The capacity to produce novel solutions to a problem.

It is one of the abilities recognized in the structure of intellect model.

Who would you call an entity theorist?

Someone that believes intelligence is a fixed and stable trait.

What is eugenics?

The practice of improving the human species by selectively mating people with specific desirable hereditary traits

GCA stands for?

The General Conceptual Ability

Which specific learning processess does General Conceptual Ability measure?

Verbal

Non verbal reasoning

Spatial abilities

What is Emic and Etic approach?

Emic aim to focus on specific behaviours within the culture

Etic aim is to find generalised behaviours in a culture.

What is Factor Analysis?

A statistical technique.

It is a way to take a mass of data and shrinking it to a smaller data set that is more manageable and more understandable.

How can we describe culture?

Set of ideas, behaviours, attitudes, and traditions that exist within large groups of people.