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| A moderately gifted child is usually defined by an IQ score between 130 and 150; a profoundly gifted child has an IQ score about 180 or above. |
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| indicates the extent to which traits, abilities, or IQ scores may increase or decrease as a result of interaction with environmental factors. |
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| Binet-Simon Intelligence Scale |
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| contained items arranged in order of increasing difficulty. The items measured vocabulary, memory, common knowledge, and other cognitive abilities. |
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| a statistical arrangement of scores so that they resemble the shape of a bell and, thus, is said to be a bell-shaped curve. A bell-shaped curve means the vast majority of scores fall in the middle range, with fewer scores falling near the two extreme ends of the curve. |
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| is a method of estimating a child’s intellectual progress by comparing the child’s score on an intelligence test to the scores of average children of the same age. |
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| results from genetic problems or brain damage. |
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| the wording of the questions and the experiences on which the questions are based are more familiar to members of some social groups than to others. |
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| a number that indicates the amount or proportion of some ability, characteristic, or trait that can be attributed to genetic factors (nature). |
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| Gardner’s multiple-intelligence theory |
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| says that instead of one kind of general intelligence, there are at least nine different kinds, which include verbal intelligence, musical intelligence, logical-mathematical intelligence, spatial intelligence, body movement intelligence, intelligence to understand oneself, intelligence to understand others, naturalistic intelligence, and existential intelligence. |
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| helps disadvantaged children from low socioeconomic classes to achieve better intellectual, social, and personal-emotional development, as well as physical health. |
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| asks how nature—hereditary or genetic factors—interacts with nurture—environmental factors—in the development of a person’s intellectual, emotional, personal, and social abilities. |
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