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| The ability to think, to learn from experience, to solve problems, and to adapt to new situations. |
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| The system of communication that uses symbols in a regular way to create meaning. |
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| General intelligence factor (g) |
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| The construct that the different abilities and skills measured on intelligence tests have in common. |
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| Specific intelligence (s) |
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| A measure of a specific skill in a narrow domain. |
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| Triarchic (three-part) theory of intelligence |
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| A theory proposed by Robert Sternberg that suggests that people may display more or less analytical intelligence, and practical intelligence. |
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| Administering a test to a large number of people at different ages and computing the average score on the test at each age level. |
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| The observation that scores on intelligence tests worldwide have increased substantially over the past decades. |
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| The age at which a person is performing intellectually. |
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| intelligence quotient (IQ) |
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| A measure of intelligence that is adjusted for age |
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| Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale (WAIS) |
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| The most widely used intelligence test for adults. |
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| The use of structured tests to select people who are likely to perform well at given jobs. |
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| The ability to identify, assess, manage, and control one's emotions. |
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| Normal distribution (or bell curve) |
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| the pattern of scores usually observed in a variable that clusters around its average. |
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| a generalized disorder mostly found in males, ascribed to those who have an IQ below 70, who have experienced deficits since childhood, and who have trouble with basic life skills, such as dressing and feeding oneself and communicating with others. |
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| A chromosomal disorder leading to mental retardation and caused by the presence of all or part of an extra 21st chromosome. |
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| The misguided proposal that one could improve the human species by encouraging or permitting reproduction of only those people with genetic characteristics judged desirable. |
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| Performance decrements that are caused by the knowledge of cultural stereotypes. |
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| The smallest unit of sound that makes a meaningful difference in a language (like a letter) |
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| A string of one or more phonemes that make up the smallest units of meaning in a language (like a word) |
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| The set of rules of a language that is used to construct sentences. |
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| Information surrounding language that is used to help interpet it. |
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| A time in which learning can easily occur. |
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| The brain's ability to develop new neural connections. |
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| An area of the brain in front of the left hemisphere near the moto cortex that is responsible for language production. |
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| An area of the brain next to the auditory cortex that is responsible for language comprehension. |
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| A condition in which language functions are severely impaired. |
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| Engaging in intentional vocalizations that lack specific meaning. |
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| The fact that speakers of a language can compose sentences to represent new ideas that they have never before been exposed to. |
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| How an idea is represented in the fundamental universal grammar that is common to all languages. |
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| How an idea is expressed in any one language. |
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| The ability to speak 2 languages. |
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| The idea that language and its structures influence and limit human thought. |
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