Mod 60 and 61 READING GUIDE

People assign this term (intelligence) to the qualities that enable _______ in their own time and culture.

The ability to learn from experience, solve problems and use knowledge to adapt to new situations

You probably know some people with talents in ​ (a)   , others who excel in the ​ (b)   , and still others gifted in ​ (c)   , art, ​ (d)   or ​ (e)   .

• science
• humanities
• athetics
• music
• dance
• psychology
• rizz
• history

He (Charles Spearman) granted that people often have special, outstanding ​ (a)   . But he noted that those who score ​ (b)   in one area, such as ​ (c)   intelligence, typically score ​ (d)   than average in other areas, such as ​ (e)   or reasoning ability.

• abilities
• high
• verbal
• higher
• spatial
• skills
• low
• mathematical
• lower

Match the following

• factor analysis

• a condition in which a person otherwise limited in mental ability has an exceptional specific skill, such as in computation or drawing

• general intelligence

• the ability to learn from experience, solve problems, and use knowledge to adapt to new situations

• intelligence

• a general intelligence factor that, according to Spearman and others, underlies specific mental abilities and is therefore measured by every task on an intelligence test

• savant syndrome

• 
  a statistical procedure that identifies clusters of related items (called factors) on a test; used to identify different dimensions of performance that underlie a person's total score.

Match the following

• Charles Spearman

• creator of "g-factor", or general intelligence, concept

• LL Thurstone

• devised theory of multiple (8) intelligences: logical-mathematic, spatial, bodily-kinesthetic, intrapersonal, linguistic, musical, interpersonal, naturalistic

• Howard Gardner

• intelligence; devised the Triarchic Theory of Intelligence (analytical problem-solving, practical, and creative)

• Robert Sternberg

• psychologist; proposed that intelligence consisted of 7 different primary mental abilities: word fluency, verbal comprehension, spatial ability, perceptual speed, numerical ability, inductive reasoning, memory

Match the following

• analytical intelligence

• is assessed by intelligence tests, which present well-defined problems having a single right answer

• divergent thinking

• narrows the available problem solutions to determine the single best solution

• practical intelligence

• demonstrated in innovative smarts: the ability to adapt to new situations and generate novel ideas

• convergent thinking

• required for everyday tasks that may be poorly defined and may have multiple solutions

• creative intelligence

• expands the number of possible problem solutions

passion and perseverance in the pursuit of long-term goals

According to the ​ (a)   on page 629, there is a ​ (b)   correlational coefficient between intelligence test scores and annual income. This is a ​ (c)   correlation.

• scatterplot
• +.30
• moderate positive
• -.30
• strong positive
• strong negative
• weak positive

Thus, emotionally intelligent people more often ​ (a)   in relationship, ​ (b)   and parenting situations than do academically ​ (c)   but less emotionally intelligent people. They also tend to be ​ (d)   and ​ (e)   .

• succeed
• career
• smarter
• happy
• healthy
• fail
• inferior
• less happy
• less healthy