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Intelligence Vocab
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soft-skills
Instructions:
Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. Specific concepts are grouped as subcategories into broader concepts (example: dog-->animals)
intuitive
NT possibility thinkers
means end analysis
hierarchies
2. Ability to gain knowledge and solve problems
perceptive
production
reliability
fluid
3. The ability to produce valued outcomes in a novel way
divergent thinking
creativity
savants and prodigies
thinker
4. Like to keep options open - can just let things happen - flexible - open-ended - no trouble interrupting work to play - playful and less serious - put amazing energy into a project that captivates them - not unusual for them to procrastinate
survival
intelligence quotient
perceptive
availability heuristic
5. The feel good theory; 8 different intelligences; accepted among educators
gardner
ENFJ
creativity
validy
6. Strategies - or simple rules - used in problem solving and decision making that do not guarantee a solution - but offer a likely short cut to it
intelligence quotient
heuristic
style flex
stress prone
7. Detail oriented - closure wanting - highly organized - procedure for everything - neat - strongest work ethic - don't like asking for help - save money - must feel useful - stable - traditionalist - occupations seek them - loyal
stress prone
thinker
availability heuristic
emotional quotient
8. Tendency to seek out information that confirms preexisting beliefs; seeing only your solution in all evidence (racist says blacks cause all problems)
algorithm
confirmation bias
mental retardation
gardner
9. You remember things that present an emotional response - process information into long term memory - colors your experiences - emotions - fear
functional fixedness
amygdala
stress prone
validy
10. A representation of the best and most typical example of a category (example: rose-->flower)
preparation
prototype
divergent thinking
means end analysis
11. Enjoy interacting with others but it drains their energy - find quiet - tend to not like phone calls - share special occasions with one or very few numbers of people -can't study with noise - fore thinkers -
survival
introvert
ISTJ
perceptive
12. Decide by looking at logical results - unemotional - like analysis and putting things in order - justice is very important - make decisions easier because they put little weight on how it will affect other - don't think feelings are reliable - can hu
thinker
originality
functional fixedness
means end analysis
13. Either 2 of a continuum...'either this or that'
dichotomize continuum
1-1-1-4 Principle
functional fixedness
intelligence
14. Decide issues on what is important to them or others - logicality not a requirement - struggle with decisions - people oriented - sympathetic - tactful - appreciative - people pleasers
hippocampus
fluid
emotional quotient
feeler
15. Change oriented - empathizers - outgoing - people oriented - leader types - popular - charming - persuasive - people are highest priority - are aware of interpersonal dynamics in social settings -high need to please - strong fluency with language
judging
ENFJ
concept
the flynn effect
16. The ability to think about thinking
the flynn effect
metacognition
intelligence quotient
gardner
17. Hard for them to wait for gratification - tend to live for today - light-hearted - impulsive - action oriented - enormous energy in a crisis - want to test limits - risk takers - can lose themselves in interesting projects
spontaneous
dichotomize continuum
standardization
production
18. Step two: generating hypothesis
the flynn effect
perceptive
production
intelligence
19. Strong need for sociability - know lots of people - like to think and solve problems in groups - figure out what they want to say as they are talking
ISTJ
extrovert
problem solving
standardization
20. Asseses what the test actually measures
validy
confirmation bias
representativeness heuristic
sternberg
21. People oriented - idealistic - cause oriented - see possibilities - meaning in life - great impact on the world - integrity is important - harmony is important - personalize criticism - can't stand phony people - usually not motivated by money - like
validy
NF possibility thinkers
NT possibility thinkers
availability heuristic
22. Mentally retarded in some areas and gifted in others
NT possibility thinkers
savants and prodigies
stress prone
NF possibility thinkers
23. Norms that indicate where in the distribution a score lies
thinker
validy
introvert
standardization
24. Using problem solving methods that have worked in the past instead of formulating new ones (same football plays - no new ones)
production
sensor
ISTJ
mental sets
25. Under the thalamus - smaller than an almond - metabolic processes - homeostasis - thirst - hunger - circadian rhythms - sex drive
heuristic
the flynn effect
hypothalamus
sternberg
26. Come at information from different perspectives after 1 day - 1 week - 1 month and 4 months in order to remember it
mental sets
hippocampus
1-1-1-4 Principle
hierarchies
27. Slowest region of the brain to develop - memory - predicting - more neurons than the rest of the brain combined - regulation and coordination of movement -posture - balance
cerebellum
convergant thinking
means end analysis
hypothalamus
28. Tendency to think of an object of only functioning in one way (two pencils - no ruler)
functional fixedness
representativeness heuristic
standardization
savants and prodigies
29. Drawing conclusions based on most available/remembered information (after reading about the holocaust all day - you think its the most important event in history)
stress prone
availability heuristic
cerebellum
intuitive
30. Pay attention to what sensors tell them - facts - literal - detail oriented - sequence - down to earth - no nonsense - practical - accuracy - strong work ethic
reliability
sensor
intuitive
mental sets
31. Seeing unique or different solutions to a problem
metacognition
originality
cerebellum
thalamus
32. A set of cognitive abilities
intelligence
cerebellum
functional fixedness
production
33. Consistency of measurement
reliability
dichotomize continuum
thinker
fluid
34. Three step process that moves from the given state (the problem) to a goal state (the solution)
thinker
problem solving
creating subgoals
mental retardation
35. Complex problems are broken into smaller mini problems which act as stepping stones to get to the overall goal
creating subgoals
sternberg
style flex
representativeness heuristic
36. Narrowing down a list of alternatives to a single answer (SATS - IQ tests - etc.)
divergent thinking
thinker
convergant thinking
algorithm
37. The mental activities involved in aquiring - storing - retrieving - and using knowledge
cognition
hierarchies
preparation
crystallized
38. Step one: lays groundwork; defines goal - identifies facts - etc.
preparation
1-1-1-4 Principle
convergant thinking
mental sets
39. Thinking that produces many possible ideas; major element in creativity (uses for a paper clip)
NF possibility thinkers
problem solving
divergent thinking
metacognition
40. Generating a large number of possible solutions
metacognition
algorithm
thinker
fluency
41. Brain's overriding function
sensor
survival
originality
hypothalamus
42. A set of steps that - if followed correctly - will eventually solve the problem
perceptive
algorithm
extrovert
fluency
43. Accumulated knowlege (memory)
ENFJ
crystallized
problem solving
confirmation bias
44. Triarchic intelligence; accepted by psychologists (analytical - practical - creativity)
fluid
sternberg
standardization
savants and prodigies
45. Starts with solution and works backward; you decide you want to be a doctor - you then take the steps to get there
ENFJ
NF possibility thinkers
working backward
hierarchies
46. Shifting with ease from one type of problem solving strategy to another
hippocampus
creating subgoals
prototype
flexibility
47. Step three: asks wether generated solutions solved the problem
evaluation
mental sets
cognition
algorithm
48. Want closure - they want to get things settled and wrapped up work comes before play - more decisive - list makers
heuristic
validy
judging
emotional quotient
49. Short term memory into long term memory happens during REM sleep - brain decides what to pay attention to - figures out where to put new material - recalling spatial relationships
intelligence quotient
creativity
hippocampus
style flex
50. Ability to move into other ways - but you always come back to your pattern
style flex
intelligence quotient
cognition
preparation