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Intelligence Vocab

Subject : 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. The feel good theory; 8 different intelligences; accepted among educators






2. Measurement of inter/intra personal skills






3. Want closure - they want to get things settled and wrapped up work comes before play - more decisive - list makers






4. Pay attention to what sensors tell them - facts - literal - detail oriented - sequence - down to earth - no nonsense - practical - accuracy - strong work ethic






5. The ability to think about thinking






6. 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






7. Starts with solution and works backward; you decide you want to be a doctor - you then take the steps to get there






8. 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






9. 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






10. Analytical - critical - great with theory - curious - loves to learn - often go into science areas - competent - most self critical - fear of failure - conscious of the credentials of others - learn by challenging authority - can hurt feelings






11. Seeing unique or different solutions to a problem






12. Mentally retarded in some areas and gifted in others






13. Tendency to seek out information that confirms preexisting beliefs; seeing only your solution in all evidence (racist says blacks cause all problems)






14. Using problem solving methods that have worked in the past instead of formulating new ones (same football plays - no new ones)






15. Organization - detail - sequential - awesome decision makers - quiet - serious - stable - dependable - structure - schedule - work comes first - give appearance of being cool and aloof - no frills - slow to change






16. Below average mental functioning






17. Under the thalamus - smaller than an almond - metabolic processes - homeostasis - thirst - hunger - circadian rhythms - sex drive






18. 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






19. Consistency of measurement






20. Triarchic intelligence; accepted by psychologists (analytical - practical - creativity)






21. A set of cognitive abilities






22. The ability to produce valued outcomes in a novel way






23. Decide issues on what is important to them or others - logicality not a requirement - struggle with decisions - people oriented - sympathetic - tactful - appreciative - people pleasers






24. Solver determines what measure would make the solution come faster; you discover studying gives you good grades






25. Come at information from different perspectives after 1 day - 1 week - 1 month and 4 months in order to remember it






26. Tendency to think of an object of only functioning in one way (two pencils - no ruler)






27. Thinking that produces many possible ideas; major element in creativity (uses for a paper clip)






28. Ability to move into other ways - but you always come back to your pattern






29. 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 -






30. 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






31. Three step process that moves from the given state (the problem) to a goal state (the solution)






32. Accumulated knowlege (memory)






33. Asseses what the test actually measures






34. A representation of a group or category that shares similar characteristics






35. Estimating probability based on preexisting prototypes rather than evidence (a tall guy is probably a basketball player)






36. Relay center - sensory information and motor functions






37. Drawing conclusions based on most available/remembered information (after reading about the holocaust all day - you think its the most important event in history)






38. Specific concepts are grouped as subcategories into broader concepts (example: dog-->animals)






39. Shifting with ease from one type of problem solving strategy to another






40. Generating a large number of possible solutions






41. You remember things that present an emotional response - process information into long term memory - colors your experiences - emotions - fear






42. 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






43. Brain's overriding function






44. Step two: generating hypothesis






45. The mental activities involved in aquiring - storing - retrieving - and using knowledge






46. 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






47. Either 2 of a continuum...'either this or that'






48. Complex problems are broken into smaller mini problems which act as stepping stones to get to the overall goal






49. Narrowing down a list of alternatives to a single answer (SATS - IQ tests - etc.)






50. Norms that indicate where in the distribution a score lies