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Intelligence Vocab
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soft-skills
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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. Solver determines what measure would make the solution come faster; you discover studying gives you good grades
metacognition
validy
evaluation
means end analysis
2. Measurement of inter/intra personal skills
emotional quotient
metacognition
ISTJ
reliability
3. 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 -
ENFJ
introvert
production
hypothalamus
4. Decide issues on what is important to them or others - logicality not a requirement - struggle with decisions - people oriented - sympathetic - tactful - appreciative - people pleasers
metacognition
standardization
feeler
sternberg
5. Relay center - sensory information and motor functions
1-1-1-4 Principle
thalamus
reliability
cognition
6. A set of cognitive abilities
emotional quotient
intelligence
concept
ENFJ
7. You remember things that present an emotional response - process information into long term memory - colors your experiences - emotions - fear
crystallized
emotional quotient
means end analysis
amygdala
8. Step one: lays groundwork; defines goal - identifies facts - etc.
preparation
functional fixedness
NT possibility thinkers
sensor
9. Starts with solution and works backward; you decide you want to be a doctor - you then take the steps to get there
working backward
spontaneous
creativity
confirmation bias
10. Ability to move into other ways - but you always come back to your pattern
hierarchies
style flex
1-1-1-4 Principle
hypothalamus
11. Asseses what the test actually measures
survival
cognition
validy
hippocampus
12. Come at information from different perspectives after 1 day - 1 week - 1 month and 4 months in order to remember it
dichotomize continuum
1-1-1-4 Principle
intuitive
intelligence quotient
13. Mentally retarded in some areas and gifted in others
introvert
savants and prodigies
hippocampus
reliability
14. 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
savants and prodigies
preparation
heuristic
ENFJ
15. 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
thinker
gardner
extrovert
hippocampus
16. Generating a large number of possible solutions
fluency
sensor
preparation
gardner
17. 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
working backward
savants and prodigies
stress prone
problem solving
18. Triarchic intelligence; accepted by psychologists (analytical - practical - creativity)
creativity
NF possibility thinkers
sternberg
thinker
19. Under the thalamus - smaller than an almond - metabolic processes - homeostasis - thirst - hunger - circadian rhythms - sex drive
amygdala
originality
hypothalamus
creativity
20. The ability to produce valued outcomes in a novel way
stress prone
creativity
sternberg
evaluation
21. The ratio of mental age to actual age times 100; measures your intellectual acheivement
evaluation
intelligence quotient
intelligence
production
22. A representation of a group or category that shares similar characteristics
cognition
crystallized
sternberg
concept
23. Either 2 of a continuum...'either this or that'
NT possibility thinkers
dichotomize continuum
cognition
hypothalamus
24. Estimating probability based on preexisting prototypes rather than evidence (a tall guy is probably a basketball player)
crystallized
intuitive
amygdala
representativeness heuristic
25. Narrowing down a list of alternatives to a single answer (SATS - IQ tests - etc.)
cerebellum
convergant thinking
style flex
validy
26. Every generations IQ increases by 20 points due to nutrition - faster pace of life - schooling - etc.
fluency
evaluation
1-1-1-4 Principle
the flynn effect
27. Consistency of measurement
prototype
stress prone
ENFJ
reliability
28. 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
hippocampus
fluency
sensor
extrovert
29. Using problem solving methods that have worked in the past instead of formulating new ones (same football plays - no new ones)
concept
confirmation bias
mental sets
means end analysis
30. Tendency to seek out information that confirms preexisting beliefs; seeing only your solution in all evidence (racist says blacks cause all problems)
algorithm
cognition
sensor
confirmation bias
31. Brain's overriding function
survival
intelligence
amygdala
extrovert
32. Step three: asks wether generated solutions solved the problem
hypothalamus
mental sets
evaluation
NT possibility thinkers
33. 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
standardization
validy
NF possibility thinkers
style flex
34. Step two: generating hypothesis
production
fluency
functional fixedness
fluid
35. Three step process that moves from the given state (the problem) to a goal state (the solution)
sternberg
problem solving
crystallized
intelligence
36. Shifting with ease from one type of problem solving strategy to another
flexibility
reliability
cerebellum
working backward
37. 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
NT possibility thinkers
thalamus
thinker
mental retardation
38. Big picture people. take in information from 6th sense - future and possibility intrigued - want to change the world - they may be restless living in world as it is - learn best in illustrations - or metaphors - big on imagination - always looking fo
intuitive
convergant thinking
concept
perceptive
39. Norms that indicate where in the distribution a score lies
gardner
validy
standardization
NT possibility thinkers
40. Below average mental functioning
mental retardation
hippocampus
extrovert
hierarchies
41. Complex problems are broken into smaller mini problems which act as stepping stones to get to the overall goal
algorithm
prototype
mental retardation
creating subgoals
42. Specific concepts are grouped as subcategories into broader concepts (example: dog-->animals)
1-1-1-4 Principle
hierarchies
fluid
creativity
43. Want closure - they want to get things settled and wrapped up work comes before play - more decisive - list makers
algorithm
fluency
judging
intelligence
44. 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
intelligence
ISTJ
gardner
originality
45. Pay attention to what sensors tell them - facts - literal - detail oriented - sequence - down to earth - no nonsense - practical - accuracy - strong work ethic
algorithm
sensor
savants and prodigies
1-1-1-4 Principle
46. 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
fluid
NT possibility thinkers
introvert
cerebellum
47. The ability to think about thinking
extrovert
judging
metacognition
ENFJ
48. Ability to gain knowledge and solve problems
sternberg
fluid
originality
representativeness heuristic
49. Drawing conclusions based on most available/remembered information (after reading about the holocaust all day - you think its the most important event in history)
availability heuristic
sensor
functional fixedness
extrovert
50. Seeing unique or different solutions to a problem
intelligence quotient
intuitive
originality
style flex