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