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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. Asseses what the test actually measures






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






3. 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






4. Every generations IQ increases by 20 points due to nutrition - faster pace of life - schooling - etc.






5. 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 -






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






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






8. Step one: lays groundwork; defines goal - identifies facts - etc.






9. Step two: generating hypothesis






10. Accumulated knowlege (memory)






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






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






13. The ability to think about thinking






14. 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






15. 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






16. 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






17. Below average mental functioning






18. Generating a large number of possible solutions






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






20. The ratio of mental age to actual age times 100; measures your intellectual acheivement






21. 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






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






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






24. Step three: asks wether generated solutions solved the problem






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






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






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






28. Measurement of inter/intra personal skills






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






30. 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






31. Mentally retarded in some areas and gifted in others






32. 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






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






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






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






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






37. A set of cognitive abilities






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






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






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






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






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






43. A set of steps that - if followed correctly - will eventually solve the problem






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






45. Brain's overriding function






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






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






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






49. Ability to gain knowledge and solve problems






50. A representation of the best and most typical example of a category (example: rose-->flower)