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