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