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






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 -






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






10. Step two: generating hypothesis






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






12. Specific concepts are grouped as subcategories into broader concepts (example: dog-->animals)






13. The ability to think about thinking






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






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






16. Relay center - sensory information and motor functions






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)






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






19. Generating a large number of possible solutions






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






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






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






23. Measurement of inter/intra personal skills






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






25. Starts with solution and works backward; you decide you want to be a doctor - you then take the steps to get there






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






27. Asseses what the test actually measures






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






29. Accumulated knowlege (memory)






30. Mentally retarded in some areas and gifted in others






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






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






33. Narrowing down a list of alternatives to a single answer (SATS - IQ tests - etc.)






34. A set of cognitive abilities






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






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






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






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






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






40. Ability to gain knowledge and solve problems






41. Brain's overriding function






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






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






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






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






46. Seeing unique or different solutions to a problem






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






48. Below average mental functioning






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






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