Vocabulary | Intelligence Testing | Multiple Intelligences | Multiple Intelligences, pt. II | More Vocabulary |
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What is Intelligence
The ability to understand and adapt to the environment by using a combination of inherited abilities and learning experiences.
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What is Group Intelligence Tests
IQ tests given to many people at one time.
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What is Howard Gardner
Psychologist who theorized that intelligence is made up of nine abilities.
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What is Logical-Mathematical
Intelligence associated with numbers and reasoning.
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What is Creativity
The mental processes that result in original, workable ideas.
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What is Break Set
Come up with unusual, unexpected ideas.
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What is Performance Scale
A puzzle is an example of this type of IQ test item.
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What is Verbal-Linguistic
Intelligence associated with words and language.
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What is Visual-Spatial
Intelligence associated with art and images.
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What is Set
A tendency to solve problems in the same way over and over.
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What is Cultural Bias
Unfair measurement of groups’ abilities.
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What is Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale (WAIS)
Intelligence test for adults that provides three IQs (verbal, performance, full-scale).
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What is Musical-Rhythmic-Harmonic
Intelligence associated with sounds and tones.
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What is Bodily-Kinesthetic
Intelligence associated with physical activity.
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What is Mental Age
The level of intellectual functioning in years.
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What is Performance Scale
IQ test items that focus on problem solving without words.
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What is 90-109
An average IQ score falls in this range.
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What is Interpersonal
Intelligence associated with communication and social skills.
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What is Intrapersonal
Intelligence associated with self-awareness.
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What is Verbal Scale
IQ test items that rely heavily on word comprehension and usage.
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What is Intelligence Quotient (IQ)
A measure of intelligence originally obtained by comparing mental age, as determined by testing, with chronological age.
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What is Mental Age / Chronological Age x 100 = IQ
The correct formula for calculating IQ.
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What is Existential
Intelligence associated with spirituality.
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What is Naturalistic
Intelligence associated with the environment.
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What is Inclusion
The practice of keeping children with disabilities in regular academic classrooms.
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