Exam 13: Intelligence

Describe the consensus definition of intelligence supported by 52 research experts in 1994.

The proportion of variance in intelligence due to __________ is referred to as 'environment'.

According to the seven criteria proposed by Gardner, verbal ability is not an intelligence.

What is the aim of the BRAIN Initiative?

Galton's first approach to the study of intelligence was:

__________ is the extent to which scores on a test instrument accurately measure or predict what they intend to measure or predict.

How are people that took part in the Scottish Mental Survey in 1932 when they were 11-year-old also known as?

Dr Foster investigates the extent to which nature and nurture causes individual differences in intelligence. Dr Foster is a:

Intelligence differences between people are __________ than the differences within them.

Discuss the core ideas of Galton's view on intelligence.

Which of the following personality traits plays a crucial role in the transition from fluid intelligence into crystallized intelligence according to the PPIK theory of intelligence?

Intelligence is the ___________ of the brain.

Individual differences are all those differences in psychological and physical traits _________ and _________ people.

Define fluid and crystallized intelligence and describe how they differ from each other in terms of intrapersonal stability and change.

The French adoption study shows the importance of both genetic and environmental factors in determining individuals' intelligence.

__________ variance refers to the fact that people differ from one another in intelligence scores.

Within the framework of the three-stratum model by Carroll, where does crystallized intelligence collocate?

Intelligence tests can differ in format, length or scope, but never in their complexity.

IQ scores are generally transformed into a(n):

Two similarities between intelligence tests are that they all measure ____________ and they meet statistical criteria that determine a test's ____________.