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Alfred BInet: the indvidual that published the first measure of intelligence in 1905. The purpose of his intelligence test was to correctly place students on academic tracks in the French school system.
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Charles Spearman: psychologist; believed there was a general intelligence, or g factor that underlies the various clusters in factor analysis
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crystallized intelligence: acquired skills ans knowledge and the application of knowledge to the specific content of a person's experience.
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Emotional Intelligence: the ability to perceive, understand, manage, and use emotions
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Fluid intelligence: the basic power of reasoning and using information, including the ability to perceive relationships, solve unfamiliar problems, and gain new types of knowledge.
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g: Spearman's "general factor" which all IQ tests and all parts of IQ are believed to have in common.
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Howard Gardner: Harvard researcher that has identified at least eight types of intelligences: linguistic, logical/mathematical, bodily/kinesthetic, musical, spatial (visual), interpersonal (the ability to understand others), intrapersonal (the ability to understand oneself), and naturalist (the ability to recognize fine distinctions and patterns in the natural world).
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intelligence quotient (IQ): a measure of an individuals probable performance in school and in similar settings
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John Mayer: -emotional intelligence
-realistic positive motivations fuel success
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L.L Thurstone: psychologist; proposed that intelligence consisted of 7 different primary mental abilities
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Lewis Terman: modified the test that Binet and Simon created for English speakers;created the Stanford-Binet IQ test)
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multiple intelligences: Howard Gardner's theory that intelligence is composed of numerous unrelated forms of intelligent behavior.
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Progressive Matrices: an IQ test that attempts to measure abstract reasoning without the use of spelling or the recall of facts
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Psychometric Approach: the measurement of individual differences in abilities and behaviors
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Raymond Cattell: used FACTOR ANALYSIS to identify clusters of traits that he considered the basic components of personality. 16 trait theory. identified source and surface traits
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Robert Sternberg: intelligence; devised the Triarchic Theory of Intelligence (academic problem-solving, practical, and creative)
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s: a "specific" factor that is more important for performance on some portions of an intelligence test than it is for others.
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SIr Francis Galton: wanted to understand how heredity influences a person's abilities, character, and behavior; concluded that genius or eminence is a hereditary trait
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Standford-Binet IQ Test: the first important IQ test in the English language
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Triarchic theory: Sternberg's theory that intelligence has three aspects: the cognitive processes that occur within the individual, the situations that require intelligence, and how intelligence relates to the external world.
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Weschler Adult Intelligence scale (WAIS-III): an IQ test used commonly with adults
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WISC-IV: an IQ test commonly used with children
