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IQ = mental age/chronological age intelligence quotient intelligence mental quality consisting of the ability to learn from experience, solve problems and use knowledge to adapt to new situations reification giving an abstract concept a name and then treating it as though it were a concret, tangible object factor analysis a statistical procedure that identifies clusters of related items on a test; used to identify different dimensions of performance that underlie one's total score general intelligence (g) a factor that according to Spearman and others underlies specific mental abilities and is therefore measured by every task on an intelligence test Charles Spearman developed factor analysis; believed there is also a general intelligence or g factor that underlies the various clusters Howard Gardner believed in 8 areas if intelligence which people master to understand their world multiple intelligences intelligences each relatively independent of the others; may be good at one thing but not another savant syndrome a condition in which a person otherwise limited in mental ability has an exceptional specific skill; such as computation or drawing Robert Sternberg believes that intelligence includes analytic, creative and practical abilities