PSYC 3206 – Crossword Puzzle for Chapter 9

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Psyc 3206 – Crossword Puzzle for Chapter 9

Last Revised March 2005

DOWN 1. Traditional IQ tests measure linguistic, logical-mathematical, and __________ skills. 2. The view that intelligence develops through distinct stages. 3. ________ intelligence involves using your mind flexibly to solve novel problems. 4. The person who developed the first IQ test. 6. Wechsler’s IQ test consists of two scales. This scale includes tasks that are similar to Cattell &

Horn’s fluid intelligence. 9. Refers to how consistent or stable tests scores are. 10. These scales are a measure of infant intellectual growth that correlates poorly with later IQ scores. 12. Steep decline in intellectual ability in people close to death. 13. The view that intelligence develops gradually. 15. Binet and Simon came up with the idea of the intelligence ________, which is the ratio of a person’s mental age to their chronological age. 17. Wechsler’s IQ test consists of two scales. This scale includes tasks that are similar to Catell &

Horn’s crystallized intelligence. ACROSS 5. Schaie’s studies of intellectual development used the __________ research method. 6. The ________ approach proposes that intelligence is a trait that can be measured. 7. An IQ score of 100 is considered ________. 8. A factor that leads to decreasing IQ scores during childhood. 11. Infants tend to prefer _________ instead of familiarity. 13. _________ intelligence includes knowledge of facts. 14. If most people score near 100 points on IQ tests, and few people get extremely low scores or

extremely high scores, then we can describe IQ scores as having a ________ distribution. 16. A measure of infant behavior that is correlated with IQ in childhood. This measure of attention is

the speed with which an infant loses interest in a repeated stimulus. 18. Refers to whether or not a test does a good job of measuring what it is supposed to measure.