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2. Any strategy or technique that aids problem solving, especially by limiting the number of possible solutions to be tired
4. A bell-shaped curve characterized by a large number of scores in a middle area, tapering to very few extremely high and low scores
10. Intelligence measured by solving puzzles, assembling objects, completing pictures, and other nonverbal tasks
11. A general ability factor proposed to underlies intelligence; the core of general intellectual ability that involves reasoning, problem-solving ability, knowledge, and memory
13. An index of intelligence defined as a person’s mental age divided by his or her chronological age and multiplied by 100

1. Thought that applies a general set of rules to specific situations; for example, using the laws of gravity to predict the behavior of a single falling object
3. Howard Gardner’s theory that there are several specialized types of intellectual ability
5. A tendency to select wrong answers because they seem to match pre-existing mental categories
6. Thinking directed toward discovery of a single established correct answer; conventional thinking
7. Thinking in which a general rule or principle is gathered from a series of specific examples; for instance, inferring the laws of gravity by observing many falling objects
8. Intelligence measured by answering questions involving vocabulary, general information, arithmetic, and other language- or symbol-oriented tasks
9. Thinking that produces many ideas or alternatives; a major element in original or creative thought
12. An IQ obtained statistically from a persons relative standing in his or her age group—that is, how far above or below average the person’s score is relative to other scores