Intelligence

5. capacity to understand the world, think rationally, and use resources effectively when faced with challenges.
9. of multiple intelligences/ Gardner's intelligence theory that proposes that there are eight distinct spheres of intelligence.
10. quotient (IQ)/ A score that takes into account an individuals mental and chronological ages.
12. intelligence/ according to Sternberg, intelligence related to overall success in living.
14. intelligence/ The accumulation of information, skills, and strategies that are learned through experience and can be applied in problem-solving situations.

1. A measure of the degree to which a characteristic is related to genetic, inherited factors.
2. gifted/ The 2 to 4 percent of the population who have IQ scores greater than 130.
3. alcohol syndrome/ The most common cause of mental retardation in newborns, occurring when the mother uses alcohol during pregnancy.
4. age/ The age for which a given level performance is average or typical.
5. tests/ Tests devised to quantify a person's level of intelligence.
6. or G-factor/The single, general factor for mental ability assumed to underlie intelligence in some early theories of intelligence.
7. IQ test/ A test that does not discriminate against the members of any minority group.
8. intelligence/ The set of skills that underlie the accurate assessment, evaluation, expression, and regulation of emotions.
11. intelligence/ Intelligence that reflects information-processing capabilities, reasoning, and memory.
13. Retardation/ Mental retardation in which no apparent biological defect exists but there is a history of retardation in the family.