front 1 intelligence | back 1 mental quality consisting of the ability to learn from experience, solve problems, and use knowledge to adapt to new situations |
front 2 general intelligence (g) | back 2 a general intelligence factor that, according to Spearman and others, underlies specific mental abilities and is therefore measured by every task on an intelligence test |
front 3 savant syndrome | back 3 a condition in which a person otherwise limited in mental ability has an exceptional specific skill, such as in computation or drawing |
front 4 emotional intelligence | back 4 the ability to perceive, understand, manage, and use emotions |
front 5 cross-sectional study | back 5 a study in which people of different ages are compared with one another |
front 6 longitudinal study | back 6 research in which the same people are restudied and retested over a long period |
front 7 cohort | back 7 a group of people sharing a common characteristic, such as from a given time period |
front 8 crystallized intelligence | back 8 our accumulated knowledge and verbal skills; tends to increase with age |
front 9 fluid intelligence | back 9 our ability to reason speedily and abstractly; tends to decrease during late adulthood |
front 10 intellectual disability | back 10 a condition of limited mental ability, indicated by an intelligence test score of 70 or below and difficulty adapting to the demands of life. |
front 11 heritability | back 11 the proportion of variation among individuals that we can attribute to genes. The heritability of a trait may vary, depending on the range of populations and environments studied |
front 12 stereotype threat | back 12 a self-confirming concern that one will be evaluated based on a negative stereotype |