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practical component in Sternberg’s theory, aspect of intelligence that varies from one sociocultural context to another creative component in Sternberg’s theory, aspect of intelligence that varies with experience on a task analytic component in Sternberg’s theory, set of information processing skills such as thinking critically psychometric approach idea that intelligence is a trait that is measurable and varies from person to person fluid intelligence ability to actively think and reason to solve novel problems crystallized intelligence use of knowledge acquired through schooling and life experience factor analysis technique to identify meaningful groupings of test items correlated with each other but not other groupings mental age (MA) measure of intellectual development reflecting the level of age-graded problems a child can solve Stanford–Binet Intelligence Scale widely used, individually administered intelligence test that yields an IQ score intelligence quotient (IQ) numerical measure of a person's performance on a problem-solving test test norm standard of performance based on average scores obtained by a representative sample of test takers Wechsler Scales set of widely used, individually-administered intelligence tests that yield verbal, performance, and overall IQ scores normal distribution symmetrical (bell-shaped) curve that describes the variability of a characteristic within a population standard deviation measure of the dispersion or spread around the mean of a distribution of scores savant syndrome phenomenon in which extraordinary talent in one area is displayed by an intellectually challenged person prodigy individual, especially a child, endowed with one or more extraordinary abilities triarchic theory of intelligence concept emphasizing that three components jointly contribute to intelligent behavior: practical, creative, and analytic automatization process by which information processing becomes effortless and highly efficient due to continued practice culture bias situation where one societal group is more familiar with test items than another, gaining an advantage

successful intelligence concept that one's aptitude is based on extent they can thrive in their sociocultural context convergent thinking producing the one correct answer to problem divergent thinking producing a variety of solutions to a problem when there is no one right answer ideational fluency sheer number of different proposals that a person can generate investment theory Sternberg's view that creativity emerges from a confluence of several ingredients Bayley Scales of Infant Development (BSID) standardized test to measure the mental, motor, and behavioral progress of children General Adaptive Composite (GAC) Bayley Scales of Infant Development score summarizing how an infant performs compared with infants the same age Flynn effect rise in average IQ scores over the 20th century dysrationalia inability to think and behave rationally despite having adequate intelligence terminal drop rapid decline in intellectual abilities that people within a few years of dying often experience cumulative-deficit hypothesis notion that impoverished environments inhibit intellectual growth and that these inhibiting effects accumulate over time Home Observation for Measurement of the Environment (HOME) inventory widely used assessment to determine how intellectually stimulating or impoverished one's living situation is stereotype threat fear of being judged to have the qualities associated with negative ideas of one's social group intellectual disability significantly below-average cognitive functioning with limitations in adaptive behaviors such as self-care and social skills giftedness possession of unusually high general intellectual potential or special abilities in creativity, mathematics, or the arts...