chcbroadandnarrowabilities.doc

CHC Broad and Narrow AbilitiesFluid Intelligence (Gf): Refers to mental operations that a person uses when presented with a relatively novel task that cannot be performed automatically. It includes concept formation, problem solving, reorganizing and transforming. RG General Sequential Reasoning; The ability to start with stated rules, premises, or conditions, and to engage in one or more steps to solve a novel problem (also called deduction) I Induction; The ability to discover the underlying rule, concept, etc. that govern a problem. RQ Quantitative Reasoning; The ability to inductively and deductively reason with concepts involving math relations and properties. RP Piagetian Reasoning; Seriation, conservation, classification, and other cognitive abilities as defined by Piage’s developmental theory. RE Speed of Reasoning; The Speed in performing reasoning tasks.Crystallized Intelligence (Gc): Refers to breadth and dept of a person’s general fund of knowledge. These knowledge stores are acquired through formal school experiences and general life experience. These stores are primarily language based and include both declarative and procedural knowledge. A rather unique aspect of Gc not seen in other broad abilities is that it appears to be both a store of acquired knowledge (e.g., lexical knowledge, general information, information about culture) as well as a collection of processing abilities (e.g., oral production and fluency, listening ability). LD Language Development; General development or understanding of words, sentences, and paragraphs in spoken language. VL Lexical Knowledge; The extent of vocabulary in terms of correct word meanings. LS Listening Ability; The ability to listen and comprehend oral communications. KO General (verbal) Information; The range of general knowledge. K2 Information about Culture; Range of cultural knowledge (e.g., music, art) K1 General Science Information; Range of scientific knowledge (e.g., biology, physics, engineering, mechanics, electronics). A5 Geography Achievement; Range of geographic knowledge CM Communication Ability; The ability to speak in ‘real life’ situations in an adult-like manner. OP Oral Production and Fluency; More specific or narrow communication skills than reflected in CA. MY Grammatical Sensitivity; Knowledge or awareness of the grammatical features of language. KL Foreign Language Proficiency; Similar to Language Development (LD) but for a foreign language LA Foreign Language Aptitude; Rate and ease of learning a new languageShort-Term Memory (Gsm): Refers to the ability to apprehend and hold information in immediate awareness and then use it within a few seconds. MS Memory Span; The ability to attend to, and immediately recall elements in the correct order. WM Working Memory; The ability to temporarily store and perform operations on information that requires divided attention and the management of limited capacity of short term memory. L1 Learning Ability; The ability to understand new information and demonstrate acquisition of that information.Visual Processing (Gv): Refers to the ability to think with visual patterns and stimuli. Includes the ability to rotate, reverse, and manipulate spatial configurations, and spatial orientation. SR Spatial Relations; The ability to perceive and manipulate visual patterns with respect to objects in space. MV Visual Memory; The ability to store visual information and recall it later. CS Closure Speed; The ability to quickly combine disconnected visual information into a meaningful whole. CF Flexibility of Closure; The ability to identify a visual pattern embedded within a complex visual array. SS Spatial Scanning; The ability to survey a pattern and identify a path through that pattern. PI Serial Perceptual Integration; Ability to understand and identify a pictorial or visual pattern when parts of the pattern are presented rapidly in serially or successive order LE Length Estimation; Ability to accurately estimate or compare visual lengths and distances without using measurement instruments IL Perceptual Illusions; Ability to resist being affected by perceptual illusions involving geometric figures PN Perceptual Alterations; Consistency in the rate of alternating between different visual perceptions Vz Visualization; The ability to mentally manipulate objects or patterns. Im Imagery; Ability to vividly mentally manipulate abstract spatial forms (not clearly defined by existing research).Auditory Processing (Ga): Refers to the ability to notice, compare, discriminate, and distinguish distinct and separate sounds. PC:A Phonetic Coding-Analysis; The ability to segment larger units of speech into smaller units PC:S Phonetic Coding-Synthesis; The ability to blend smaller units of speech in to larger units. US Speech Sound Discrimination; The ability to detect differences。