18. Intelligence

Question 1

Short for “general factor” and is often used to be synonymous with intelligence itself

Answer 1

G

Question 2

An individual’s cognitive capability. This includes the ability to acquire, process, recall, and apply information

Answer 2

Intelligence

Question 3

This is a score, typically obtained from a widely used measure of intelligence that is meant to rank a person’s intellectual ability agaisnt that of others

Answer 3

IQ/Intelligence Quotient

Question 4

Assessments are given to a representative sample of a population to determine the range of scores for that population. These are then used to place an individual who takes that assessment on a range of scores in which he or she is compared to the population at large

Answer 4

Norm

Question 5

Assessments that are given in the same manner to all people. With regards to intelligence tests standardized scores are individual scores that are computed to be referenced against normative scores for a population

Answer 5

Standardize

Question 6

A phenomenon in which people are concerned that they will conform to a stereotype or that their performance does conform to that stereotyp, especially in instances in which thestereotype is brought to their conscious awareness

Answer 6

Stereotype Threat