ap psych Flashcards

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what is intelligence

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the ability to learn from experince, solve probelms, and use knowlege to adapt to new situations

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what is general intelligence

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underlies specific mental abilities and is therefore measured by every task on an IQ test

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what is factor analysis

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a statistical procedure that identifies clusters of related items on a test

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4
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what are special abilities

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specific to particular tasks

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what is savant syndrome

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a condition in which a person otherwise limited in mental ability has an exceptional specific skill

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what is grit

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passion and perseverance in the result of long term goals

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what is emotional intelligence

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the ability to perceive, understand, manage and use emotions

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what is an achievement test

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a test to see what a person has learned

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what is an aptitude test

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predict a persons future performance

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what is mental age

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the level of performance associated with a chronical age

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Carol Dweck

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thought that the need for achievement is closely linked to personality facts, including view of self

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Weshler

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IQ tests for children and adults

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Terman

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revised Binets IQ test and established norms for American children ; show that IQ doesn’t necessarily lead to wonderful things in life

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14
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Binet

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designed first IQ test

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15
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Galton

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interested in link between heredity and intelligence

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16
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Sternburg

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tri theory of intelligence (analytical, creative and practical)

17
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Gardner

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theory of multiple intelligences

18
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L.L Thurnstone

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proposed that intelligence consisted of 7 different primary mental abilities

19
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Spearman

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creator of “g-factor” or general intelligence

20
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what is stereotype threat

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a self confirming concern that one will be evaluated based non a negative sterotype

21
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heritability

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the ability of a trait to be passed down from 1 generation to the next (identical twins)

22
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what is down syndrome

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intellectual disability but extra copy of 21 chromosome

23
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what is intellectual disability

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a condition of limited mental ability

24
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what is longitudinal study

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follow and retest some people over time

25
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what is fluid intelligence

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our ability to reason speedily abstractly ; decrease w age

26
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what is crystalized intelligence

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our accumulated knowledge and verbal skills ; increase with age

27
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what is a cohort

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group of people from given time period

28
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what is predictive validity

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the success with which. test predicts the behavior it is designed to predict

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what is validity

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the extent to which a test measures or predicts what its supposed to

30
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what is content validity

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the extent to which test samples the behavior that is of interest

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what is reliability

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the extent to which a test yields consistent results

32
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what is normal curve

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bell shaped curve

33
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what is standardization

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defining meaningful scores by comparison with the performance of a pretested group

34
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what is WAIS

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the most widely used IQ test for adults