Ch. 9

Question 1

Achievement

Answer 1

What someone has already learned, or crystallized intelligence.

Question 2

Crystallized intelligence

Answer 2

Having skills and knowledge as well as being able to apply that knowledge to life.

Question 3

Fluid intelligence

Answer 3

The power of reasoning and using information

Question 4

G

Answer 4

Your ability to perform well on a test

Question 5

S

Answer 5

Specific intelligence abilities

Question 6

WISC

Answer 6

Test made for children up to age 16

Question 7

WAIS

Answer 7

A test made for everyone older than 16

Question 8

Bias

Answer 8

Overstates or understates the true performance of one or more groups.

Question 9

Flynn effect

Answer 9

When each generations IQ becomes greater than the previous making test makers create harder tests.

Question 10

Norms

Answer 10

Descriptions of how frequent various scores occur

Question 11

Reliability

Answer 11

The repeatability of a tests scores

Question 12

Standardization

Answer 12

A process of evaluating the questions, establishing rules for administering a test, and interpreting the scores.

Question 13

Test-retest reliability

Answer 13

The correlation between the scores a first test and a retest

Question 14

Validity

Answer 14

Degree to which evidence and theory support the interpretations of test scores for its intended purposes.

Question 15

Aptitude

Answer 15

Ability to learn, or fluid intelligence