Ch. 9 Intelligence and Testing Flashcards
construct
man-made concept
validity
does it measure what it is entended to measure
“g” factor
overarching single intelligence, created by Charles spearman, g stands for general intelligence
multiple intelligences
8 total types of intelligence, created by Howard Gardner
linguistic, logical-mathematical, musical, visual-spacial, bodily-kinesthetic, naturalist, interpersonal, intrapersonal
emotional intelligence (EQ)
intrapersonal
triarchical theory
Robert Steinberg, analytical, creative, practical
grit
hard work/perseverance
savant syndrome
intellectual disability while being genius level at something else
Sir Francis Galton
first to study intelligence, came up with nature vs nurture, genes decide intelligence, intelligence increases with senses
longitudinal study
same subjects, keep studying them for many years
cross-sectional study
different subjects studied at the same time
mental age
Alfred Binet, only works for kids
intelligence quotient (IQ)
created by lewis Terman, mental age/chronological age times 100 (avg is 100)
Termin’s termites
longest-ever longitudinal study studied gifted kids
better IQ, mental and physical health and higher paying jobs
David Wechsler
- changed IQ tests from verbal to performance
- made the first IQ test for adults WAIS
W-Wechsler
A- Adult
I- Intelligence
S- Scale - discarded intelligence quotient and based IQ off normal distribution
stand deviation
average score from the mean, how spread or bunched are the scores
percentile score
percent of people who scored at or below you
intellectual disability
IQ of 70 or below and a deficit in adaptive skills
adaptive skills
needed to function on your own, conceptual, social, practical
down syndrome
1 cause of below average IQ, only 47 chromosomes in each cell
heritability
how much of a trait is due to genes
reaction range
Sandra Scarr said genes decide the range of possible IQ, genes set boundaries, environment decides where in the range you fall
flynn effect
average IQ scores are increasing with every generation
projective test
you project your thoughts and feelings on to the test
rorschach
ink blots, type of projective test
TAT
thematic apperception test type of projective test
standardization
same testing conditions, time, environment, done so scores can be compared
test norms
scores don’t mean anything until compared to other scores
reliability
consistency of score
correlation coefficient
want 0.7 or more to check test reliability
predictive validity
does it predict something like it is supposed to
crystalized intelligence
knowledge experience goes up with age
fluid intelligence
thinking quickly, problem solving, gaining new skills, goes down with age
fluid intelligence
thinking quickly, problem-solving, gaining new skills, goes down with age