Chapter 10 Flashcards
intelligence
mental potential to learn from experience, solve problems, adapt
general intelligence
(g factor) general intelligence factor that underlies certain mental abilities
savant syndrome
when a person is limited in mental abilities but has an exceptional specific skill
spearman
general intelligence
gardner
our abilities are best classified into 8 or 9 different independent intelligences. naturalist, interpersonal, intrapersonal, bodily-kinesthetic, spatial, musical, logical-mathematical, linguistic
sternberg
intelligence classified into analytical, creative, and practical
emotional intelligence
ability to perceive, understand, manage, and use emotions
intelligence test
method for assessing an individual’s mental aptitudes
achievement tests
test designed to assess what a person has learned
aptitude test
test designed to predict a person’s future performance
mental age
chronological age that corresponds to a given level of performance
standardization
defining uniform testing procedures and meaningful scores
normal curve
bell-shaped curve that describes many physical and psychological attributes- most score near average
reliability
extent to which a test yields consistent results
validity
extent to which a test measures what it is supposed to
content validity
extent to which a test samples the behavior that is of interest
predictive validity
success with which a test predicts the behavior it is designed to
cohort
group of people sharing a common characteristic
crystallized intelligence
accumulated knowledge and verbal skills, gets larger with age
fluid intelligence
ability to reason quickly and abstractly, tends to decrease during late adulthood
heritability
the proportion of variation among individuals that we can attribute to genes
stereotype threat
self-confirming concern that one will be evaluated based on a negative stereotype
eugenics
improving human population by controlled breeding
flynn effect
long sustained increase in crystallized and fluid intelligences
