Chapter 11

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Factor analysis

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Statistical procedure that identifies clusters of related items (factors) on a test
Charles spearman

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Intelligence

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Ability to learn from experiences, solve problems and use knowledge to adapt to new solutions

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Charles spearman

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Helped develop factor analysis 
G factor (general intelligence) -general mental ability

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General intelligence

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Underlies specific mental abilities and its measured by every task on an intelligence test

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L.L. Thurstone

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Argued that factor analysis revealed 7 independent mental abilities, thought intelligence needed to be broken down, not a general concept
Rejected g factor

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Howard Gardner

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Supports thurstones idea that intelligence comes in multiple forms
8 multiple intelligences

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Savant syndrome

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A condition in which a person has a mental disability but is exceptionally good at one task

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Robert sternberg

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Triatchic theory

• analytical
• creative
• practical

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Emotional intelligence

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Ability to perceive, understand and manage the use of emotions

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Creativity

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Ability to produce new and effective solutions to challenges

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Intelligence tests

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Tests an individual’s mental abilities and comparing them with others

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Mental age

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Chronological age that most typically corresponds to a given level of performance

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Stanford-Binet

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Name for the revised IQ tests

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Intelligence quotient (IQ)

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IQ=MA/Ca x 100.

On modern day intelligence tests, the average performance for a given age is assigned a score of 100

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Aptitude tests

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Designed to predict a persons future performance

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Achievement tests

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Designed to assess what a person has learned

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Wechsler adult intelligence scale (WAIS)

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Most widely used intelligence tests; contains verbal and performance subtests

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Standardization

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Defining meaningful scored by comparison with the performance of a pretested standardization group

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Normal curve

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Bell-shaped curve that describes the scores of the intelligence scores

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Content validity

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The extent to which a test samples the behavior that is of interest
Achievement test

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Validity

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a test measures or predicts what it is supposed to

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Criterion

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The behavior (future college grades) that a test (SAT) is designed to predict. The measure used in defining whether the test has predictive validity

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Predictive validity

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The success with which a test predicts the behavior it is designed to predict
Aptitude test

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Mental retardation

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Condition of limited mental ability, indicated by an intelligence score of 70 or below and it’s difficult to adapt to the demands of life

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Down syndrome

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Associated physical disorders caused by an extra chromosome in ones generic makeup

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Stereotype threat

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Self-confirming concern that one will be evaluated based on a negative stereotype

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Reifiction

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Viewing an abstract immaterial concept as if it were a thing

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Alfred Binet

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Developed the first intelligence test

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Lewis terman

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Revised the IQ test to make it more age appropriate

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Wecshler

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Designed the WAIS test, most common used intelligence test

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Flynn effect

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Intelligence test performance has been improving

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Reliability

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Test need to have consistent results