Chapter 11

Question 0

Viewing an abstract immaterial concept as if it were a concrete thing.

Answer 0

Reification

Question 1

The ability to learn from experience, solve problems, and use knowledge to adapt to new situations.

Answer 1

Intelligence

Question 2

A statistical procedure that identifies clusters of related items on a test that measure common ability.

Answer 2

Factor analysis

Question 3

First intelligence theorist

He helped come up with the factor analysis approach. g factor: General mental ability

Answer 3

Charles spearman

Question 4

Rejected g factor. Didn’t rank his subjects on a single scale of general aptitude. Argued that factor analysis revealed seven independent mental abilities.

Answer 4

L.L. Thurstone

Question 5

8 multiple intelligences

Answer 5

Howard Gardner

Question 6

Low iq score, but has an island of intelligence.

Answer 6

Savant syndrome

Question 7

Agrees with thurstone and Gardner but suggests three intelligences rather than eight.

Answer 7

Robert sternberg

Question 8

Emotional intelligence

Answer 8

The ability to perceive, understand, manage, and use emotions.

Question 9

Ability to produce novel and valuable ideas.

Answer 9

Creativity

Question 10

A method for assessing an individual’s mental altitudes and comparing them with those of others, using numerical scores.

Answer 10

Intelligence test

Question 11

Intellectual qualities cannot be measured as linear surfaces are measured.

Answer 11

Alfred Binet

Question 12

Measure of intelligence test; chronological age that most typically corresponds to a given level of performance.

Answer 12

Mental age

Question 13

Nurture over nature, intelligence is determined by the way you grew up and what kind of environment you grew up in.

Answer 13

Lewis terman

Question 14

Widely used American revision of binets original intelligence test.

Answer 14

Stanford-Binet

Question 15

A test that is intended to predict a persons future performance; aptitude is the capacity to learn.

Answer 15

Aptitude test

Question 16

A test designed to reflect what a person has learned.

Answer 16

Achievement test

Question 17

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

Answer 17

Standardization

Question 18

The symmetrical bell-shaped curve that describes the distribution of many physical and psychilogical attributes

Answer 18

Normal curve

Question 19

Intelligence test performance has been improving.

Answer 19

Flynn effect

Question 20

The extent to which a test yields consistent results, as assessed by the consistency of scores on two halves of the test, on alternate forms of the test, or on retesting.

Answer 20

Reliability

Question 21

The extent to which a test measures or predicts what it is supposed to.

Answer 21

Validity

Question 22

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

Answer 22

Content validity

Question 23

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

Answer 23

Criterion

Question 24

The success which a test predicts, the behavior it is designed to predict; it is assessed by computing the correlation between test scores and the criterion behavior.

Answer 24

Predictive validity

Question 25

When a person has an IQ below 70

Answer 25

Mental retardation

Question 26

A physical disorder characterized by mental retardation as a result of an extra chromosome in the persons genetic makeup.

Answer 26

Down syndrome

Question 27

A self confirming concern that one will be evaluated based on a negative stereotype

Answer 27

Stereotype threat

Question 28

Ration of mental age(ma) to chronological age(ca) multiplied by 100

(IQ=malcax100)

Answer 28

Intelligence quotient

Question 29

Most widely used intelligence test, contains verbal and performance (nonverbal) subtests

Answer 29

Wechsler adult intelligence scale WAIS