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Chapter 11 Flashcards

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Intelligence

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Mental quality consisting of the ability to learn from experience, solve problems and use knowledge to adapt to new situations

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Reification

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Viewing an abstract, immaterial concepts as concrete

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Factor Analysis

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Statistical procedure identifying clusters of related items or factors on a test - different dimensions of a performance underlies total score

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Charles Spearman

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General intelligence theory

Developed factor analysis

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General Intelligence

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According to Spearman and others it is a factor underlying specific mental abilities and is therefore measured by every task on an intelligence test

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L.L. Thurstone

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Identified 7 clusters of primary mental abilities such as word fluidity, verbal comprehension, spatial ability, perceptual speed, numerical ability, inductive reasoning, and memory

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Howard Gardner

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Supported Thurstone’s idea that intelligence comes in multiple forms
Brain damage may diminish one type of ability but not others (8 multiple intelligence)

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Savant Syndrome

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A condition in which a person otherwise limited in mental ability has an exceptional specific skill, such as computation or drawing

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Robert Sternberg

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Triarchic theory (analytical (academic problem-solving) intelligence, creative intelligence, and practical intelligence)

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Emotional Intelligence

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

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Creativity

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The ability to produce novel and valuable ideas

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Intelligence Tests

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

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Alfred Binet

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Predicting school achievement; mental age, supported environmental explanation of intelligence
Supported Nurture

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Mental Age

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Measure of intelligence test performance devised by Binet; the chronological age that most typically corresponds to a given level of performance

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Lewis Terman

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The innate IQ, revised Binet’s original IQ test by establishing new age norms and extending the upper end of the test’s range from teenagers to “superior adults” revision called Stanford-Binet
Supported nature

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Stanford-Binet

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The widely used American revision (by Terman at Stanford University) of Binet’s original intelligence test

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Intelligence Quotient (IQ)

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IQ= ma(mental age) / ca(chronological age) x 100

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Aptitude Tests

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A test designed to predict a persons future performance

Aptitude is capacity to learn ACT, SAT, MCAT, LSAT

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Achievement Tests

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A designed test to assess what a person has learned

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Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale (WAIS)

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The most widely used intelligence test; contains verbal and performance (nonverbal) subtests

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Standardization

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Defining meaning scores by comparison with performance of a pretested standardization group

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The Flynn Effect

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Intelligence test performance has been improving

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Normal Curve

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Symmetrical bell shaped curve describing distribution

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Reliability

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The extent to which a test yields consistent results

Ex) consistency of scores on two halves of the test, on alternate forms of the test, or retesting

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Validity

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

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Content Validity

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

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Criterion

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

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Predictive Validity

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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

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Mental Retardation

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Condition of limited ability, indicated by an intelligence score of 70 or below and difficulty to adapt to demands of life
Mild to profound

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Down Syndrome

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A condition of retardation and associated physical disorders caused by an extra chromosome in ones genetic makeup

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Stereotype Threat

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

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