Chapter 11 Vocab

Question 0

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

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Reification

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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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Intelligence

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A statistical procedure that identifies clusters of related items on a test used to identify different dimensions of performance that underlie ones total score

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Factor analysis

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Helped develop factor analysis believe there is also a general intelligence or G factors that underlies the various cluster

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Charles Spearman

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An intelligence factor that according to spearman and others underlies specific mental abilities and is therefore measured by every task on an intelligence test

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General intelligence

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Rejected g-factor didn’t rank his subjects on a single scale of general aptitude argued that factor analysis revealed seven independent mental abilities

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L. L. Thurstone

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Stated that people have specific intellectual potentials or intelligences each involving a set of problem solving skills

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Howard Gardner

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

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Savant syndrome

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Triarchic theory distinguishes three intelligences analytical intelligence, creative intelligence, and practical intelligence

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Robert Sternberg

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The ability to perceive understand manage and use emotions

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Emotional intelligence

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To ability to produce novel and valuable ideas

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Creativity

Question 11

Method for assessing an individual’s mental altitudes and comparing them with those of others using numerical scores

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Intelligence test

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Started the modern intelligence testing movement by developing questions that helped predict children’s future progress in the Paris school system

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Alfred Binet

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

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Mental age

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Stanford university professor he revisited Binets original IQ test by establishing new age norms and extending the upper end of he tests range from teenagers to support adults

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Lewis Terman

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The widely used American revision of Binets original intelligence test

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Stanford-Binet

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Defined originally as the ration of mental age (ma) to the chronological age (ca) multiplied by 100 on contemporary tests the average performance for a given age is assigned a score of 100

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Intelligence Quotient (IQ)

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A test designed to predict a persons future performance aptitude is the capacity to learn

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Aptitude test

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A test designed to asses what a person has learned

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Achievement test

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Most widely used intelligence test contains verbal and performance subtests

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Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale (WAIS)

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The defining meaningful scores by comparison with the performance of a protested standardization group

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Standardization

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Intelligence test performance has been improving

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The Flynn Effect

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The symmetrical bell shaped curve that describes the distribution of many physical and psychological attributes most scores fall near the average and fewer and fewer scores lie near the extremes

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Normal curve

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The extant 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 retesting

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Reliability

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

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Validity

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

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Content validity

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The behavior that a test is designed to predict thus the measure used is defining whether the test has predictive validity

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Criterion

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The success with which 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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Predictive validity

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A condition of limited mental ability indicated by an IQ score of 70 or below and difficulty adapting to the demands of life varies from mild to profound

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Mental retardation

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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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Down syndrome

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

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Stereotype threat