Chapter 11 Vocab

Question 1

A method for assessing individuals mental aptitude and comparing them with those of others, using numerical scores

Answer 1

Intelligence test

Question 2

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

Answer 2

Intelligence

Question 3

A general intelligence factor that, according to spearmen and others, underlies specific mental abilities and is therefore measured by every task on an intelligence test

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General intelligence

Question 4

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

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Factor analysis

Question 5

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

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Savant syndrome

Question 6

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

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Emotional intelligence

Question 7

A measure of intelligence test performed devised by Binet; The chronological age that most typically corresponds to a given level of performance

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Mental age

Question 8

The widely used American revision of Binets original intelligence test

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Stanford-Binet

Question 9

Defined originally as the ratio of mental age to chronological age. On contemporary intelligence test, the average performance for a given age is assigned a score of 100

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Intelligence quotient

Question 10

Test designed to assess what a person has learned

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Achievement test

Question 11

Test designed to predict a persons future performance, aptitude is the capacity to learn

Answer 11

Aptitude test

Question 12

The WAIS is the most widely used intelligence test; contains verbal and performance subtest

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Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale

Question 13

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

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Standardization

Question 14

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

Question 15

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

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Reliability

Question 16

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

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Validity

Question 17

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

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Content validity

Question 18

The success with which a test to predict 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

Question 19

A condition of limited mental ability, indicated by and told him score of 70 or below and difficulty in adapting to the demands of life; varies from mild to profound

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Intellectual disability

Question 20

A condition of intellectual disability and associated physical disorders caused by an extra copy of chromosome 21

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Down syndrome

Question 21

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

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Stereotype threat