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intelligence and psycological testing Flashcards

1
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types of psychological tests

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  1. mental ability tests

2. personality tests

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what are the different types in mental abilitity tests

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intelligence
aptitude
achievement

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what are the diffrent types of personality test

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measure motives
intrests
values
attitude

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what is intelligence test

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  • intended to measure general mental ability or intelllectual potential
  • NOT prior knowledge
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5
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what is intelligence test predictive utility

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school ability

career attainment

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what is an aptitude test

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-intended to measure general mental ability or intelllectual potential
-assesses for specific mental abilities
- predicts a persons future preformance
ex SAT ot GRE

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what is an example of aptitude test

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SAT or GRE

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what is achievement test

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intendant to measure mastery and knowledge of specif subjects or facts

  • NOT your potential
  • assess what you learnt
  • ex exams
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what is an example of achievement test

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exams

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what is intelligence

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ability to modify ones behaviour to meet demands of a situation

  • abstract reasoning ( symbols mental representation)
  • capacity to aquire knowledge
  • problem solving ability
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francis galton was teh first to

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use intelligence testing’

- is a heridary genius

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what is binet and simon known for

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was #2 for the intellegence test

  • made intellengence scale
  • 1st useful test of general mental ability
  • mental age ( vs chronological age)
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what is henry goddard know for

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-3rd person for intellegence history
Translated the Simon-Binet test into EnglishBegan to study mental retardation

Strong advocate of eugenics; prevent breeding of «feebleminded» (mostly US immigrants)

Immigration Restriction Act

Scientific racism

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what is lewis terman known for

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-4th for history of intelligence
- stanford binet intelligence scale
- intelligence quotient (IQ)
IQ = (mental age/ chronological age ) x 100

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what is a bell curve

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based on normal distribution
- pattern characteristics in the population
- average = 100
1/2 above 1/2 below the curve

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who is david wechsler

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invented wechler adult intelligence scale (WAIS)

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what is intelligence spearmans g

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  • only one type of intellenges
  • mental abilities are correlated (high on one, high on others…)
  • believed that there was a common core
  • g = general mental abilities
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g stands for

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general mental abilities

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19
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what is the contradictory to spearman’s g

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diffrent ways to types of intelligence
- Guilford identified 150 distinct mental abilities
- fluid vs crystallized intelligence
= thurstone 7 primary mental abilities

20
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what is the percentage of people in the high and low for the IQ test

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  • 2% have extemly low

- 2% have extremly high IQ

21
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what is the average range of people on the IQ test

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  • 95% of us are between are are 2 standard deviation so between 70 and 130
22
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when do you know you are below the average for IQ

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-generally you know before the age of 18

23
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what happens if you are in the lower range for IQ

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  • you generally know before the age of 18
  • you will show notible skill deficiates
  • characterize these as moderate, mild, severe, profound
    all sortes of enviromental and biological causes to this
    ex lead injection
24
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what are the 4 characterizes mental retardation

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moderate, mild, severe, profound
all sortes of enviromental and biological causes to this
ex lead injection

25
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can you still attend uni with mild retardation

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yes you will just need lots of support, but generally it dosnt happen

26
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what is a savant

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IQ 2 or more standard and deviations above mean

  • very rare
  • low IQ but special/specific ability
27
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gifted

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130 IQ +

28
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genius

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High IQ motivation and creativity

ex lenardo devinti

29
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name 3 examples of people who were savants and they were known for

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  • gills triavan, could draw a complete city he had walked through and would be able to draw this in 3d and also recited the history how it was founded and the different components as he drew it.
  • leslie lenkie he was servily retarded could barely do self care. If he heard music just once he could play it perfectly any song didnt matter how complicated
  • kim pee, he had read 12000 books and he remebered all of them and trained himself to read 2 pg at once could read 2 pages in 3 seconds

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30
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what is sternbergs theory

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has 3 theories

  • analytic intelligence
  • creative intelligence
  • practical intelligence
31
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what is analytic intelligence

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mental steps or components used to solve problems

32
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what is creative inteligence

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used to experience in ways that foster insight

33
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what is practical intelligence

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abilitity to read and adapt to the contexts of everyday life

34
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do the intelligence test tell you everything for intelligence

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no we dont test like comedy and musical ect

35
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where do we get our intelligence?

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  • hereditary ( 50%of it)
  • ## 50% environment
36
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how close do identical twin IQ are

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-they are .86 the same

37
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how do we know intelligence is part inherited

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studys on IQ with twins is .86

  • twin sibling parent chiuld correlation > unrealted
  • parent child studies
  • biological vs adoption siblings study
  • genetic abnotmalities studies
38
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how do we know 50% is environment for intelligence

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adoption studies

  • cumulative depreivation
  • birth weight, malnutrition, family size
  • pressure to achieve
  • schooling
  • the flynn effect
39
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the flynn effect

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the numbers we get for IQ tests but every generation the new generation is slightly higher than the previous

40
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what is Goleman’s emotional intelligence

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  • ability to perceive and express emotion
  • simulate emotion into thought
  • understand and regulate emotion
  • make use of positive ones dampen negative ones
  • emotions can be contradictory sometimes
41
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what are some cultural biases in the intelligence test

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  • made generally white men so they were mostly favorable to those people
  • not all are made for different context
  • over looks soicocultural factors
  • enviromental diffrences
42
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what is cultural loaded?

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content gives advantage to a group

43
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should we study steortype threat

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NOOOOO itsd not backed up scientifically

44
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what are some common intellignece myths

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  • intelligence is innate
  • intelligence never changes
  • IQ tests provide reliable scores
  • all IQ tests measure the same thing
45
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what are the 3 requirements for a good test?

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  • standardization
  • reliability
  • validity

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