Intelligence Testing

Question 1

intelligence

Answer 1

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

Question 2

Charles Spearman’s General Intelligence (g)

Answer 2

Underlines all mental abilities, measured by every task on an intelligence test

Question 3

savant syndrome

Answer 3

have an island of brilliance but often score low on intelligence tests

Question 4

factor analysis

Answer 4

Identifies clusters of related items (factors) on a test, used to identify different dimensions of performance that underlines a person’s total score

Question 5

Gardner’s Multiple Intelligence

Answer 5

Identified 8 (now 9) relatively independent intelligences, including verbal and mathematical aptitudes assessed by standard tests

Question 6

gardner’s 8 intelligences

Answer 6

Logical-mathematical
Verbal-linguistic
Interpersonal
Body-kinesthetic
musical
visual-spatial
Intrapersonal
naturalistic

Question 7

grit

Answer 7

passion and perserverence in the pursuit of long term goals

Question 8

emotional intelligence

Answer 8

ability to perceive, understand, manage and use emotions

Question 9

Standardization

Answer 9

Comparison of score (frame of reference)
- Starts with giving many sample pretests to many people before the test is actually administered as an official test

Question 10

Reliability

Answer 10

Stability over time
- If you take a test and get a very high score, then retake and get a low score the test is not reliable
- Higher the correlation, higher the reliability

Question 11

Validity

Answer 11

Accuracy
- Just because a test is reliable doesn’t mean it is valid
- Test measures what is was intended to measure (or predict)

Question 12

Content validity

Answer 12

What if the ap exam only asked about neural validity? Then it would have low content validity

Question 13

Construct validity

Answer 13

Similar to operationalization. How can the abstract idea of intelligence be translated into something that can be measured?

Question 14

Criterion validity

Answer 14

Does it correlate to an outside measure. If the test score says a person is a genius, but they routinely use the wrong end of a fork, maybe the test does not have criterion validity

Question 15

Predictive validity

Answer 15

How well a test predicts future performance. However, this only works for large sets and data and can only predict a trend. Standarrdized tests do not have predictive validity for individuals

Question 16

achievement test

Answer 16

exam covering what you have learned

Question 17

aptitude test

Answer 17

exam determining an individual’s skill

Question 18

sternberg’s 3 intelligences

Answer 18

analytical, creative, practical

Question 19

emotional intelligence

Answer 19

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

Question 20

reliability

Answer 20

extent to which a test yields consistent results

Question 21

intelligence test

Answer 21

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

Question 22

crystallized intelligence

Answer 22

our accumulated knowledge and verbal skills; tends to increase with age

Question 23

fluid intelligence

Answer 23

our ability to reason speedily and abstractly; tends to decrease with age, especially during late adulthood

Question 24

Longitudinal studies

Answer 24

follow and retest the same people over time.