Memory Unit 5 Pt 2 Flashcards

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Intelligence

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

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General intelligence (g)

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According to spearmen and others, underlies all mental abilities and is therefor measured by every task on an intelligence test

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Factor analysis

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A statistical procedure that identifies clustered of related items (called factors) on a test; used to identify different t dimensions of performance that underlie a persons total score

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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 in computation or drawing

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Robert sternbergs three intelligences

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-analytical intelligence
-creative intelligence
-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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Intelligence test

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A method for assessing an individuals mental aptitudes and comparing them with those of others, using numerical score

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Achievement test

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A test designed to assess what a person has learned

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Aptitude test

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A test designed to predict a persons future performance

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What is aptitude

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The capacity to learn

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What is the average IQ score

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100

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What are the three things you need to check when creating a test

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-standardization
-reliability
-validity

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mental age

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a measure of intelligence test performance devised by Binet; the level of performance typically associated with children of a certain age

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Stanford-Binet

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the widely used American revision (by Terman at Stanford uni) of Binets original intelligence test

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intelligence quotient (IQ)

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defined originally as the ratio of mental age (ma) to chronological age (ca) times 100 ((ma/ca)*100)

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Wechsler’s adult intelligence scale (WAIS)

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the WAIS and its companion versions for children are the most widely used intelligence test

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Standardization

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defining uniform testing procedures and meaningful scores by comparison with the performance f a pretested group

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normal curve (bell curve)

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the bell-shaped curve that describes the distribution of many physical and psychological attributes.

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reliability

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the extent to which a test yields consistent results, as assessed by the consistency of scores

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types of reliability tests

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split half

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validity

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the extent to which a test measures or predicts what it 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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predictive validity

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the success with which a test predicts the behavior it is designed to predict

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crystallized intelligence
our accumulated knowledge and verbal skills; tends to increase with age
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fluid intelligence
our ability t reason speedily and abstractly; tends to decrease with age especially during late adulthood
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cross-sectional study
research that compares peoples of different age at the same point in time
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longitudinal study
research that follows and retest the same people over time
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intellectual disability
a condition of limited mental ability, indicated by an intelligence test score of 70 or below and difficulty adapting to the demands of life
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down syndrome
a condition of mild to severe intellectual disability and associated physical disorders cause by an extra copy of the chromosome 21
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heritability
the proportion of variation among individuals that we can attribute to genes.
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stereotype threat
a self-confirming concern that one will be evaluated based on a negative stereotype
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howard gardner
supports multiple intelligence theories. he says we have 8 intelligences
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howard gardners intelligences
-linguistics -logical/mathematical -musical -spatial -bodily/kinesthetic -intrapersonal -interpersonal -naturalist
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Metacognition
Awareness of one’s own thoughts
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Flynn effect
IQ seems to go up every decade