Unit 11 Flashcards
Intelligence
Mental quality consisting of the ability to learn from experience, solve problems, and use knowledge to adapt to new solutions.
Intelligence Test
A method for assessing an individual’s mental aptitudes and comparing them with those of others, using numerical scores.
General Intelligence
A general intelligence factor that, according to Spearman and others, underlies specific mental abilities and is therefore measured by every task on an intelligence test.
Factor Analysis
A statistical procedure that identifies clusters of related items (factors) on a test; used to identify different dimensions of performance that underlie a person’s total score.
Savant Syndrome
A condition in which a person otherwise limited in mental ability has an exceptional specific skill, like computation or drawing.
Grit
In psychology, it is the passion and perseverance in the pursuit of long-term goals.
Emotional Intelligence
The ability to perceive, understand, manage, and use emotions.
Mental Age
A measure of intelligence test performance devised by Binet; the chronological age that most typically corresponds to a given level of performance.
Standford-Binet
The widely used American revision of the original intelligence test.
Intelligence Quotient (IQ)
Defined originally as the ratio of mental age to chronological age multiplied by 100.
Achievement Test
A test designed to assess what a person has learned.
