Unit 11 vocab

Question 0

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

Answer 0

intelligence

Question 1

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

Answer 1

intelligence test

Question 2

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

Answer 2

general intelligence g

Question 3

a statistical procedure that identifies clusters of related items (called factors) on a test; used to identify diff dimensions of performance that underlie a person’s total score

Answer 3

factor analysis

Question 4

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

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savant syndrome

Question 5

the ability to perceive, understand, manage and use emotions

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emotional intelligence

Question 6

a measure of intelligence test performance devised by Binet; the chronological age that most typically corresponds to a given level of performance. Thus a child who does as well as the average 8 year old is said to have a _________ of 8

Answer 6

mental age

Question 7

the widely used American revision (by Terman at Stanford Univ) of Binet’s original intelligence test

Answer 7

Stanford-Binet

Question 8

defined originally as the ratio of mental age to chronological age multiplied by 100
on contemporary intelligence tests, the avg performance for a given age is assigned a score of 100

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inteligence quotient (IQ)

ma/ca x 100

Question 9

tests designed to assess what a person has learned

Answer 9

achievement tests

Question 10

tests designed to predict a person’s future performance

the capacity to learn

Answer 10

aptitude tests

Question 11

the ____ is the most widely used intelligence test; contains verbal and performance (nonverbal) subtests

Answer 11

WAIS

Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale

Question 12

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

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standardization

Question 13

the symmetrical, bell-shaped curve that describes the distribution of many physical and psychological attributes. Most scores fall near the avg and fewer and fewer scores lie near the extremes

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normal curve

Question 14

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 15

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

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validity

Question 16

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

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content validity

Question 17

the success with which a test predicts 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

aka criterion-related validity

Question 18

a condition of limited mental ability, indicated by an intelligence score of 70 or less and diff in adapting to the demands of life; varies from mild to profound

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intellectual disability

mental retardation

Question 19

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

Answer 19

down syndrome