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Psychology Chapter 9: Intelligence
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Achievement | Knowledge and skills gained from experience and education. |
| Intelligence | The capacity to learn from experience, solve problems, and adapt to a changing environment. |
| Mental Age | The level of intellectual functioning, which is compared to chronological age to give an IQ. |
| Intelligence Quotient | The ratio of mental age to chronological age multiplied by 100; the average performance for a given age is assigned a score of 100. |
| Reliability | The extent to which a test yields consistent results. |
| Test-retest Reliability | A method for determining the reliability of a test by comparing a test taker's scores on the same test taken on separate occassions. |
| Validity | The extent to which a test measures what it is supposed to measure. |
| Mental Retardation | Intellectual functioning that is below average, as is indicated by an intelligence score at or below 70. |
| Gifted | A term used to describe children with IQ scores above 130 or children with outstanding talent for performing at much higher levels than others of the same age and background. |
| Creativity | The ability to invent new solutions to problems or to create original or ingeneous materials. |
| Heritability | The proportion of variation among individuals that can be attributed to genes. |
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