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Intelligence Ch 10
Vocabulary from Chapter 10 Intelligence
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Method for assessing an individuals mental aptitudes and comparing them with those of other using numerical scores | Intelligence Test |
| Mental Quality consisting of the ability to learn form experience, solve problems, and use knowledge to adapt to new situations. | Intelligence |
| Factor that, according to Spearman and others, underlies specific mental abilities and is therefore measured by every task on an intelligence test. | General Intelligence |
| Statistical procedure that identifies clusters of related items on a test. Used to identify different dimension of performance that underlie a person's total score. | Factor Analysis |
| Condition in which a person otherwise limited in mental ability has an exceptional specific skill, such as computation or drawing. | Savant Syndrome |
| The ability to produce novel and valuable ideas. | Creativity |
| The ability to perceive, understand , manage, and use emotions. | Emotional Intelligence |
| A measure of intelligence test performance devised by Binet, chronological age that most typically corresponds to a given level of performance. | Mental Age |
| The widely used American revision of Binet's original intelligence test | Stanford-Binet |
| Defined originally as the ration of mental age to chronological age multiplied by 100. | Intelligence Quotient |
| A test designed to assess what a person has learned. | Achievement Tests |
| A test designed to predict a person's future performance | Aptitude Test |
| The most widely used intelligence test which contains verbal and performance subtests | Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale |
| Defining meaningful scores by comparison with the performance of a pretested group | Standardization |
| Symmetrical bell shaped curve that describes the distribution of many physical and psychological attributes. | Normal Curve |
| 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. | Reliability |
| The extent to which a test measures or predicts what it is supposed to. | Validity |
| The extent to which a test samples the behavior that is of interest. | Content Validity |
| The success with which a test predicts the behavior it is designed to predict. | Predictive Validity |
| Condition of limited mental ability, indicated by an intelligence score of 70 or below and difficulty in adapting to the demands of life. Varies from Mild to Profound. | Mental Retardation (Intellectual Disability) |
| A Condition of retardation and associated physical disorders caused by an extra copy of Chromosome 21 | Down Syndrome |
| A self confirming concern that one will be evaluated based on a negative stereotype. | Stereotype threat |