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Psychology 100 Intelligence and IQ Testing

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Intelligence Quotient Systematic means of quantifying differences among people in their intelligence
Intelligence Test Diagnostic tool designed to measure overall thinking ability
Fluid Intelligence Capacity to learn new ways of solving problems
Crystallized Intelligence Accumulated knowledge of the world acquired over time
Mental Age Age corresponding to the average individual's performance on an intelligence test
Deviation IQ Expression of a person's IQ relative to his or her same aged peers
Eugenics Movement in the early 20th century to improve a population's genetic stock by encouraging those with good genes to reproduce, preventing those with bad genes from reproducing, or both.
Association Fallacy Error of confusing a claim's validity with the people who advocate for it
Culture-Fair IQ Tests Abstract reasoning items that don't depend on language and often believed to be less influenced by cultural factors than other IQ tests
Family Studies The extent to which a trait "runs" or goes together in intact families
Twin Studies The extent to which the correlations in IQ between MZ and DZ twins differ
Adoption Studies The extent to which children adopted into new homes resemble their adoptive vs. biological parents
Test Bias A test predicts outcomes better in one group than another
Within-Group Heritability Extent to which the variability of a trait within a group is genetically influenced
Between-Group heritability Extent to which differences in a trait between groups is genetically influenced
Stereotype Threat Fear that one may confirm a negative group stereotype
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