Myers 7th Edition - Chapter 11 Vocabulary
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| Intelligence test | show 🗑
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| show | Defined originally as the ratio of mental age (ma) to chronological age (ca) multiplied by 100 units (thus, IQ= ma/ca x 100). On contemporary intelligence tests, the average performance for a given age is assigned a score of 100.
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| Intelligence | show 🗑
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| Factor analysis | show 🗑
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| show | A general intelligence factor that Spearman and others believed underlies specific mental abilities and is therefore measured by every task on an intelligence test.
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| Savant syndrome | show 🗑
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| Emotional intelligence | show 🗑
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| show | The ability to produce novel and valuable ideas.
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| show | A test designed to predict a person's future performance; aptitude is the capacity to learn.
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| show | A test designed to assess what a person has learned.
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| Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale (WAIS) | show 🗑
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| Standardization | show 🗑
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| Normal curve | show 🗑
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| show | The extent to which a test yields consistent results, as assessed by the consistency of scores on two halves of the test, on alternate forms of the test, or on retesting.
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| Validity | show 🗑
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| show | The extent to which a test samples the behavior that is of interest (such as driving test that samples driving tasks).
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| show | The behavior (such as college grades) that a test (such as the SAT) is designed to predict; thus, the measure used in defining whether the test has predictive validity.
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| show | 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. (also called criterion-related validity).
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| Mental retardation | show 🗑
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| show | A condition of retardation and associated physical disorders caused by an extra chromosome in one's genetic makeup.
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| show | A self-confirming concern that one will be evaluated based on a negative stereotype.
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