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Unit 5 Cognitive Psychology

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intelligence   the ability to learn from experience, solve problems, and use knowledge to adapt to new situations  
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general intelligence   according to Spearman and others, underlies all mental abilities and is therefore measured by every task as an intelligence test  
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factor analysis   a statistical procedure that identifies clusters of related items (called factors) on a test, used to identify different dimensions of performance that underlies a person's total score  
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savant syndrome   a condition in which a person otherwise limited in mental ability has an exceptional specific skill, such as in computation or drawing  
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grit   in psychology a passion and perseverance in the pursuit of long-term goals  
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emotional intelligence   the ability to perceive, understand, manage, and use emotions  
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intelligence test   a method for assessing an individual's mental aptitudes and comparing them with those of others, using numerical scores  
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achievement test   a test designed to assess what a person has learned  
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aptitude test   a test designed to predict a person's future performance, aptitude is the capacity to learn  
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mental age   a measure of intelligence test performance devised by Binet, the level of performance typically associated with kids of a certain chronological age.  
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Stanford- Binet   the widely used American revision of Binet's original intelligence test  
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intelligence quotient   defined originally as the ratio of mental age (ma) to chronological age (ca) multiplied by 100. IQ=ma/ca*100  
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Wechsler adult intelligence scale   the WAIS and its companion versions for children are the most widely used intelligence tests, they contain verbal and performance (nonverbal) subtests  
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standardization   defining uniform testing procedures and meaningful scores by comparison with the performance of a pretested group  
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normal curve   the bell-shaped curve that describes the distribution of many physical and psychological attributes. Most scores fall between the average, and fewer an fewer fall near the extremes  
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reliability   the extent to which a test yields consistent results, as associated by the consistency of scores on two halves of the test, on alternative forms of the test, or on retesting  
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validity   the extent to which a test measures or predicts what if is supposed to  
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content validity   the extent to which a test samples the behavior that is of interest  
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predictive validity   the success with which a test predicts the behavior it is designed to predict, it is assessed by comparing the correlation between test scores and the criterion behavior also called criterion- related validity  
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cohort   a group of people sharing a common characteristic, such as from a given time period  
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crystallized intelligence   our accumulated knowledge an verbal skills, tends to increase with age  
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fluid intelligence   our ability to reason speedily and abstractly, tends to decrease with age especially during late adulthood  
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cross sectional study   research that compares people of different ages at the same point in time  
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longitudinal study   research that follows and retests the same people over time  
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intellectual disability   a condition of limited mental ability, indicated by an intelligence test score of 70 or below and difficulty adapting to the demands of life (formerly mental retardation)  
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down syndrome   a condition of mild to serve intellectual disability and associated physical disorders caused by an extra copy of chromosome 21  
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heritability   the proportion of variation among individuals in a group that we can attribute to genes. the heritability of a trait may vary, depending on the range of populations and environments studied  
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stereotype threat   a self-confirming concern that one will be evaluated based on a negative stereotype  
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Charles Spearman   believed in one general intelligence (g factor) a common skill set underlies all intelligent behavior  
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L.L. Thurstone   believed in several factors of intelligence  
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Howard Gardner   8 multiples of intelligence: visual, linguistic, logical/ mathematical, musical, bodily & kinesthetic, naturalistic, interpersonal, intrapersonal  
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Robert Sternberg   3 types of Intelligence Analytical – intelligence tests Creative – novel situations/ideas Practical – tasks  
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Daniel Goleman   Social/ Emotional intelligence Perceive recognizes emotions in faces music stories Understand predicts emotions & how/why they change Manage knows how to express emotions in different situations Use emotions to facilitate adaptive or creative thinking  
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