Ap vocab 6 Word Scramble

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Intelligence	as the ability to learn from experience, solve problems, and use knowledge to adapt to new situations
Factor Analysis	is a statistical procedure that identifies factors, or clusters of related items, that seem to define a common ability.
General Intelligence	according to spearman and others, is a general factor that underlies each of the more specific mental abilities identified through factor analysis
Savant Syndrome	has a very low intelligence score, yet possesses one exceptional ability, For ex. in music or drawing
Emotional Intelligence	is the ability t perceive. manage, understand, and use emotions
creativity	refers to an ability to produce novel and valuable ideas.
Intelligence Tests	meaure peoples mental aptitudes and compare them to others' through numeical scores
Mental Age	is the chronological age that most typically corresponds to a given level of performance
Stanford-Binet	is lewis terman widely used revision of Binets original intelligence test
Itelligence Quotient (IQ)	as the ratio of mental age to chronological age multiplied by 100
Aptitude Test	are designd to predict future performance. they measure your capacity to learn new information, rather than measuring what you already know
Achievement Tests	measure a persons current knowledge
Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale (WAIS)	is the most widely used intelligence tests. it is individually administered, contins 11 subtests, and yields separate verbal and performance intelligence scores, as well as an overall intelligence score
Standardization	is the process of defining meaningful scores by comparison with a pretested standardization group
Normal Curve	shaped curve that repersents the distriution (frequency of occurrence) of many physical and psychological attributes.
Reliability	is the extent to which a test produces consistent results
validity	is the degree to which a test measures or predicts what it is supposed to
Content Validity	A test is the extent to which it samples the behavior that is of interest
Criterion	is the behavior the test is designed to predict
Predictive Validity	is the extent to which a test predicts the behavior it is designed to predict; also called criterion-related validity
Mental Retardation	are an IQ below 70 and difficulty adaption to the normal demands of independent living
Down Syndrome	is the usually the result of an extra chromosome in the presons genetic make-up
Heritability	is the proportion of varitation among idividuals in a trait that is attributable to genetic factors
Stereotype Threat	is the phenomenon in which a persons concern tat he or she will be evaluated based onnegatice stereotype (as on an aptitude test, for example) is actually followed by lower perfromance

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