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intelligence test |
a method for assessing an individual's aptitude and comparing those scores with others using numerical scores |
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intelligence |
a mental quality consisting of the ability to learn from experience, solve problems, and use knowledge to adapt to new situations |
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general intelligence (g) |
a general intelligence factor that, according to Spearman and others, underlies specific mental abilities and is therefore measured by every task on 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 underline 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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emotional intelligence |
the ability to perceive, understand, manage and use emotions |
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mental age |
a measure of intelligence test performance devised by Binet; the chronological age that most typically corresponds to a given level of performance. Thus, a child who does as well as the average 8-year-old is said to have a mental age of 8 |
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Stanford-Binet |
the widely used American revision of Binet's original intelligence test |
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intelligence quotient (IQ) |
defined originally as the ratio of mental age (ma) to chronological age (ca) multiplied by 100. On contemporary intelligence tests, the average performance for a given age is assigned a score of 100 |
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achievement tests |
tests designed to assess what a person has learned |
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aptitude tests |
tests designed to predict a person's future performance; aptitude is the capacity to learn |
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Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale |
the WAIS is the most widely used intelligence test; contains verbal and performance subtests |
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standardization |
defining meaningful scores by comparison with the performance of a pretested group |
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normal curve |
the symmetrical, bell shaped curve that describes the distribution of many physical and psychological attributes. Most scores fall near the average, and fewer and fewer scores lie near the extremes |
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reliabilty |
the extent to which a test yields consistent results, as assessed by the consistency of scores on tow halves of the test, or on retesting |
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validity |
the extent to which a test measures or predicts what it is supposed to |
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content valididty |
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 computing the correlation between test scores and the criterion behavior |
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intellectual disability |
s condition of limited mental ability, indicated by an intelligence scores of 70 or below and diffculty in adapting to the demands of life; varies from mild to profound |
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down syndrome |
a condition of intellectual disability and associated physical disorders caused by an extra copy of chromosome 21 |
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sterotype threat |
a self-confirming concern that one will be evaluated based on a negative sterotype |