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a method for assessing an individual's mental aptitdues and comparing them with those of others using numerical scores
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intelligence test
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creater of the first IQ test in order to identify children likely to have difficulty in regular classes
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alfred binet
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a measure of intelligence test performance devised by binet; the chronological age that most typically corresponds to a given level of performance.
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mental age
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the widely used american revision of Binet's original intelligence test
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Stanford-Binet
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defined originally as the ratio of mental age to chronological age multiplied by 100. on contemporary intelligence tests, the average performance for a given age is assigned as a score of 100
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intelligence quotient
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viewing an abstract, immaterial concept as if it were a concrete thing
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reification
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mental quality consisting of the ability to learn from experience, solve problems, and use knowledge to adapt to new situations
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intelligence
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a statistical procedure that identifies clusters of related items on a test; used to identify different dimensions of performance that underlie ones total score
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factor analysis
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a general intelligence factor that spearman and others believed underlies specific mental abilities and therefore measured by ever task on an intelligence task
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general intelligence
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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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savant syndrome
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created the three aspects of successful intelligence including analytical, creative, and practical
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robert sternberg
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the ability to percieve, express, understand, and regulate emotions
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emotional intelligence
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this man generalized ability to "g" factor
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spearman
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this man generalized ability made up of 7 individualized abilities
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thurstone
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this man came up with the triarchic theory
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sternberg
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this man came up with the theory of multiple intelligences
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gardner
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this man created the intelligence quotient
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william stern
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this man came up with the american revision to binets intelligence test
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terman
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this test predicts educational performance in the future
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aptitude test
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this test reflects current performance in school
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achievement test
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the most widely used intelligence test; contains verbal and performance subtests
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Wechsler Intelligence Test
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defining meaningful scores by comparison with the performance of a pretested "standardization group"
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standardization
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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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normal curve
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intelligence test performance has been improving - suggesting that there is somethign wrong witht hte test, or taht intelligence is changeable
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flynn effect
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the extent to which a test yields consistent results, as assessed by the consistency of scores two halves of the test, on alternate forms of the test, or on retesting
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reliability (consistency)
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the extent to which a test measures or predicts what it is supposed to
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validity
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the extent to which a test samples the behavior that is of interest
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content validity (driving test samples driving tasks)
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the behavior that a test is designed to predict; thus, the measure used in defining whether the test has predicitive validity
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criterion
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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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predictive validity
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placing special needs kids in a regular classroonm
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inclusion
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keeping special needs kids in an isolated room
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self-containment
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the two criterion for mental retardation
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significantly subaverage intelligence and deficiencies in adaptive behavior, and appearance in these behaviors before the age of 18
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causes of mental retardation
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downs syndrome, genetics
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defects on chromosome 21, causing mild to moderate mental retardation (Trisomy 21)
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downs syndrome
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a term used to describe a society that organized itself based on IQ tests.
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IQ Meritocracy
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man who created the term "IQ Meritocracy"
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Michael Young
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myth of helpless invalid
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assumes that disabled person can do nothing without assistance
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myth of ther heroic cripple
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places person with disability on a pedstal, making it difficult for him or her to assimilate and function
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the "spread" phenomenon
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generalizes disability and assumes there are also intellectual, social, and additional physical deficits
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a disability in which one ore more parts of the central nervous system is damaged, and therfore, damages the ability to percieve and understand new information
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specific learning diability
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five characteristics of a specific learning disability
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test anxiety, time disorientation, poor study skills, passive learning styles, impaired note taking skills
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deviant, "abnormal" behavior that effects social situations, personal unhappiness and even school failure
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behavior disorder
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characteristics of Autism
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withdrawal, repetitive bizarre behavior, self-absorption
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speech that doesnt flow forward smoothly due to reptitions of an initial sound of part of a word
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stuttering
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a child that is so far above or below the norm that assistance is required in order for a child to reach full potential
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exceptional child
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studies that show twins having a high correlation in IQ is support of what belief in intelligence?
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NATURE (genetics)
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tested dull and bright rats for both nature and nurture theories - both finding supportive evidence that genetics and environment have an effect on intelligence
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Tryons
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this man did a study on children's IQ based on their environment in an adult ward and an orphanage
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skeel
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these men tested the theory that socioeconomic class had an impact on intelligence
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capron and duymes
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