Chapter 11 Psychology

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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