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18 Cards in this Set
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Stanford-Binet
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A test determining a person's intelligence quotient or IQ.
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verbal scale
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subtests in wechsler tests that measure verbal skills as part of a measure of overall intelligence
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performance scale
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subtests in Weschler tests that measure spatial ability and the ability to manipulate materials as part of a measure of overall intelligence
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aptitude test
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a test designed to measure a persons capacity to learn certain things or preform certain tasks
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achievement test
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ameasure of what a person has accomplished or learned in a particular area
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reliability
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the degree to which a test can be repeated with the same results
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validity
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the degree to which test scores are interpreted correctly and used appropriately
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psychometric approach
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a way of studying intelligence that emphasizes analysis of the products of intelligence, especially scores on intelligence tests
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a general intelligence factor that charles spearman postulated as accounting for positive correlations between peoples scores on all sorts of cognitive ability tests
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a group of special abilities that charles spearman saw as accompanying general intelligence
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fluid intelligence
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the basic power of reasoning and problem solving
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crystallized intelligence
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the specific knowledge gained as a result of applying fluid intelligence
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information processing approach
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an approach to the study of intelligence that focuses on mental operations such as attention and memory, that underlie intelligent behavior
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triarchic theory of intelligence
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robert sternberg's theory that describes intelligence as having analytic, creative and practical dimensions
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multiple intelligences
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eight semi-independent kinds of intelligence postulated by howard gardner
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creativity
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the capacity to produce new, high quality ideas or products
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divergent thinking
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the ability to think along many alternative paths to generate many different solutions to a problem
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convergent thinking
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the ability to apply logic and knowledge to narrow down the number of possible solutions to a problme or perform some other complex cognitive task
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