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Mental Age |
The level of development reflected in the test performance |
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IQ Formula |
(mental age + chronological age) X 100 |
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Reliability |
how consistent a measure is in its results and is often evaluated by assessing test - retest reliability |
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Predictive validity |
An assessmentof whether a test measures What it's intended to measure, based on whether the test score c correlates with amother relevant criterion measured later |
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Psychometric approach to intelligence |
An attempt to understand the nature of intelligence by studying the pattern of results Obtained on intelligence tests . |
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Factor Analysis |
A-statistical method for studying the Interrelations among various teSts. The goal is to discover whether the tests are all lnfluenced by the same factors, or by distinCt factors. |
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General Intelligence (g) |
A-mental attribute that is hypothesized as contributing to he performance of virtually any intellectual task. |
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Fluid Intelligence |
The ability to dealwith new and unusual problems.
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Crystallized Intelligence |
Acquiredknowledge, including the person’srepertoire of verbal knowledge andcognitive skills.
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Simple Reaction Time |
A measurementof how quickly someone canrespond to a stimulus
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Choice Reaction Time |
A measure ofthe speed of mental processing thattakes place when someone mustchoose between several responses,depending on which stimulus ispresented.
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Inspection Time |
The time someoneneeds to make a simple discriminationbetween two stimuli
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Working memory capacity [WMC] |
A measure of how efficiently a person can manage mutiple mental processes at once |
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Goal Maintenance |
The mental process of keeping one's goal in mind to guide the selection of the next actions |
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Analytic Intelligence |
The ability typically measured by intelligence tests and crucial for academic success |
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Practical Intelligence |
The ability to Solve everyday problems through skilled reasoning that relies on tacit knowledge. |
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Tacit knowledge |
Practical "know-to" knowledge accumulated from every-day experience. |
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Emotional Intelligence |
The ability to understand your own and others' emotions and to control Your emotions appropriately . |
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Multiple Intelligences |
In Howard Gardner's theory, the six essential, independent mental capacities (linguistic, logical- mathematical, Spatial, musical, bodily-kinesthetic , and personal intelligence.) |
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Savant Syndrome |
A syndrome in a developmentally disabled person who has some remarkable talent that contrasts with his low level of general intelligence. |
