Intelligence

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Achievement test

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tests that gauge a person's mastery and knowlege of various subjects

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Aptitude tests

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Psychological tests used to assess talent for specific types of mental ability

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construct validity

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the extent to which there is evidence that a test measures a particular hypothetical construct

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convergent thinking

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narrowing down a list of alternatives to conerge on a single correct answer

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correlation coefficient

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a numerical index of the degree of relationship btwn two variables

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creativity

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the generation of ideas that are original, noel, useful

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criterion-relted validity

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test validity that is estimated by correlating subjects scores on a test with their scores on an independent criterion

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deviation iq scores

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scores tht locate subjects pprecisely within normal distriutin

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divergent thinking

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trying to expand the range of alternatives by generating many possible solutions

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emotional intelligence

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factor analysis

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statistical analysis of correlations among many variables to identify closely related clusters of variables

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heritability ratio

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an estimate of the proportion of trait variablity in a population tht is determined by varitions in genetic inheritance

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intellectual disability

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subnormal general mental ability accompanied by deficiencies in everyday living skills originationg prior to age 18

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intellignece quotient

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a child's mental age divided by chronological age, multipied by 100

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mental age

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in intelligence testing,, a score that indicates that a child disp;pays the mentl ability typical of a child

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mental retardation

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intellectual disabilitye

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normal distribution

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a symmetric , bell-shaped curve that represents the pattern in which many characteristics are dispersed in the pop.

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percentile score

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a figure that indicates the percentage of people who score below the score one has obtained

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Personality test

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Psychological tests that measure various aspects of personality, including motives interest values, and attitudes

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Psychological test

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a standardized measure of a sample of a peson's behavior

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reaction range

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genetically determined limits on IQ or other traits

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reification

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giving an abstract concept a name and then treating it as though it were a concrete, tanigable object

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reliability

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the measurement consistency of a test

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standardization

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the uniformation procedures used in the adminstration and scoring of a test

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TEST NORMS

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standards that provide inf about where a score on a psiychological test ranks in relation to oter scores on tht test

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validity

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the ability of a test to measure what it was desgned to measure

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Binet

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who invented the first practical intelligence test,

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Galton

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As an investigator of the human mind, he founded psychometrics

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gardner

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Gardner's theory of multiple intelligences, humans have several different ways of processing information and these ways are relatively independent of one another

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Jensen

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psychometrics and differential psychology, which is concerned with how and why individuals differ behaviorally from one another.

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scarr

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She was also active in the development of commercial childcare. Her work with twins in the 1960s revealed strong genetic influences on intellectual development.

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steele

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He is best known for his work on stereotype threat and its application to minority student academic performance.

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terman

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educational psychology

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winner

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Spearman

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English psychologist known for work in statistics, as a pioneer of factor analysis, and for Spearman's rank correlation coefficient.

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Sternberg

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American psychologist and psychometrician.

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D. Weschler

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He developed well-known intelligence scales, such as the Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale (WAIS) and the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children (WISC).