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Intelligence test |
A method for assessing an individual's mental aptitudes and comparing them with those of others |
Uses numerical scores |
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Mental Age |
A measure of intelligence test performance |
Devised by Binet |
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Standford-Binet |
The widely used American version of Binet's orginal intelligence test. |
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Intelligence Quotient (IQ) |
Ratio of mental age to chronological age multiplied by 100 |
=ma/ca x 100 |
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Intelligence |
Ability to learn from experience, solve problems, and use knowledge to adapt to new situations |
Mental quality |
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Factor Analysis |
Statistical procedure that identifies clusters of related items on a test |
Used to identify different demensions of performance that underlie one's total score |
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General Intelligence |
A general intelligence factor |
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Savant Syndrome |
Condition in which a person otherwise Limited in mental ability has an exceptional specific skill |
Has a special skill like to drawing |
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Emotional Intelligence |
The ability to perceive, express, understand, and regulate emotions |
Critical part of social intelligence |
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Creativity |
The ability to reduce the novel in valuable ideas |
Celeste |
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Aptitude Test |
A test designed to predict a person's future performance |
Everyone takes this test in Divergent |
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Achievement Test |
A test designed to assess what a person has learned. |
Reflects |
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Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale (WAIS) |
Most widely used intelligence test |
Contains verbal and performance subtests |
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Standardization |
Defining meaningful scores by comparison |
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Normal curve |
Most scores fall near the average and fewer scores lie near the extremes |
Bell-shaped curve |
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Reliability |
Test yields consistent results |
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Validity |
The extent to which a test measures or predicts what it is supposed to |
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Content Validity |
Extent to which a test samples the behavior that is of Interest |
Driving test that samples driving tasks |
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Criterion |
The behavior that a test is designed to predict |
Use in defining whether the test has predictive validity |
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Predictive Validity |
the success with which a test predicts the behavior it is designed to predict |
Criterion-related validity |
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Mental Retardation |
Condition of limited mental ability indicated by an intelligence score below 70 and difficult and adapting to the demands of life |
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Down Syndrome |
A condition of retardation and associated physical disorder is caused by an extra chromosome in one's genetic makeup |
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Stereotype threat |
A self confirming concern that one will be evaluated based on a negative stereotype |
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