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16 Cards in this Set
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Intelligence
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A concept, the ability to learn from experience, solve problems, and use knowledge to adapt to new situations
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General intelligence, underlies specific mental abilities
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Savant syndrome
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Condition in which a person limited in mental ability has an exceptional specific skill
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Aptitude
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Ability to learn
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Acheivement
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What people have already learned
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Mental age
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(Binet) Level of performance typically associated a certain chronological age
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Intelligence quotient
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A persons Mental age divided by their chronological age multiplied by 100
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Wechsler adult intelligence scale
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Most widely used intelligence test
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Standardzation
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Defining uniform testing procedures and meaningful scores by comparison with the performance of a pretested group
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Normal curve
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Bell shaped curve that describes normal distribution
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Reliabiliry
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Extent to which a test yields consistent results
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Validity
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Extent to which a test actually measures or predicts what it promises
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Content validity
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Tests that tap behavior of interest
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Predictive validity
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Success with which a test predicts a behavior it is designed to predict
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Crystallized intelligence
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Accumulated knowledge and verbal skills, increases with age
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Fluid intelligence
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Ability to reason speedily and abstractly; decreases during late adulthood
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