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Reliability
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Consistency, ability of a test to yield nearly the same score when retested
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Validity
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Accuracy, ability of test to measure what is intended (test has 2 b reliable b4 its valid)
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Standardization
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Developing standard procedures, establishing norms for comparing scores, They have high reliability & good evidence
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Norms
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Standards based on scores of large # of test takers
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Terman's Study of Genius
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One who is intellectually superior (IQscoreOver130),one who excels in creative arts
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Mental Retardation
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IQ scores 70 or below and severe dificits in adaptive functioning-activities necessary to care for oneself and to function in society
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Uses/ABuses of intelligence tests
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IQ scores may or may not accurately refleect a person's intelligence, they are good predictors of academic performance/success
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Culture fair tests
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Test that uses questions that will not penalize those whose culture differs from that of the middle or upper classes
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Heritability of Intelligence
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influence of heredity on intelligence, nature vs. nurture which one has greater influence? studies of twins raised apart and children adopted early in life
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