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Intelligence
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mental quality consisting of the ability to learn from experience, solve problems, and use knowledge to adapt to new situations
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General intelligence (g)
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underlies specific mental abilities and is therefore measured by every task on an intelligence test
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Savant syndrome
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a condition in which a person otherwise limited in mental ability has an exceptional specific skill, such as in computation or drawing
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Creativity
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the ability to produce novel and valuable ideas
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Emotional intelligence
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the ability to perceive, understand, manage, and use emotions
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Intelligence test
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a method for assessing an individual's mental aptitudes and comparing them with those of others, using numerical scores
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Mental age
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measure of intelligence test performance devised by Binet. The chronological age that typically corresponds to a given level of perfromance.
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Stanford-Binet
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the widely used American revision of Binet's Original intelligence test
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Intelligence quotient
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defined originally as tge ratio of mental age to chronological age multiplied by 100. Now the average score for a given age group is 100
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Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale
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most widely used intelligence test; contains verbal and performance subtests
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Aptitude test
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a test designed to predict a person's future perfromance;
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Achievement test
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a test designed to assess what a person has learned
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Standardization
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defining meaningdul scores by comparison with the performance of a prestested group
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Normal curve
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the symmetrical bell-shaped curve that describes the distribution of many physical and psychological attributes. Most scores fall near the average, and fewer and fewer scores lie near the extremes
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Reliability
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the entent to which a test yields consistent results, as assessed by the consistency of scores on two halves of the test, alternate froms, or on retesting
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Validity
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the entent to which a test measures or predicts what it is supposed to.
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Content validity
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the extent to which a test samples the behavior that is of interest`
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Predictive validity
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the success with which a test predicts the behavior it is designed to predict; it is assessed by computing the correlation between test scores and the criterion behavior
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heritability
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the proportion of variation among individuals that we can attribute to genes. It depends on range of populations and environments
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stereotype threat
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a self-confirming concern that one will be evaluated on a negative stereotype
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