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17 Cards in this Set
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Reliability |
The ability of a test to give the same results under similar conditions |
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Validity |
The ability of a test to measure what it is intended to measure |
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Percentile System |
Ranking of test scores that indicates the ratio of scores lower and higher than a given score |
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Norms |
Standard of comparison for test results developed by giving the test to large, well defined groups of people |
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Intelligence |
The ability to acquire new ideas and new behavior, and to adapt to new situations |
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Two-Factor Theory |
Proposes that two factors contribute to and individual's intelligence
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Triarchic Theory |
Proposes that intelligence can be divided into three ways of processing information
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Emotional Intelligence |
Includes four major aspects of interpersonal and interpersonal intelligence |
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IQ |
Standardized measure of intelligence based on a scale in which 100 is average |
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Heritability |
The degree to which a characteristic is related to inherited genetic factors |
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Cultural Bias |
An aspect of an intelligence test in which the wording used in questions may be more familiar to people of one social group than to another group |
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Aptitude Test |
Estimates the probability that a person will be successful in learning a specific new skill |
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Achievement Test |
Measures how much a person has learned in a given subject or area |
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Interest Inventory |
Measures a person's preferences and attitudes in a wide variety of activities to identify areas of likely success |
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Personality Test |
Assesses an individual's characteristics and identifies problems |
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Objective test |
A limited- or forced- choice test in which a person must select one of several answers
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Protective test |
An unstructured test in which a person is asked to respond freely, giving his or her own interpretation of various ambiguous stimuli |
