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achievement test
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A measure of an individual's degree of accomplishment in a particular subject or task based on a relatively standardized set of experiences.
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aptitude test
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A measure of a person's ability to profit from further training or experience in an occupation or skill; usually based on a measure of skills gained over a person's lifetime rather than during a specific course of study.
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construct validity
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The extent to which test items adequately sample the domain that the test is supposed to measure (e.g. intelligence, mathematical reasoning).
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crystallized intelligence
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Intellectual abilities that depend on a store of information and the acquisition of particular skills.
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emotional intelligence
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The ability to respond adaptively in the emotional realm by reading and responding appropriately to others emotions and to be aware of and have the ability to control one's own emotions.
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fluid intelligence
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The ability to deal with novel problem-solving situations for which personal experience does not supply a solution
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intelligence
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The ability to acquire knowledge to think and reason effectively, and to deal adaptively with the environment.
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intelligence quotient
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Originally defined as mental age (MA) divided by chronological age (CA) multiplied by 100
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normal distribution
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A frequency distribution in the shape of a symmetrical or bell-shaped curve that satisfies certain mathematical conditions deuced from the theory of probability
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outcome bias
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Occurs when an intelligence test score underestimates a person's true intellectual ability.
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predictive bias
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Occurs when an intelligence test successfully predicts criterion measures, such as school or job performance, for some groups but not for others.
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reliability
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In psychological testing, the consistency in which a measure assesses a give characteristic or different observers agree on a given score.
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standardization
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In psychological testing, refers to 1. creating a standard set of procedures for administering a test or making observations and 2. deriving norms with which an individual's performance can be compared.
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stereotype threat
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The anxiety created by the perceived possibility that one's behavior or performance will confirm a negative stereotype about one's group.
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validity
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The extent to which a test actually measures what it is supposed to measure; the degree to which a diagontic system's categories contain the core features of the behavior disorders and permit differentiation among the disorders.
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