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| 6550986944 | intelligence test | a method for assessing an individual's mental aptitudes and comparing them with those of others, using numerical scores | 0 | |
| 6550989081 | intelligence | mental quality consisting of the ability to learn from experience, solve problems, and use knowledge to adapt to new situations | 1 | |
| 6550990924 | general intelligence (g) | a general intelligence factor that, according to Spearman and others, underlies specific mental abilities and is therefore measured by every task on an intelligence test | 2 | |
| 6551001796 | factor analysis | a statistical procedure that identifies clusters of related items (called factors) on a test; used to identify different dimensions of performance that underlie a person's total score | 3 | |
| 6551007596 | savant syndrome | a condition in which a person otherwise limited in mental ability has an exceptional specific skill, such as in computation or drawing | 4 | |
| 6551012003 | emotional intelligence | the ability to perceive, understand, manage and use emotions | 5 | |
| 8807035535 | Alfred Binet | He created a test with the goal of measuring each child's mental age, the level of performance typically associated with a certain chronological age. | 6 | |
| 8807044135 | Howard Gardner | Believes that our abilities are best classified into eight independent intelligences, which include a broad range of skills beyond traditional school smarts. | 7 | |
| 8807052096 | Charles Spearman | believes that a basic intelligence predicts our abilities in varied academic areas. | 8 | |
| 8807065957 | Claude Steele | He worked with Steven Spencer and observed the stereotype threat | 9 | |
| 8807071375 | Robert Sternberg | Believes that our intelligence is best classified into three areas that predict real-world success: analytical, creative, and practical | 10 | |
| 8807081081 | Lewis Terman | He adapted some of Binet's original items on his test and extended the upper end of the test's range from teenagers to "superior adults" in order to adapt the test to be used as a numerical measure of inherited intelligence | 11 | |
| 8807085487 | L.L. Thurstone | Believes that our intelligence may be broken down into seven factors; word fluency, verbal comprehension, spatial ability, perceptual speed, numerical ability, inductive reasoning, and memory | 12 | |
| 8807092282 | David Wechsler | He created what is now the most widely used intelligence test. It yields an overall intelligence score, and also separate scores for verbal comprehension, perceptual organization, working memory, and processing speed. | 13 | |
| 6551020258 | mental age | a measure of intelligence test performance devised by Binet; the chronological age that most typically corresponds to a given level of performance. | 14 | |
| 6551024522 | stanford-Binet | the widely used American revision (by Terman at Stanford University) of Binet's original intelligence | 15 | |
| 6551028767 | intelligence quotient | defined originally as the ratio of mental age to chronological age multiplied by 100. On contemporary intelligence tests, the average performance for a given age is assigned a score of 100 | 16 | |
| 6551035604 | achievement tests | tests designed to assess what a person has learned | 17 | |
| 6551071534 | aptitude tests | tests designed to predict a person's future performance; tests the capacity to learn | 18 | |
| 6551074016 | Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale | the most widely used intelligence test; contains verbal and performance (nonverbal) subtests | 19 | |
| 6551075991 | standardization | defining meaningful scores by comparison with the performance of a pretested group | 20 | |
| 6551080223 | normal curve | the symmetrical, bell-shaped curve that describes the distribution of many physical and psychological attributes. | 21 | |
| 6551084420 | reliability | The extent to which a test yields consistent results, as assessed by the consistency of scores on two halves of the test or on retesting | 22 | |
| 6551086920 | validity | the extent to which a test measures or predicts what it is supposed to | 23 | |
| 6551089441 | content validity | the extent to which a test samples the behavior that is of interest | 24 | |
| 6551094681 | predictive validity | 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 | 25 | |
| 6551096427 | Intellectual disability | a condition of limited mental ability, indicated by an intelligence score of 70 or below, and difficulty in adapting to the demands of life; varies from mild to profound | 26 | |
| 6551099286 | Down syndrome | a condition of intellectual disability and associated physical disorders caused by an extra copy of chromosome 21 | 27 | |
| 6551102691 | Stereotype threat | a self-confirming concern that one will be evaluated based on a negative stereotype. | 28 |
