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| 47046351 | Intelligence Test | a method for assessing an individual's mental aptitudes and comparing them with those of others, using numerical scores., a method for assessing an individual's mental aptitudes and comparing them with those of others, using numerical scores | |
| 47046352 | Mental Age | a measure of intelligence test performance devised by Binet; the chronological age that most typically corresponds to a given level of performance | |
| 47046353 | Stanford-Binet | the widely used American revision of Binet's original intelligence test | |
| 47046354 | Intelligence Quotient | defined originally as the ratio of mental age (ma) to chronological age (ca) multiplied by 100 (thus, IQ = ma/ca × 100). On contemporary intelligence tests, the average performance for a given age is assigned a score of 100. | |
| 47046355 | Aptitude Tests | a test designed to predict a persons future performance; aptitude is capacity to learn | |
| 47046356 | Achievement Tests | tests designed to assess what a person has learned | |
| 47046357 | Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale | the most widely used intelligence test; contains verbal and performance (nonverbal) subtests. | |
| 47046358 | Standardization | defining meaningful scores by comparison with the performance of a pretested standardization group | |
| 47046359 | Normal Curve | the symmetrical bell-shaped curve that describes the distribution of many physical and psychological attributes | |
| 47046360 | Reliability | the extent to which a test yields consistent results, as assessed by the consistency of scores on two halves of the test, on alternate forms of the test, or on retesting. | |
| 47046361 | Validity | The extent to which a test measures or predicts what it is supposed to. | |
| 47046362 | Content Validity | the extent to which a test samples the behavior that is of interest (such as a driving test that samples driving tasks). | |
| 47046363 | Stereotype Threat | a self-confirming concern that one will be evaluated based on a negative stereotype. | |
| 47046364 | 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. | |
| 47046365 | Intelligence | mental quality consisting of the ability to learn from experience, solve problems, and use knowledge to adapt to new situations | |
| 47046366 | 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 one's total score | |
| 47046367 | General Intelligence (g) | a general intelligence factor that Spearman and others believed underlies specific mental abilities and is therefore measured by every task on an intelligence test | |
| 47046368 | Savant Syndrome | a condition in which a person otherwise limited in mental ability has an exceptional specific skill, such as in computation or drawing. | |
| 47046369 | Mental Retardation | 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 | |
| 47046370 | Down Syndrome | a condition of retardation and associated physical disorders caused by an extra chromosome in one's genetic makeup | |
| 47046371 | Creativity | the ability to produce novel and valuable ideas | |
| 47046372 | Heritability | the proportion of variation among individuals that we can attribute to genes | |
| 47046373 | Emotional Intelligence | the ability to perceive, understand, manage, and use emotions |
