Advanced Placement Psychology
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| 6290400789 | intelligence test | a method for assessing an individual's mental aptitudes and comparing them with those of others, using numerical scores. |  | 0 |
| 6290400790 | intelligence | mental quality consisting of the ability to learn from experience, solve problems, and use knowledge to adapt to new situations. it is one's potential, not what they achieve. |  | 1 |
| 6290400791 | general intelligence | 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 |
| 6290400792 | 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 |
| 6290400793 | 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 |
| 6290400794 | emotional intelligence | the ability to perceive, understand, manage, and use emotions. Daniel Goleman developed a theory concerning it that focused on the importance of self control, empathy, and awareness of one's own emotions. |  | 5 |
| 6290400795 | mental age | The average age at which children could successfully answer a particular level of questions. a measure of intelligence devised by Binet; the age at which a person is mentally performing at. It can be higher, lower, or the same as their chronological age. |  | 6 |
| 6290400796 | Stanford-Binet | the widely used American revision of Binet's original intelligence test. Louis Terman of Stanford University created it. |  | 7 |
| 6290400797 | intelligence quotient (IQ) | Originally defined as the mental age divided by chronological age multiplied by 100 Developed by Louis Terman. |  | 8 |
| 6290400798 | achievement tests | tests designed to assess what a person has learned. The AP Psychology Exam is an example |  | 9 |
| 6290400799 | aptitude tests | tests designed to predict a person's future performance; aptitude is the capacity to learn. SAT, and IQ test are examples |  | 10 |
| 6290400800 | Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale (WAIS) | the most widely used intelligence test; contains verbal and performance (nonverbal) subtests. |  | 11 |
| 6290400801 | standardization | The process of giving the test to a large group of representative and randomly selected people to establish consistent methods administration. |  | 12 |
| 6290400803 | normal curve | a symmetrical, bell-shaped curve that describes the distribution of many types of data; most scores fall near the mean (68 percent fall within one standard deviation of it) and fewer and fewer near the extremes. |  | 13 |
| 6290400804 | reliability | the extent to which a test yields consistent results. a test can be reliable but not valid. Can determine by retesting or by comparing the consistency of scores on two halves of the test (split half reliability) |  | 14 |
| 6290400805 | validity | the extent to which a test measures or predicts what it is supposed to. In order for a test to be valid it has to be reliable. | | 15 |
| 6290400806 | content validity | the extent to which a test samples the behavior that is of interest. The AP Psychology exam will measure your knowledge of Psychology, and not Chemistry. |  | 16 |
| 6290400807 | 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. The SATs have predictive validity. |  | 17 |
| 6290400808 | intellectual disability | (formerly referred to as 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. |  | 18 |
| 6290400823 | stereotype threat | just being aware of negative stereotypes that apply to your group can negatively impact your performance on intelligence tests |  | 19 |
