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8818309429intelligencemental quality consisting of the ability to learn from experience, solve problems, and use knowledge to adapt to new situations0
8818309430Charles Spearmanused and developed factor analysis (identifies clusters of related items)1
8818309431general 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 test2
8818309432L. L ThurstoneHe stated that there are 7 primary mental abilities including reasoning, verbal comprehension and memory.3
8818309433Howard GardnerHe said abilities are best classified into 8 intelligence including spatial, musical, logical-mathematical, linguistic, naturalist, interpersonal, intrapersonal, and bodily-kinesthetic.4
8818309434savantscondition where a person has limited mental ability but is exceptional in one area5
8818309435Gardeners Multiple Intelligencesvisual/spatial verbal/linguistic musical/rhythmic logical/mathematical bodily/kinesthetic interpersonal interpersonal natural6
8818309436gritpassion and perseverance in the pursuit of long-term goals7
8818309437analytic intelligence(academic-problem-solving) traditional intelligence traits8
8818309438creative intelligencereacting adaptively to novel situations and generating novel ideas9
8818309439practical intelligencerequired for everyday tasks where multiple solutions exist10
8818309440emotional (social) intelligenceperceiving emotions understanding emotions managing emotions using emotions11
8818309441delayed gratification (self-discipline)is the key to long term success (according to the Stanford Marshmallow Experiment)12
8818309442Alfred Binethelped label kid's mental ages to help predict future performance13
8818309443mental agethe chronological age that most typically corresponds to a given level of performance14
8818309444Lewis TermanHe was a Stanford professor and created the Stanford-Binet IQ test.15
8818309445IQ score(Mental Age/Chronological Age) x 10016
8818309446Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale (WAIS)most widely used intelligence test; contains verbal and performance (nonverbal) subtests17
8818309447performance subtestspatial relations, perceptual skills, and speed of thinking18
8818309448verbal subtestlanguage based and abstract cognitive skills19
8818309449Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children (WISC)similar to WAIS 6-16 year olds20
8818309450what IQ measuresa person's cognitive ability compared to population at large mental speed and span of your working memory21
8818309451achievement testa test designed to asses what a person has learned22
8818309452aptitude testa test designed to predict a person's future performance, aptitude is the capacity to learn23
8818309453standardizationdefining uniform testing procedures and meaningful scores by comparison with the performance of a pretested group (Representative sample) form a normal distribution or bell curve24
8818309454normal curve (normal distribution)symmetrical, bell shaped curve that describes the distribution of many types of data most scores fall near the mean25
881830945568%Amount of people with IQs between 85 and 115 (one SD of the mean)26
881830945695%Amount of people with IQs between 70 and 130 (two SD of the mean)27
8818309457The Flynn Effectintelligence scores have risen throughout the last 100 years or so (due to environment)28
8818309458reliabilitywhen it yields consistant results29
8818309459split- half reliabilitydividing the test into two equal halves and assessing how consistent the scores are30
8818309460alternate-forms reliabilityusing different varieties of the test to measure consistency between them31
8818309461test-retest reliabilityusing the same test on two occasions to measure consitency32
8818309462validitythe extent to which a test measures what it is supposed to meaure33
8818309463content validityextent to which a test accurately measure the subject intended to measure (entirety, breadth, etc.)34
8818309464predictive validitythe extent to which test score forecasts future behaviors or results35
8818309465criterion validityscores on a particular test are positively correlated with scores on another existing and well established test (criterion) of the same skill, trait, ability36
8818309466crystallized intelligenceour accumulated knowledges reflected in vocabulary and analogies tests increases with age37
8818309467fluid intelligenceour ability to reason speedily and abstractly, as when solving novel logic problems decreases with age38
8818309468intellectual disabilitylimited mental ability intelligence score of 70 or below formerly referred to as mental retardation39
8818309469down syndromemild to severe intellectual disability and associated physical disorders extra copy of chromosome 2140
8818309470High Intelligencetypically 130 IQ and above gifted education programs41
8818309471z-scoretells us whether a particular score is equal to the mean. below the mean or above the mean, by how many standard deviations42
8818309472percentile rankpercentage of scores that fall below a given score43
8818309473heritabilityproportion of variation among individuals that we can attribute to genes44
8818309474stereotype threata self-confirming concern that one will be evaluated based on a negative stereotype45
8818309475Sternberg's Triarchic TheoryThis theory holds that there are three types of intelligence.46

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