9131400761 | intelligence | mental quality consisting of the ability to learn from experience, solve problems, and use knowledge to adapt to new situations | ![]() | 0 |
9131400762 | Charles Spearman | used and developed factor analysis (identifies clusters of related items) and argued in the g factor (general intelligence) | ![]() | 1 |
9131400763 | 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 | |
9131400764 | L. L Thurstone | He stated that there are 7 primary mental abilities including reasoning, verbal comprehension and memory. | ![]() | 3 |
9131400765 | Howard Gardner | He said abilities are best classified into 8 intelligence including spatial, musical, logical-mathematical, linguistic, naturalist, interpersonal, intrapersonal, and bodily-kinesthetic. | ![]() | 4 |
9131400766 | savants | condition where a person has limited mental ability but is exceptional in one area | ![]() | 5 |
9131400767 | Gardeners Multiple Intelligences | visual/spatial verbal/linguistic musical/rhythmic logical/mathematical bodily/kinesthetic interpersonal interpersonal natural | ![]() | 6 |
9131400768 | grit | passion and perseverance in the pursuit of long-term goals | ![]() | 7 |
9131400769 | analytic intelligence | (academic-problem-solving) traditional intelligence traits | ![]() | 8 |
9131400770 | creative intelligence | reacting adaptively to novel situations and generating novel ideas | ![]() | 9 |
9131400771 | practical intelligence | required for everyday tasks where multiple solutions exist | ![]() | 10 |
9131400772 | emotional (social) intelligence | perceiving emotions understanding emotions managing emotions using emotions | ![]() | 11 |
9131400773 | delayed gratification (self-discipline) | is the key to long term success (according to the Stanford Marshmallow Experiment) | ![]() | 12 |
9131400774 | Alfred Binet | helped label kid's mental ages to help predict future performance | ![]() | 13 |
9131400775 | mental age | the chronological age that most typically corresponds to a given level of performance | ![]() | 14 |
9131400776 | Lewis Terman | He was a Stanford professor and created the Stanford-Binet IQ test. | ![]() | 15 |
9131400777 | IQ score | (Mental Age/Chronological Age) x 100 | 16 | |
9131400778 | Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale (WAIS) | most widely used intelligence test; contains verbal and performance (nonverbal) subtests | ![]() | 17 |
9131400779 | performance subtest | spatial relations, perceptual skills, and speed of thinking | ![]() | 18 |
9131400780 | verbal subtest | language based and abstract cognitive skills | ![]() | 19 |
9131400781 | Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children (WISC) | similar to WAIS 6-16 year olds | ![]() | 20 |
9131400782 | what IQ measures | a person's cognitive ability compared to population at large mental speed and span of your working memory | ![]() | 21 |
9131400783 | achievement test | a test designed to asses what a person has learned | ![]() | 22 |
9131400784 | aptitude test | a test designed to predict a person's future performance, aptitude is the capacity to learn | ![]() | 23 |
9131400785 | standardization | defining uniform testing procedures and meaningful scores by comparison with the performance of a pretested group (Representative sample) form a normal distribution or bell curve | ![]() | 24 |
9131400786 | normal curve (normal distribution) | symmetrical, bell shaped curve that describes the distribution of many types of data most scores fall near the mean | ![]() | 25 |
9131400787 | 68% | Amount of people with IQs between 85 and 115 (one SD of the mean) | ![]() | 26 |
9131400788 | 95% | Amount of people with IQs between 70 and 130 (two SD of the mean) | 27 | |
9131400789 | The Flynn Effect | intelligence scores have risen throughout the last 100 years or so (due to environment) | ![]() | 28 |
9131400790 | reliability | when it yields consistant results | 29 | |
9131400791 | split- half reliability | dividing the test into two equal halves and assessing how consistent the scores are | 30 | |
9131400792 | alternate-forms reliability | using different varieties of the test to measure consistency between them | 31 | |
9131400793 | test-retest reliability | using the same test on two occasions to measure consitency | 32 | |
9131400794 | validity | the extent to which a test measures what it is supposed to meaure | 33 | |
9131400795 | content validity | extent to which a test accurately measure the subject intended to measure (entirety, breadth, etc.) | 34 | |
9131400796 | predictive validity | the extent to which test score forecasts future behaviors or results | ![]() | 35 |
9131400797 | criterion validity | scores on a particular test are positively correlated with scores on another existing and well established test (criterion) of the same skill, trait, ability | 36 | |
9131400798 | crystallized intelligence | our accumulated knowledges reflected in vocabulary and analogies tests increases with age | ![]() | 37 |
9131400799 | fluid intelligence | our ability to reason speedily and abstractly, as when solving novel logic problems decreases with age | ![]() | 38 |
9131400800 | intellectual disability | limited mental ability intelligence score of 70 or below formerly referred to as mental retardation | ![]() | 39 |
9131400801 | down syndrome | mild to severe intellectual disability and associated physical disorders extra copy of chromosome 21 | ![]() | 40 |
9131400802 | High Intelligence | typically 130 IQ and above gifted education programs | ![]() | 41 |
9131400803 | z-score | tells us whether a particular score is equal to the mean. below the mean or above the mean, by how many standard deviations | ![]() | 42 |
9131400804 | percentile rank | percentage of scores that fall below a given score | ![]() | 43 |
9131400805 | heritability | proportion of variation among individuals that we can attribute to genes | ![]() | 44 |
9131400806 | stereotype threat | a self-confirming concern that one will be evaluated based on a negative stereotype | ![]() | 45 |
9131400807 | Sternberg's Triarchic Theory | This theory holds that there are three types of intelligence. | 46 |
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