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5631823276ValidityThe degree to which a test actually measures what it's supposed to measure.0
5631823277ReliabilityThe tendency of a test to produce the same scores again and again each time it is given to the same people.1
5631825940Content validityRefers to how well a test measures the behavior for which it is intended. Ex: Psychology test measuring knowledge of psychology.2
5631825941Item analysisProcess which examines student responses to individual test question in order to assess the quality of those items and of the test as a whole.3
5631825942Standardized testTest are administered under the same conditions and the same scoring procedures.4
5631828080Split-half reliabilityMethod to the consistency of a test. Results of one half of a test are compared with the results from the other half.5
5631828081Intelligence quotientMA/CA X 100 = IQ6
5631830864Objective testsRequires test takers to make a response to a structured set of instructions (true/false, yes/no, or selecting a,b,c or d).7
5631830865Subjective testsTests that are left to subjectivity by the grader.8
5631830866Spearman's theoryFounder of the g factor. Theory that all people have a general intelligence.9
5631834134Sternberg's Triarchic TheoryAnalytical, creative and practical intelligence10
5631838508Gardner's Multiple intelligencesIntelligences including linguistic, logical, spatial, musical, bodily-kinesthetic, interpersonal and intrapersonal11
5632038563Linguistic intelligenceIntelligence for language and words12
5632041095Logical intelligenceIntelligence for logic and mathematical problems13
5632047289Spatial intelligenceVisual inteligence14
5632054392Bodily-kinesthetic intelligenceIntelligence for movement of one's body15
5632057104Interpersonal intelligenceIntelligence for group dynamics16
5632062046Intrapersonal intelligenceIntelligence for understanding one's own emotions17
5636360079Wernicke's areaProcesses language comprehension18
5636362045Broca's areaProcesses speech19
5636349380AlgorithmStep by step procedure for problem solving20
5636351223HueristicShort cut for problem solving21
5636352994Representative HeuristicBias in decision making based on stereotypes22
5636355558Availability HueristicDecision making based on information available in one's memory23

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