AP Psychology Unit 11 Testing/Intelligence

360838277	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.
360838278	Mental Age	a measure of intelligence test performance devised by Binet; the chronological age that most typically corresponds to a given level of performance.
360838279	Stanford-Binet	the widely used American revision of Binet's original intelligence test.
360838280	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.
360838281	Aptitude Tests	a test designed to predict a persons future performance; aptitude is capacity to learn.
360838282	Achievement Tests	tests designed to assess what a person has learned.
360838283	Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale	the most widely used intelligence test; contains verbal and performance (nonverbal) subtests.
360838284	Standardization	defining meaningful scores by comparison with the performance of a pretested standardization group.
360838285	Normal Curve	the symmetrical bell-shaped curve that describes the distribution of many physical and psychological attributes.
360838286	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.
360838287	Validity	The extent to which a test measures or predicts what it is supposed to.
360838288	Content Validity	the extent to which a test samples the behavior that is of interest (such as a driving test that samples driving tasks).
360838289	Stereotype Threat	a self-confirming concern that one will be evaluated based on a negative stereotype.
360838290	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.
360838291	Intelligence	mental quality consisting of the ability to learn from experience, solve problems, and use knowledge to adapt to new situations.
360838292	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.
360838293	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.
360838294	Savant Syndrome	a condition in which a person otherwise limited in mental ability has an exceptional specific skill, such as in computation or drawing.
360838295	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.
360838296	Down Syndrome	a condition of retardation and associated physical disorders caused by an extra chromosome in one's genetic makeup.
360838297	Creativity	the ability to produce novel and valuable ideas.
360838298	Heritability	the proportion of variation among individuals that we can attribute to genes.
360838299	Emotional Intelligence	the ability to perceive, understand, manage, and use emotions.