AP Psychology Testing and Intelligence Flashcards

9325469810	intelligence	mental quality consisting of the ability to learn from experience, solve problems, and use knowledge to adapt to new situations	0
9325469812	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	1
9325469815	savants	condition where a person has limited mental ability but is exceptional in one area	2
9325469816	Gardeners Multiple Intelligences	visual/spatial verbal/linguistic musical/rhythmic logical/mathematical bodily/kinesthetic interpersonal interpersonal natural	3
9325469821	emotional (social) intelligence	perceiving emotions understanding emotions managing emotions using emotions	4
9325469823	Alfred Binet	helped label kid's mental ages to help predict future performance	5
9325469824	mental age	the chronological age that most typically corresponds to a given level of performance	6
9325469826	IQ score	(Mental Age/Chronological Age) x 100	7
9325469827	Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale (WAIS)	most widely used intelligence test; contains verbal and performance (nonverbal) subtests	8
9325469832	achievement test	a test designed to asses what a person has learned	9
9325469833	aptitude test	a test designed to predict a person's future performance, aptitude is the capacity to learn	10
9325469834	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	11
9325469835	normal curve (normal distribution)	symmetrical, bell shaped curve that describes the distribution of many types of data most scores fall near the mean	12
9325469839	reliability	when it yields consistant results	13
9325469843	validity	the extent to which a test measures what it is supposed to meaure	14
9325469844	content validity	extent to which a test accurately measure the subject intended to measure (entirety, breadth, etc.)	15
9325469845	predictive validity	the extent to which test score forecasts future behaviors or results	16
9325469849	intellectual disability	limited mental ability intelligence score of 70 or below formerly referred to as mental retardation	17
9325469850	down syndrome	mild to severe intellectual disability and associated physical disorders extra copy of chromosome 21	18
9325469855	stereotype threat	a self-confirming concern that one will be evaluated based on a negative stereotype	19