AP Psych - Quiz #15 Flashcards
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| 5939519373 | achievement tests | designed to measure what you have already learned | 0 | |
| 5939519374 | aptitude tests | designed to predict how well you will complete a future skill/task | 1 | |
| 5939519375 | crystalized intelligence | one's accumulated knowledge and verbal skills; tends to increase with age | 2 | |
| 5939519376 | emotional intelligence | the ability to perceive, understand, manage, and use emotions | 3 | |
| 5939519377 | factor analysis | a statistical procedure that identifies clusters of related items on a test | 4 | |
| 5939519378 | fluid intelligence | one's ability to reason speedily and abstractly; tends to decrease during late adulthood | 5 | |
| 5939519379 | general intelligence (g) | a general factor that underlies specific mental abilities and is therefore measured by every task on an intelligence test | 6 | |
| 5939519381 | intelligence quotient (IQ) | defined originally as the ratio of mental age (ma) to chronological age (ca) multiplied by 100 | 7 | |
| 8514363980 | content validity | how well a measure reflects the entire range of material it's supposed to be testing | 8 | |
| 8514363981 | Flynn effect | observation that each generation has a significantly higher IQ than the previous generation | 9 | |
| 8514364349 | predictive validity | a tool's ability to predict future characteristics or behavior | 10 | |
| 8514364350 | reliability | the extent to which a test yields consistent results | 11 | |
| 8514364352 | savant syndrome | a condition in which a person otherwise limited in mental ability has an exceptional specific skill | 12 | |
| 8514364740 | standardization | defining meaningful scores by comparison with the performance of a pretested group | 13 | |
| 8514364741 | stereotype threat | a self-confirming concern that one will be evaluated based on a negative stereotype | 14 | |
| 8514365397 | bottom-up processing | analysis that begins with sensory receptors and works up to the brain's integration of sensory info | 15 | |
| 8514365398 | cones | cone-shaped cells within the retina that are color sensitive and respond to bright light | 16 | |
| 8514365399 | rods | responsible for black and white vision | 17 | |
| 8514365776 | selective attention | the focusing of conscious awareness on a particular stimulus | 18 | |
| 8514365777 | sensory adaptation | diminished sensitivity as a consequence of constant stimulation | 19 | |
| 8514366042 | signal detection theory | predicts how and when we detect the presence of a faint stimulus amid background stimulation | 20 | |
| 8514366043 | subliminal | below one's absolute threshold for conscious awareness | 21 | |
| 8514366358 | top-down processing | how knowledge, expectations, or past experiences shape the interpretation of sensory information | 22 |