AP Psychology - Testing and Intelligence Flashcards
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| 5631823276 | Validity | The degree to which a test actually measures what it's supposed to measure. | 0 | |
| 5631823277 | Reliability | The tendency of a test to produce the same scores again and again each time it is given to the same people. | 1 | |
| 5631825940 | Content validity | Refers to how well a test measures the behavior for which it is intended. Ex: Psychology test measuring knowledge of psychology. | 2 | |
| 5631825941 | Item analysis | Process 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 | |
| 5631825942 | Standardized test | Test are administered under the same conditions and the same scoring procedures. | 4 | |
| 5631828080 | Split-half reliability | Method to the consistency of a test. Results of one half of a test are compared with the results from the other half. | 5 | |
| 5631828081 | Intelligence quotient | MA/CA X 100 = IQ | 6 | |
| 5631830864 | Objective tests | Requires test takers to make a response to a structured set of instructions (true/false, yes/no, or selecting a,b,c or d). | 7 | |
| 5631830865 | Subjective tests | Tests that are left to subjectivity by the grader. | 8 | |
| 5631830866 | Spearman's theory | Founder of the g factor. Theory that all people have a general intelligence. | 9 | |
| 5631834134 | Sternberg's Triarchic Theory | Analytical, creative and practical intelligence | 10 | |
| 5631838508 | Gardner's Multiple intelligences | Intelligences including linguistic, logical, spatial, musical, bodily-kinesthetic, interpersonal and intrapersonal | 11 | |
| 5632038563 | Linguistic intelligence | Intelligence for language and words | 12 | |
| 5632041095 | Logical intelligence | Intelligence for logic and mathematical problems | 13 | |
| 5632047289 | Spatial intelligence | Visual inteligence | 14 | |
| 5632054392 | Bodily-kinesthetic intelligence | Intelligence for movement of one's body | 15 | |
| 5632057104 | Interpersonal intelligence | Intelligence for group dynamics | 16 | |
| 5632062046 | Intrapersonal intelligence | Intelligence for understanding one's own emotions | 17 | |
| 5636360079 | Wernicke's area | Processes language comprehension | 18 | |
| 5636362045 | Broca's area | Processes speech | 19 | |
| 5636349380 | Algorithm | Step by step procedure for problem solving | 20 | |
| 5636351223 | Hueristic | Short cut for problem solving | 21 | |
| 5636352994 | Representative Heuristic | Bias in decision making based on stereotypes | 22 | |
| 5636355558 | Availability Hueristic | Decision making based on information available in one's memory | 23 |