Studied by 3 people
Intelligence
Description of your capacity to think and react
Ratio IQ
Measured by taking mental age divided by chronological age then multiplying by 100, the ration of your mental to your physical age
Validity
Standard of whether the test measures what is purported to measure
Predictive Validity
test should measure how you will do in the future
Concurrent Validity
Whether or not the test measures both the content required and predictive abilities
Face Validity
measure of how the test takers view the exam
Reliability
How dependable the measure is
Test-Retest Reliability
Ensuring you get close to the same results if the test is taken again
Alternate-Forms Reliability
Ensures that a different version of the same test will yield the same results
Inter-Rater Reliability
The score will be the same no matter who grades it
Content Validity
Whether the test measures how much you know about a specific subject matter or skill
Standardization
Ensuring that all test takers are given the same exam environment, amount of time, materials, instruction, etc
Normative Scores
Help you compare your raw score with the average score for all test takers
G-Factor
Single Factor that pervades all of your thinking abilities
Fluid intelligence
Our ability to problem solve and learn new skills
Crystallized Intelligence
Knowledge that we build up over our lifetime
Analytic Intelligence
Measure of your ability to compare, evaluate, and analyze
Creative Intelligence
Measure of how well you come up with new ideas and solutions, measure of your innovative skills
Practical Intelligence
Street smarts, measure of how you are able to apply your knowledge and how you cope with situations and people around you
Heritability
extent to which a trait is transmitted through genes
Flynn Effect
Yearly rise of IQ scores in the 20th century
David wechsler
This person said that intelligence is the global capacity of the individual to act purposefully, to think rationally, and to deal effectively with his environment
Sir Francis Galton (1883)
English Psychometrician who said that intelligence is related to the capacity for labor and sensitivity to physical stimuli
Tested based on hand squeeze strength, reaction time, and sensitivity to pinpricks
Found no correlation between Galton's tests and academic sucess
Stanfor-Binet Intelligence test
Measures of adults and children to test their mental age
Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale (WAIS)
Test based on variety of measures including verbal comprehension, pattern design, letter and number sequences, and block image assembly. Gives 3 types of scores: verbal, performance, and overall
Aptitude Tests
measure potential
Validity, Reliability, Standardization, Norms
The 4 standards for tests
Charles Spearman
This person describes a more general measure of intelligence that is not based on how much you have learned or what you have memorized
L.L. Thurstone
This person said that general intelligence is made up of 7 primary mental abilities: Verbal comprehension, Verbal fluency, Inductive reasoning, Spatial visualization, Numbers, Memory, Perceptual speed
Raymond Cattell
Created a theory based around Crystallized and Fluid intelligence
Robert Sternberg
This person came up with the Triarchic theory of intelligence: Analytic, Creative, and Practical
Theory of Multiple Intelligences
there are several different intelligences that we may excel in
Linguistics
Language and writing
Logical/mathematical
Number sense
Visual/spatial
Design and shapes
Musical
Instruments and singing
Bodily/kinesthetic
Dancing or sports
inter-personal
talking and working with others
intra-personal
understanding your own feelings
naturalist
recognizing and understanding patterns in nature and ecology
prenatal healthcare and vitamins
give babies a healthier start in development
can boost intelligence
enriched environment
can hinder intelligence
deprived environment
Intellectual Disabilities/Mental Retardation
When an individual has IQ under 70 as well as low self-care and adaptive abilities often have poor prenatal care or lack of intellectual stimulation
Giftedness
kids with over 130 IQ
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