intelligence terms

intelligence

the ability to learn from experience, solve problems, and use knowledge to adapt to new situations

general intelligence

mental abilities being measured by every task involving reasoning, problem-solving, and learning.

factor analysis

a statistical procedure that identifies dusters of related items on a test; it reduces the number of variables by grouping them into factors.

savant syndrome

a condition in which a person otherwise limited in mental ability but is specialized in other skills such as computation and drawing

achievement test

reflects what you have learned

apitude test

will predict what you will be able to learn

psychometrics

the scientific study of the measurement of human abilities, attitudes and tasks.

standardization

defining unit test procedures and scores by comparison of a performance pretested group

normal curve

most curves fall near the average making it less and less extreme

flyn effect

the rise in intelligence performance over time and across cultures

reliability

test yields similar results every time

validity

test measures what it is supposed to

predict validity

when a test predicrs what it was designed to predict

construct valididty

a test measures what is supposed to measure

Assimilation