AP Psych - Quiz 4 Review (Compilation)

intelligence

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

general intelligence

according to Spearman, underlies all mental abilities

measure by every task on an intelligence test

factor analysis

statistical procedure that identifies clusters of related items on a test

savant syndrome

a condition where a person with limited mental ability still has an expectional skill (ex. drawing)

grit

passion and perseverance in the pursuit of long term goals

emotional intelligence

ability to perceive, understand, manage, and use emotions

intelligence test

a method for assessing a person's mental aptitudes and comparing them to others using numerical scores

achievement test

test designed to asses what a person has learned

aptitude test

test designed to predict a person's future performance ;

aptitude is the capacity to learn

mental age

level of performance typically associated with children of a certain age

test of intelligence performance made by Binet

standford binet

widely used american revision (by Terman ay Stanford) of Binet's original intelligence test

intelligence quotient

IQ ; ratio of mental age to chronological age multiplied by 100

wechsler adult intelligence scale

the WAIS is the most widely used intelligence test

contain verbal and nonverbal subtests

standardization

meaningful scores following the same procedures compared with the performance of a pretested group

normal curve

bell shaped curve that describes the distribution of many physical and psychological attributes

reliability

the extent to which a test yields consistent results,

consistency of scores on two halves of the test

validity

the extent to which a test measure what it is supposed it

content validity

the extend to which a test samples the behavior that is of interest

predictive validity

the success with which a test predicts the behavior it is designed to predict

cohort

group of people sharing a common characteristic

crystallized intelligence

our accumulated knowledge and verbal skills

tends to increase with age

fluid intelligence

our ability to reason speedily and abstractly

cross sectional study

research that compares people of different ages at the same point in time

longitudinal study

research that follows and retests the same people over time

intellectual disability

condition of limited mental ability

down syndrome

condition of mild to severe intellectual disability and associated physical disorders caused by an extra copy of chromosome 21

heritability

the proportion of variation among individuals in a group that attributes to genes

stereotype threat

a self confirming concern that one will be evaluated based on a sterotype