Has two meanings: (1) the development of norms and (2) rigorously controlled testing procedures.
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Interjude Reliability
Refers to consistency of measurement when different people observe the same event or score the same test.
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Metacompontents
Addresses both the psychological processes involved in intelligent behavior and the diverse forms that intelligence can take.
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sensory acuity
He developed measures of reaction speed, hand strength, and ________.
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Intelligence
Is determined by interacting hereditary and environmental factors.
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Sterotype Threat
If they believe that certain behaviors on their part would confirm a negative stereotype in the minds of others.
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Knowledge Acquisition Components
Allow us to learn from our experiences, store information in memory, and combine new insights with previously acquired information.
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Fluid Intelligence
The ability to deal with novel problem-solving situations for which personal experience does not provide a solution.
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Heritability estimates of intelligence
________ can vary, depending on sample characteristics.
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Intelligence Quotient (IQ)
Was the ratio of mental age to chronological age, multiplied by 100: IQ= (mental age /chronological age) x 100.
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Validity
Refers to how well a test actually measures what it is designed to measure.
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Personal Intelligence
The ability to understand who one is and who one wants to be.
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Criterion- Related Validity
Refers to the ability of test scores to correlate with meaningful criterion measures.
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Achievement Test
Designed to find out how much they have learned so far in their lives.
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Normal Distribution
A bell- shaped curve with most scores clustering around the center of the curve.
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Reliability
Refers to consistency of measurement.
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Performance Components
Are the higher- order processes used to plan and regulate task performance.
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Outcome Bias
Refers to the extent that a test underestimates a persons true intellectual ability.
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Aptitude Test
Containing novel puzzlelike problems that presumably go beyond prior learning and are thought to measure applicants potential for future learning and performance.
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Predictive Bias
Occurs if the test successfully predicts criterion measures, such as school or job performance, for some groups but not for others.
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Internal Consistency
Has to do with consistency of measurement within the test itself.
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Psychological Test
A method for measuring individual differences related to some psychological concept, or construct, based on a sample of relevant behavior in a scientifi cally designed and controlled situation.
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