Intelligence (AP Psychology)

Intelligence

Goal-directed adaptive thinking is known as...

Fluid intelligence

The ability to think in terms of abstract concepts and symbolic relationships is known as...

Crystallized intelligence

The acquired skills and knowledge and the ability to apply that knowledge in specific situations is known as...

Fluid

Most intelligence tests focus on ___ intelligence.

Factor analysis

A statistical technique used to identify clusters of test items; use correlations between traits in order to see which traits cluster together as factors is known as...

Charles Spearman

Who developed the Psychometric Approach or Two-Factor theory of intelligence that basically has general mental capacity expressed by a single intelligence score?

L.L. Thurstone

Who developed the Primary Mental Abilities theory for intelligence that identified 7 clusters of primary mental abilities?

Howard Gardner

Who developed the intelligence theory that focuses on eight independent (multiple) intelligences?

Robert Sternberg

Who developed the Triarchic Theory of Intelligence?

Analytic intelligence

Which component of intelligence, according to Sternberg, involves the strategies that we go through to process information?

Creative intelligence

Which component of intelligence, according to Sternberg, involves using experience and knowledge in new and innovative ways?

Practical intelligence

Which component of intelligence, according to Sternberg, involves real-world situations and is required for everyday tasks?

Daniel Goleman

Who developed the Emotional Intelligence concept?

Emotional intelligence

Being able to recognize people's intents and motivations is known as...

Savant Syndrome

A condition in which a person otherwise limited in mental ability has an exceptional specific skill, such as in computation or drawing is known as...

Normal Curve

The symmetrical bell-shaped curve that describes the distribution of many physical and psychological attributes is called a...

Flynn Effect

The fact intelligence test performance is constantly improving over the years is known as the...

Reliability

If a test has repeatable (consistent) outcomes with the same results as a means of measurement it is said to have...

Test-retest

Which of the following methods of reliability is being used when a correlation between a person's score on one administration of the test is made with the same person's score on a subsequent administration of the test?

Split-half reliability

When you randomly divide a test into two different sections and then correlate people's performances on the two halves, you are using...

Equivalent form reliability

When tests are available in several different (but equal) forms, it is using...

Predictive validity

A type of criterion-related validity that measures future performance is called...

Content validity

Amount test reflects sample of the behavior in question (like when a test's content is fair and representative meaning it matches with the importance the topic was given, it is said to have)...

Construct validity

The extent to which the test measures the trait it is intending to measure (like if you want to know whether someone can drive, the test should include a driving portion), is known as...

Aptitude test

A test that assesses your capacity or potential to learn/ability, like the SAT, is known as a(an)...

Achievement test

A test that is designed to assess what a person has learned, like the AP test, is known as a(an)...

Speed test

A test that generally consists of a large number of questions asked in a short amount of time is a(an)...

Power test

A test that generally consists of items of increasing difficulty levels is a(an)...

100

The Stanford-Binet and Weschler scales have a mean score and standard deviation of...

Weschler

The most widely used intelligence test is...

Descriptive statistics

The type of statistics used in psychology that use measures of the central tendency since they do not allow for conclusions to be made about anything other than the particular set of numbers is known as...

Mean

The arithmetic average of a set of numbers is the...

Mode

The most frequently occurring value in the data set is the...

Median

The number that falls exactly in the middle of a distribution of numbers is the...

68

For a test with normally distributed scores approximately what percentage of test takes score within 1 standard deviation below and above the mean score?

Stereotype threat

Anxiety or stress an individual experiences when they are in a situation where they might confirm a negative stereotype about their social group (so perform worse!!!) is known as....

Stereotype lift

Psychological phenomenon that occurs when a non-stereotyped group performs better than a stereotyped group. (so an increase in a group's test performance due to not being part of a negative stereotype) is known as...

Fixed mindset

The belief that intelligence is innate, so fixed at birth and unchanging.

Growth mindset

The belief that intelligence is malleable due to experience (effort and learning).

Inter-rater reliability

Using two different people to assess/observe/score to compare their answers. If the same, it is consistent. Involves training to agree on rubric.