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intelligence
the ability to learn from experience, solve problems, and use knowledge to adapt to new situations
G (general intelligence)
coined by spearman ~ underlies all mental abilities & is therefore measured by every task on an intelligence test
factor analysis
statistical procedure that identified clusters of related items on a test, identifying underlying total scores
savant syndrome
a condition in which a person limited in mental ability has a specific skill / being exceptional @ something
grit
passion & perseverance in the pursuit of long goals
emotional intelligence
the ability to perceive, understand, manage, & your emotions
intelligence test
measures peoples cognitive functioning — including verbal, mathematical, & memory, etc.
acheivement test
a test designed to access what a person has learned
aptitude test
a test designed to predict a person’s future performance ; capacity to learn
mental age
measure of intelligence test perf. devised by Binet; the level of performance typically associated with children of certain chronological age
stanford - binet
the widely used american revision ( by terman @ stanford ) of Binet’s original intelligence test
iq
defined by (ma)/(ca)x100
wais
its comparison vers. for children - most commonly used intelligence tests, both verbal & non-verbal
standardization
defining uniform testing procedures & meaningful scores by comparison with the performance of a pretested group
normal curve
bell-shaped curve that describes the distribution of many physical & psychological attributes. most grades = avg whereas some grades = outliers
reliability
the extent to which a test yields consistent results, as assessed by the consistency of scores on 2 halves of the test on alternate tests or on retesting
validity
the extent to which a test measures / predicts what it is supposed to do
content validity
the extent to which a test samples the behavior that is of interest
predictive validity
the success with which a test predict the behavior it is desinged to predict; assessed by computing the correlation between test scores & criterion behavior
cohort
group of people sharing a common characteristic, such as from a given time period
crystillized intelligence
our accumulated knowledge and verbal skills; tends to increase w age
fluid intelligence
our ability to reason speedily & abstractly; tends to decrease w age, especially during late adulthood
cross-sectional study
research comparing people of different ages @ some point in time
intellectual disability
condition of limited mental ability ~ intelligence test
down syndrome
condition of mild - severe intellectual disability caused by an extra 21st chromosome
heritability
population of variation among individuals in a group that we can attribute to genes
stereotype threat
self - confirming concern that one will be evaluated based on a negative stereotype
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