module 37-41 ; unit 6(?) ౨ৎ

ap psych

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