Like the periodic table of elements, CHC is useful as a ______ for communicating between school psychologists.
During what stage of childhood do cognitive results tend to stabilize?
Middle
Total Variance = Reliable variance [unique/pure variance + covariance/gray variance] + _________
Error Variance
Most basically, what is the standard score at or below which we consider the possibility of ID?
70
Which type of SLD identification model is used in the clinic?
Any type, often predicted discrepancy
Individuals who perform well on one test of cognitive ability tend to perform well on other tests of cognitive abilities
This is evidence of what? Evidence of the shared variance of "g" or the existence of g
Correlations between overall IQ scores on different cognitive batteries (e.g., WJ-IV, WISC-5, KABC-2) tend to be: high, medium, or low?
High
If you felt that your scores may have been impacted by external threats to validity like a busy school environment, what should you do when reporting your cognitive data?
State interpret with caution.
Deficits in what broad ability are sometimes found in children with cognitive giftedness?
Processing speed
Name the three main models for SLD identification:
discrepancy, PSW, and RtI
___ broad CHC ability tends to decline with age, but ___ broad CHC ability tends to remain stable.
Gf/Gc
Give one justification for using intelligence tests in educational decision making.
It is the highest predictor of academic performance; it can be helpful to see cognitive deficits when looking at what interventions are necessary
Name three types of error variance
INDIVIDUAL/SITUATIONS; ITEM VARIABLE; EXAMINER VARIABLE; TESTING ENCVIRONMENT VARIABLE
The severity of ID is gauged how?
Cog scores and Adaptive behavior
I child has an IQ score of 100. His basic reading achievement score is an 82. The district uses a simple difference discrepancy model. Does this child qualify as SLD?
NO BECAUSE IT'S ONLY 18 points
When a test developer develops two subtests for fluid reasoning, one for deductive reasoning and one for inductive reasoning, they are working to boost what?
CONSTRUCT VALIDITY - or Construct Representation
Measures of IQ tend to correlate with academic achievement at about ____? .2 , .6. or .9
.6
Define the difference between an intra-cognitive strength and a normative strength.
Personal strength relative to personal scores vs. compared to all other children of same age
What is the percentile rank of a child with a cognitive ability score of 130?
98
Correct this grammar: Staci performed in the average range on a the analysis-synthesis subtest.
Staci performed in the Average range on the Analysis-Synthesis subtest.
List the three stages of memory
Sensory, Short term, long term
Describe one social determinant of IQ
No reliable differences in IQ scores across genders; low SES; Small differences in vocabulary development (higher in females, on average) and processing speed and visual-spatial skills (higher in males, on average)
Which of the following is more reliable: Subtest Score or Broad Ability Score (comprised of two subtests)?
Subtest
What are the three major components of adaptive functioning?
Social, Conceptual, Practical
When you find an extremity effect in your data, should you interpret it? Why or why not?
INTERPRET WITH CAUTION DEPENDING ON HOW HIGH/LOW IT IS