Name that Psychologist
This psychologist conducted a famous longitudinal study of gifted children, and was also a supporter of the eugenics movement in the early 20th century.
Who is Lewis Terman?
This term refers to the phenomenon where test scores have steadily increased over time, perhaps due to better nutrition and education.
What is the Flynn Effect?
The original formula for the intelligence quotient (IQ).
What is mental age divided by chronological age, multiplied by 100?
This number describes the average IQ score.
What is 100?
This is the measure of a test's ability to get repeatable results.
What is reliability?
This psychologist earned the title "father of intelligence testing" when he developed one of the first intelligence tests in France to identify children who would need special education.
Who is Alfred Binet?
This is a test (like a final) that measures what you have already learned.
What is an achievement test?
The approximate heritability estimate of intelligence in adulthood?
What is around 50-80%?
A score below this number on an intelligence test may indicate an intellectual disability characterized by significant limitations in both intellectual functioning and adaptive behavior.
What is 70?
This is a measure of a test's ability to accurately test what it is setting out to test.
What is validity?
This psychologist proposed the theory of general intelligence, known as g-factor.
Who is Charles Spearman?
The SAT is this kind of test because they field the questions in advance and compares you to your peers.
What is a Standardized Test?
A 10 year old child's IQ according to the original formula, if that child has a mental age of 14.
What is 140?
According to the triadic theory of intelligence, this type of intelligence involves the ability to apply knowledge and adapt to new situations encountered in everyday life.
What is practical intelligence?
Mrs. Enloe gives a group of students a test in the beginning of the day and then the same group another test at the end of the day to compare their scores and to do this kind of measure.
What is Test-Retest Reliability?
This psychologist developed the theory of multiple intelligences, proposing that there were 8 types of intelligence independent from one another.
Who is Howard Gardner?
This term describes a belief or expectation that influences one's behavior in a manner that causes the belief to come true? EX)"Gifted" children will be successful because of the expectations associated with the "gifted" label.
What is the self-fulfilling prophecy?
The range of IQ scores that are within 1 Standard Deviation of the mean.
What is 85 to 115?
This term refers to the ability to solve problems and adapt to new situations. This declines with age.
What is fluid intelligence?
Mr. Alexander gives you a test that you swear has nothing to do with what you learned in class. The test is low on this measure.
What is content validity?
This psychologist proposed the triarchic theory of intelligence, consisting of analytical, creative, and practical intelligence.
Who is Robert Sternberg?
This term describes the phenomenon where individuals perform worse on a task when they are aware of negative perceptions about their group.
What is the stereotype threat?
In a normal distribution of intelligence scores, this percentage of the population falls within one standard deviation above or below the mean.
What is 68%?
This is the most widely used intelligence today, that includes 15 subtests with verbal and non-verbal tasks.
What is the Wechsler Intelligence Scale?
The SAT is often criticized for not correctly predicting the ability of students to do well in college. This is because the test has low value in this category.
What is Predictive Validity?