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Intelligence tests
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100
Who proposed three areas of intelligence, consisting of analytical, creative, and practical?
Robert Sternberg
Or as Mrs G would say, our buddy bob
100
The widely used American revision of Binet's original intelligence test
Stanford-Binet
100
What is intelligence?
Mental quality consisting of the ability to learn from experience, solve problems, and use knowledge to adapt to new situations
100
What is Sternberg's triarchic?
intelligence theory that our intelligence is best classified into 3 areas that predict our real-world success: analytical, creative, and practical
100
What're the principles of test construction?
Standardization, Reliability, and Validity
200
Who believed the primary mental abilities consisted of Word Fluency, Verbal Comprehension, Spatial Ability, Perceptual Speed, Numerical Ability, Inductive Reasoning, and Memory?
LL Thurstone
200
What is a test designed to predict a person's future performance?
Aptitude test
200
What is a statistical procedure that identifies clusters of related items (called factors) on a test; used to identify different dimensions of performance that underlie one's total score
Factor analysis
200
What is a self-confirming concern that one will be evaluated based on a negative stereotype called?
Stereotype threat
200
What is a normal curve?
The symmetrical bell-shaped curve that describes the distribution of many physical and psychological attributes
300
Who proposed eight types of intelligences? (and speculated about a ninth one)
Howard Gardener
300
What is a test designed to assess what a person has learned?
Achievement test
300
What is a condition in which a person otherwise limited in mental ability has an exceptional specific skill, such as in computation or drawing?
savant syndrome
300
What is Spearman's theory of intelligence?
g factor theory, which holds that an underlying factor of general intelligence exists that forms the foundation out of which all intellectual abilities rise
300
Equation for IQ?
(Mental age/chronological age)x100
400
Who proposed general intelligence? (g)
Charles Spearman
400
What is the WAIS and what does it include?
WAIS; includes verbal and performance subtests
400
What is the behavior (such as future college grades) that a test (such as the SAT) is designed to predict; thus the measure used in defining whether the test has predictive validity?
criterion
400
The theory of practical intelligence was proposed by who? and what was it?
Sternberg: a type of intelligence that is often required for everyday tasks, which are frequently ill-defined, with multiple solutions
400
What does IQ stand for?
Intelligence Quotient
500
Who created the intelligence scale for adults and children?
David Wechsler
500
What does a IQ score below 70 usually mean or suggest? (also usually accompanied by difficulty in adapting to the demands of life; varies from mild to profound)
Mental retardation
500
What is the Flynn effect?
the tendency for people's performance on IQ tests to improve from one decade or generation to the next.
500
What is the Linguistic Relativity Hypothesis?
the idea that the structure of a language may influence the way individuals think
500
What is predictive validity?
the success with which a test predicts the behavior it is designed to predict; it is assessed by computing the correlation between test scores and criterion behavior