confusion of sounds (Knock knock jokes)
phonological ambiguity
infer how closely something fits into our prototype of a concept
representativeness heuristic
IQ test for army recruits
Army Alpha
consistency of measurement
Reliability
perceptual speed
women
confusion in structure
syntactic ambiguity
looking for evidence to confirm your beliefs
Confirmation bias
IQ test for army recruits that couldn't read
Army Beta
does the test measure what it is supposed to
validity
spatial tasks
Men
double meaning (a baker kneads the dough)
lexical ambiguity
the phrasing of the situation affects how you interpret it, even if the information is identical
framing effect
still used by school districts today
Lorge-Thorndike Intelligence Test & Otis-Lennon School Ability Test
development of norms
standardization
math reasoning
men
meaning (Call me a cab. Okay you're a cab)
semantic ambiguity
formulate intermediate steps to the solution
subgoal analysis
a prof developed an IQ test for american culture. Initially verbal based.
Stanford-Binet
bias to people in Southern US states
chitterling test
throwing
men
identify difference between present state and goal and make chances to get to goal
means-ends analysis
measure verbal and non-verbal abilities, most popular intelligence test in North America
Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale
precise manual tasks
women