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Intelligence Theories
Intelligence Tests
Intelligence Test Construction
Genetics v. Environment
Vocabulary
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Underlies all mental abilities.
What is g factor?


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The AP Psychology test is an example of
What is an achievement test?
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The extent to which a test measures what it is supposed to.
What is validity?
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The proportion of variation among individuals that we attribute to genes

What is heritability? 
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Ability to learn from experience, solve problems and use knowledge to adapt to new situations

Intelligence
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This psychologist was the first to identify a General Intelligence or g factor that is the core basis of intelligence..

Who is to Charles Spearman?

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Most widely used intelligence test today.
What is the WAIS?
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The extent to which a test gives consistent results.
What is reliability?
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Studies of children in orphanages that showed delayed development support the idea that intelligence is influenced by

What is environment?

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Assesses people’s mental abilities and compares them with others using numerical scores

What is an Intelligence Test?
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List Sternberg's 3 intelligences.
What are analytical, Creative and Practical? 
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The man who came up with the idea for mental age.
Who is Alfred Binet?
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Comparing the scores on a test with the performance of a pretested group.
What is standardization?
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The fact that identical twins score almost the same on intelligence tests supports the view that intelligence comes from
What is genetics?
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This condition describes people who have limited mental abilities in the general sense, but they have one area of "specific brilliance".

What is Savant Syndrome?

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The Cattell-Horn-Carroll Theory of Intelligence suggests that these two factors (Gf & Gc) are most responsible for our overall general ability.

What is fluid & crystalized intellgence?

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Created the Stanford-Binet intelligence test and believed is assessed inherited intelligence.
Who is Lewis Terman?
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IQ tests have been restandardized in recent years due to this.
What is the Flynn effect?
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List 2 environmental factors that can have an impact on intelligence.

What are schooling, nourishment, income, etc?

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A statistical procedure that identifies clusters of related items on a test; used to identify different dimensions of performance that underlie a person's total score.

What is factor analysis?
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List 4 of Howard Gardner's multiple intelligences.
What are Verbal, Logical, Naturalist, Bodily, Musical, Inter-Personal, Intra-personal, Visual
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The original way IQ was calculated. 
What is mental age divided by chronological age times 100.
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A self-confirming concern that one will be evaluated based on a negative stereotype.

What is Stereotype threat?

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Estimate of heritability of intelligence is

What is 50-80%?
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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 the criterion behavior.

What is predictive validity?