IQ Notions
Charles Spearman contended that this underlies all mental abilities and is therefore measured by every task on an intelligence test
what is general intelligence (a single "g" score)
A statistical procedure that identifies clusters of related items on a test
what is factor analysis
Defining uniform testing procedures and meaningful scores by comparison with the performance of a pretested group
what is standardization
Older adults likely have more of this intelligence than younger people
what is crystallized intelligence
A condition in which a person otherwise limited in mental ability has an exceptional special skill
what is savant syndrome
The AP exam is an example of this type of test
what is an achievement test
The extent to which a test yields consistent results-- as assed by (a) scores on two halves of the same test (b) on alternative forms of the test, or (c) on retesting
what is reliability
A self-confirming concern that one will be evaluated based on a negative stereotype
what is stereotype threat
Disadvantage of Binet's concept of mental age in assessing intelligence
What is it is inappropriate for adults
the average intelligence score on a normal curve
What is 100?
Validating a test by comparing a test score to other measures of the construct of interest
What is criterion-related validity
A generational rise in average IQ scores
What is the Flynn Effect?
According to Gardener, a person's ability to understand themselves
What is intrapersonal intelligence?
naturalist, linguistic, logical (mathematical), musical, spatial, kinesthetic, intrapersonal, interpersonal,
What are Howard Gardner's eight intelligences (think "garden of intelligences)
The SAT was originally labeled as this type of test
What is an aptitude test
the extent to which a test measures or predicts what it supposed to
what is validity
You all have more of this type of intelligence than old Mr. Stroud
What is fluid intelligence (and we are not talking about your capacity to consume beverages in college)
Analytical, creative and practical intelligences
What is Sternberg's triarchic theory of intelligence
Alfred Binet calculated intelligence by comparing this to chronological age
what is mental age
A Type of validity-- the extent to which a test samples the behavior that is of interest
what is construct or content validity
The proportion of variation among individuals in a group that we can attribute to genes
what is heritability
Having a keen sense of both social awareness and self-awareness
what is emotional intelligence
The Stanford-Binet calculation for intelligence quotient (IQ)
What is Mental age/chronological age x 100
A type of validity= the success with which a test predicts what it is designed to
what is predictive validity
Currently, the most widely used individual intelligence test
what is the Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale (WAIS)
Developed Stanford-Binet IQ test and believed intelligence is largely biological
Who is Lewis Terman
The central factor in success or the pursuit of long term goals (as well as doing your best on the AP psych exam)
What is GRIT!!!