This and That
Testing
IQ and Tests
Intelligence
Dudes
100
Which of the following statements is true?

a. The predictive validity of intelligence tests is not as high as their reliability
 b. The reliability of intelligence tests is not as high as their predictive validity
 c. Modern intelligence tests have extremely high predictive validity and reliability
 d. The predictive validity and reliability of most intelligence tests very low


100
Extent to which a test measures or predicts what it is supposed to.
What is validity?
100
Test designed to predict a person's future performance.
What is aptitude test?
100
Ability to perceive, understand, manage and use emotions.
What is emotional intelligence? Or EQ?
100
He is a pioneer in the study of human intelligence and testing- use surveys to collect data and applied statistics in its analysi
Who is Francis Galton?
200
A condition of intellectual disability and associated physical disorders caused by an extra copy of chromosome 21.
What is down syndrome?
200
Extent to which a test yields consistent results.
What is reliability?
200
Test designed to assess what a person has learned.
What is achievement test?
200
First-time parents Geena and Brad want to give their baby's intelligence a jump start by providing a super enriched learning environment. Experts would suggest that the new parents should:

a. Pipe stimulating classical music into the baby's room
 b. Hang colorful mobiles and artwork over the baby's crib
 c. Take the child to one of the new "superbaby" preschools that specialize in infant enrichment 
d. Relax, since there is no surefire environmental recipe for giving a child superior intellect


200
This man made no assumptions concerning why a particular child was slow, average, or above average. He personally leaned toward an environmental explanation. He also only wanted to identify kids needing special attention in schools, and feared his test would be used to label children and limit their opportunities.
Who is Binet?
300
A condition of limited mental ability, indicated by an intelligence score of 70 or below.
What is intellectual disability?
300
Symmetrical curve that describes the distribution of many physical and psychological attributes.
What is normal curve?
300
Defined originally as the ratio of mental age to chronological age multiplied by 100.
What is IQ?
300
Statistical procedure that identifies clusters of related items on a test.
What is factor analysis?
300
This psychologist views intelligence as multiple abilities that come in packages...8, to be precise.
Who is Gardner?
400
Randomly diving the test into 2 halves, then correlate people’s responses on the 2 halves. The closer the correlation coefficient is to +1, the greater the reliability.
What is split-half reliability?
400
Defining meaningful scores by comparison with the performance of a pretested group.
What is standardization?
400
Widely used American revision of Binet's original intelligence test.
What is Stanford-Binet?
400
According to Spearman and others, this underlies specific mental abilities and is therefore measured by every task on an intelligence test.
What is general intelligence? Or g factor?
400
This psychologist agreed with Gardner about "intelligence packages", but instead of 8, he believes there are 3.
Who is Sternberg?
500
Extent to which a test samples the behavior that is of interest.
What is content validity?
500
Most widely used intelligence test.
What is WAIS?
500
Measure of intelligence test performance designed by Binet; the chronological age that most typically corresponds to a given level of performance.
What is mental age?
500
Mental quality consisting of the ability to learn from experience, solve problems, and use knowledge to adapt to new situations.
What is intelligence?
500
He is a big advocate of what people are today calling EQ or emotional intelligence.
Who is Daniel Goleman?