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He developed the first intelligence test, designed to predict the performance of French school children?
Who is Binet?
This type of test is intended to predict your ability to learn a new skill.
What is an aptitude test?
The formula for calculating IQ.
What is biological parent?
An intelligence score below 70.
A single general intelligence that underlies all other factors.
What is Spearman's concept of g?
The name of the most commonly used aptitude test for adults.
What is the WAIS or Weschler Adult Intelligence Scale?
Four of Gardner's multiple intelligencesz
What are linguistic, logical-mathematical, interpersonal, intrapersonal, musical, kinesthetic, naturalist, spatial?
Our ability to reason speedily and abstractly; tends to decrease with age.
What is fluid intelligence?
A condition in which a person of limited mental ability has an extraordinary ability or talent in one specific area.
What is savant syndrome?
Developed the theory of multiple intelligences.
Who is Gardner?
This measures how well a test tests what it is supposed to test.
What is validity?
The ability to perceive, understand, manage, and use emotions.
What is emotional intelligence?
Someone who has an extra 21st chromosome.
What is Down's Syndrome?
A measure of how well a test measures mastery of a skill/knowledge.
What is content validity?
He developed the three intelligences which are Analytical, Practical, and Creative.
Who is Sternberg?
This term means the process of defining meaningful scores relative to a pretested group.
Believed it was possible to measure "natural ability". Gave an assessment to 10,000 visitors at the 1884 London Health Exhibition based on reaction time, sensory acuity, muscular power, and body proportions.
Who is Francis Galton?
The extent to which intelligence test score variation within a group can be attributed to genetic variation.
What is heritability?
A self-confirming concern that one will be evaluated based on a negative stereotype.
What is the stereotype effect?
This man is a famous psychologist who helped develop tests to give to army recruits and immigrants. He supported the eugenics movement.
Who is Terman?
The phenomenon that intelligence scores have been rising steadily over the past 80 years.
What is the Flynn Effect?
Our accumulated knowledge and verbal skills; tends to increase with age.
What is crystalized intelligence?
Test gives consistent scores; use the test-retest or split-half test to prove this.
What is reliability?
A statistical technique used to identify groups of related items on a test.
What is factor analysis?