The chronological age that most typically corresponds to a given performance level. i.e. A child who does as well as a typical 9-year old, has a ______ of 9.
What is mental age?
100
How well a test measures or predicts what it is intending to.
What is validity?
100
The ability to learn from experience, solve problems, and use knowledge to adapt to new situations.
What is intelligence?
100
A test designed to predict a person's future performance.
What is an aptitude test?
200
Originally a person's mental age divided by their chronological age multiplied by 100, this phased-out number has since been modified to fit on a scale with an average score of 100.
What is Intelligence Quotient or (IQ)?
200
The symmetrical curve used to describe the distribution of many physical and psychological attributes. Most scores fall towards the average while fewer and fewer scores lie at the extremes.
What is normal (bell) curve?
200
The number of distinct intelligences as outlined in Howard Gardner's theory of intelligence.
What is 8?
200
A test designed to assess what a person had already learned.
What is an achievement test?
300
The original, French designer of an intelligence test still widely used today. Original scores were given out in the form of "mental age".
Who is Alfred Binet?
300
The extent to which a test yields consistent results. Can be measured by taking a different form of the same test or simply retesting.
What is reliability?
300
This man supported the theory that intelligence is not measured by one score, but rather one's score in 8 different, distinct aptitudes.
Who is Howard Gardner?
300
One's parents' aptitudes, being a twin, or being adopted are all ________ influences.
What is genetic?
400
The widely used American revision that was adapted using characteristics and norms as seen in California schoolchildren as opposed to the original French schoolchildren.
What is Stanford-Binet?
400
Defining meaningful scores by comparing an individual's score on a given test to those scores of a pretested group on the same test.
What is standardization?
400
The ability to perceive, understand, manage, and use emotions.
What is emotional intelligence?
400
Quality of schooling and parental involvement from an early age are _____________ influences.
What is environmental?
500
The most widely used intelligence test. This test yields scores for verbal comprehension, perceptual organization, working memory, and processing speed.
What is Weschler Adult Intelligence Scale or (WAIS)?
500
The independent measure a test is designed to predict is know as...
What is criterion?
500
A person could be deemed to have this when scoring low on intelligence tests, but shining in another area such as drawing, musical memory, or computation.