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Famous Psychologists
Reliabity and Validity
Testing
Scores
Effects on Intelligence
100
Created first useful test of general mental ability
Who is Simon and Binet
100
Refers to the consistency of scores
What is reliability
100
measures general mental ability
What is an IQ test
100
This is the percentage of people who score at or below your score
What is a percentile score
100

allows comparison of scores, reduces effects of extraneous variables, increases the reliability and validity of tests, increase objectivity in scoring

What is standardization
200
Created the first IQ test for adults
Who is Wechsler
200
Does the test accurately forecast the level of some future performance
What is predictive validity
200
Assesses specific types of mental abilities like verbal reasoning, abstract reasoning, language usage
What is an aptitude test
200
In this distribution, most scores fall in the middle
What is a norm curve
200
This is finding that performance on IQ tests seem to be rising steadily and consistently over time
What is the Flynn Effect
300
Believes we have two types of intelligence--g: general, s for specific
Who is Spearman
300
The extent to which a test measures what it said it would measure
What is validity
300
refers to the uniform procedures used in the administration and scoring of a test
What is standardized
300
Average IQ score
What is 100
300
A valid test is also
What is reliable
400
Believes we have multiple intelligences like musical, interpersonal, naturalistic
Who is Gardner
400
Does the score you receive on a test correlate with your score you receive on the same test if you take it again later
What is test/retest reliability
400
Measures a person's mastery and knowledge of various subjects, like taking a chapter test in this class
What is an achievement test
400
Score used to determine if a person is cognitively disabled
What is 75 or below
400
If identical twins split at birth have the same IQ score then we would say IQ is based on
What is genetics/nature
500
Thinks the focus of traditional test are too narrow. Breaks intelligence into 3 factors: analytical, practice, creative
Who is Sternberg
500

our ability to reason speedily and abstractly; tends to decrease during late adulthood

What is fluid intelligence
500
Measures creativity
What is the Remotes Associates Test
500
Sally is 5 years old and has been determined to have a mental age of 10. What is Sally's IQ?
What is 200 10/5 x 100
500
What percentage of scores on a norm curve fall within one standard deviation from the mean
What is 68%