Test Tomorrow!
What key term can be defined as whether or not a test is measuring what it is designed to measure?
Validity
What could we call the ability to learn from experience or the ability to solve problems?
Intelligence
Define cognition.
Mental processes. Thinking, language, memory, etc.
Richard Atkinson & Richard Shiffrin came up with a model centered on which key concept?
Atkinson & Shiffrin's memory processing model
Name the 3 of the 4 units we have covered so far in this class.
History & Methods. Biological Perspective. Learning. Cognition and Intelligence.
When students take a test multiple times and get consistent results each time they take the test, the test is said to have __________.
Reliability.
If someone has the ability to perceive, understand, manage and use emotions, we would say they have high __________ __________.
Emotional Intelligence
Which part of the brain is involved with explicit memories?
Hippocampus
Robert Sternberg came up with 5 components of which key concept?
Creativity
ALL PLAY: Charades Challenge
Creativity
Give an example of an Achievement test.
Tests may vary. EX: Our test tomorrow
What would we call an individual who is limited in mental ability, but has one exceptional skill?
Savant
5 different memory retrieval strategies we discussed in class were chunking, mnemonics, hierarchies, spacing effect, and testing effect. Define two of them.
Answers may vary.
This key person came up with general intelligence.
Charles Spearman
ALL PLAY: Heads vs. Tails Challenge
Flips may vary.
What is the most widely used intelligence test today?
Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale (WAIS)
Howard Gardner believes that intelligence is made up of 8 different components. Name 4 of them.
Naturalist. Interpersonal. Intrapersonal. Bodily – Kinesthetic. Spatial. Musical. Logical – Mathematical. Linguistic.
Write an example of a test question that uses "recall."
Questions may vary.
This Frenchman came up with the first test that assessed whether or not students were at grade level.
Alfred Binet
Name 10 of the images from the 25 pictures activity.
Answers may vary.
A test is considered a "good" test if it has uniform testing procedures and if results are compared to a different group of people. We would call this __________.
Standardization
The Triarchic Theory states that intelligence can be broken down into three categories. Name all three.
Analytical, Creative, and Practical.
Explain the difference between automatic processing and effortful processing.
Automatic: unconscious encoding of information. Effortful: conscious encoding of information.
This key person is credited with creating the Triarchic Theory of Intelligence.
Robert Sternberg
ALL PLAY: Play – Doh Challenge
Amygdala