Chapter 10 Flashcards
Factor Analysis
A statistical procedure that identifies clusters of related items (factors) on a test. Used to identify different dimensions of performance that underlie a persons total score.
Savant syndrome
A condition in which a person otherwise limited in mental ability has an exceptional skill such as in computation or drawing.
Gerdner’s 8 Intelligences
Naturalist, linguistic, logical-mathematical, musical, spatial, bodily kinaesthetic, intrapersonal, interpersonal.
Sternberg’s 3 Intelligences
Analytical: assessed by intelligence tests which present well-defined problems having a single right answer.
Creative: demonstrated in reacting adaptively to novel situations and generating novel ideas.
Practical: required for everyday tasks and depends less on academic problem solving skills.
Content validity
The extent to which a test samples the behaviour that is of interest.
Predictive validity
The success with which a test predicts the behaviour it is designed to predict.
Stanford-Binet
Widely used American revision of Binet’s original intelligence test
Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale (WAIS)
Most widely used intelligence test that contains verbal and performance subtests
General intelligence
(Spearman) factor that underlies specific mental abilities and is therefore measured by every task on an intelligence test.
Cohort
A group of people from a given time period
Crystallized intelligence
Our accumulated knowledge and verbal skills; tends to increase with age
Fluid intelligence
Our ability to reason speedily and abstractly; tends to decrease during late adulthood
