Test 05 Flashcards
(45 cards)
“g”
The general mental ability presumed to underlie the substantial positive correlations among many mental tests
Index Scores
A factor-based score on one of the four Wechsler intelligence scales
crystallized intelligence
In several theories of intelligence, that part of intelligence resulting from the accumulation of specific learning experiences
fluid intelligence
In several theories of intelligence, the part of intelligence that is supposedly not dependent on highly specific learning experiences
primary mental abilities
Thurstone’s multiple-factor theory of intelligence, suggesting that there are about seven relatively distinct dimensions of mental ability
three-stratum theory
A hierarchical model that places generalized intelligence at the top, with fluid and crystalized intelligence in stratum 2, with specific features in the lowest stratum (one)
rapport
A warm, friendly atmosphere established at the onset of a testing session
start-and-stop rules
In an individually administered test that covers a wide span of abilities, the rules for where to begin and where to stop for an individual in the full range of items
digit span
A test involving short-term memory for a series of random numbers
Wechsler Preschool and Primary Scale of Intelligence (WPPSI)
A version of the WISC that is developed for children aged 2-7 years old
Full Scale IQ (FSIQ)
The total score, combining subscores, on one of the Wechsler intelligence scales
hierarchical model
A model of intelligence that postulates a tree-like arrangement of specific abilities aggregated into higher, successively more general abilities
Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale (WAIS)
A widely used intelligence test that measures intelligence and cognitive ability in adults by way of ten subtests that are summed into four index scores, which is further summed into a full scale intelligence quotient
Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children (WISC)
An intelligence test that measures a child’s intellectual ability and 5 cognitive domains that impact performance
Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test (PPVT)
An intelligence test that is designed to measure intelligence in a very brief period of time (10-15 minutes)
Wechsler Memory Scale (WMS)
A widely used measure of memory that scores performance in five index scores; auditory, visual, visual working, immediate, and delayed
delayed memory
Remembering material after about 20-30 minutes
immediate memory
Remembering material over an extremely short span of time
intellectual disability
A condition characterized by substantially subaverage mental ability and adaptive behavior, with onset during developmental years
adaptive behavior
Behaviors related to coping in everyday life
neuropsychology
The study of brain–behavior relationships
phrenology
The study of the relationship between one’s moral, emotional, and intellectual behaviors and variations of the skull’s surface
clinical neuropsychology
A specialty that combines human neuropsychology with clinical psychology
aphasia
Deficits in the ability to express or comprehend written or spoken communication as a result of brain injury
