Unit 10

Question 1

factor analysis

Answer 1

tests specific categories with long questions

Question 2

general intelligence

Answer 2

ones underlying ability relevant to every task on intelligence test

Question 3

multiple intelligence

Answer 3

the most widely accepted theory of multiple intelligence- different kinds of intelligence

Question 4

analytical intelligence

Answer 4

school smarts, traditional academic problem solving

Question 5

creative intelligence

Answer 5

ability to create and generate novel ideas

Question 6

pratical intellegence

Answer 6

street smarts, skill at handling everyday tasks

Question 7

emotional intellegence

Answer 7

ability to perceive, understand, and regulate emotions

Question 8

savant syndrome

Answer 8

a condition in which a person otherwise limited in mental ability has an amazing specific skill

Question 9

intelligence test

Answer 9

a method for assessing an individuals mental aptitudes and comparing them to others

Question 10

Francis Galton

Answer 10

quantifying superiority, first to quantify peoples mental abilities

Question 11

Alfred Binet

Answer 11

predicts school achievement by nurture

Question 12

aptitude test

Answer 12

a test designed to predict a persons future performance (ACT)

Question 13

acheviement test

Answer 13

a test designed to assess what a person has learned

Question 14

mental age

Answer 14

the verge age a person reaches the same ability

Question 15

iq

Answer 15

intelligence quotient, a measure of a persons reasoning ability

Question 16

wechsler adult intelligence scale

Answer 16

gives overall intelligence score as well as verbal and performance score

Question 17

standardization

Answer 17

defing meaningful scores by comparing to a pretested standarized group

Question 18

reliability

Answer 18

the test will be constant and yields constant results

Question 19

validity

Answer 19

the extent to which a test measures or predicts what is supposed to

Question 20

context validity

Answer 20

the extent to which a test samples the behavior that is of interest

Question 21

criterion

Answer 21

the behavior that a test is designed to predict, the measure weather the test has predictive validity

Question 22

predictive validity

Answer 22

the success with which a test predicts the behavior it is designed to predict

Question 23

normal curve

Answer 23

a curve that shows the probability of something happening, 68% of people are 1 std away from 100

Question 24

flynn effect

Answer 24

over time, intellegece scores increase

Question 25

cohort

Answer 25

sharing a common characteristic

Question 26

intellectual disability

Answer 26

a condition of limited mental ability (iq lower than 70)

Question 27

down syndrome

Answer 27

a condition of intellectual disability and associated physical disorders caused by and extra chromosome

Question 28

crystallized intellegence

Answer 28

knowledge that comes from prior learning or experience

Question 29

fluid intellegence

Answer 29

ability to generate and manipulate information in real time

Question 30

heritability

Answer 30

the proportion of variation among individuals that we can attribute to genes

Question 31

creativity

Answer 31

the ability to produce novel and valuable ideas

Question 32

stereotype threat

Answer 32

when a person feels at risk of conforming to negative stereotypes about his or her race