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What is the g factor and who came up with it?

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General ability as the main factor underlying all intelligent mental activity, Spearman

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Factor analysis

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Statistical procedure that identifies clusters of related items

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How many intelligences did spearman measure?

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One. G factor

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Who identified 7 factors of intelligence and disagreed with spearman?

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Gardner

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Savant syndrome

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Found in individuals who have a remarkable talent even though they are mentally slow in other domains

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Fluid intelligence

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The ability to see complex relationships and solve problems. Inductive and deductive reasoning

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Crystallized intelligence

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The knowledge a person has squired plus the ability to access that knowledge. The ability to store and retrieve memory from semantic memory

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Who came up with fluid and crystallized intelligence

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Cattell

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What where Sternberg’s three intelligences and describe them

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Practical- ability to cope with environment “street smarts”
Analytical- ability to analyze problems and find correct answers. Logical reasoning
Creative- helps people see new relationships among concepts. Insight and creativity

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What are Gardner’s nine intelligences and describe them

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Linguistic: reading comprehension and vocabulary test
Logical- mathematical: math problems and logic problems
Spatial: ability to form mental images of objects and think about their relationship in space
Musical: ability to perceive and create patterns of rhythms and pitches
Bodily- kinesthetic: ability to control movement and coordination
Interpersonal: ability to understand other people’s emotions
Intrapersonal: ability to know oneself and to develop a sense of identity
Naturalistic: understanding the patterns of living things
Existential: sensitivity and capacity to tackle deep questions about life

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Emotional intelligence

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The ability to perceive, understand, manage, and use emotions

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Research on gray matter and neural plasticity

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The brain changes in result to environmental conditions

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Binet intelligence test

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Use to find children with learning disabilities not to rank kids. Intelligence quotient

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Weschler intelligence test

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WAIS-R: Adult
WISC-R: 6-16
WPPSI: 4

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How does one calculate IQ?

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Mental age divided by actual age times 100

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Achievement test

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Measured by what you have already learned

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Aptitude test

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Predict your ability to learn new things

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WISC test

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Ages 6-16, normal curve, Weschler

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WAIS- R test

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Adults, Weschler, normal curve

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Standardization

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Defining meaningful scores relative to a pretested group

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Normal curves

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Bell curve, normal distribution, sd1: 64, sd2: 95 sd3: 99

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Flynn effect

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The secular rise in IQ scores leading to the restandardization of tests

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Reliability and the different types

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The extent to which a test yields consistent results as assessed by the consistency of scores on two halves of the test.
Retest reliability
Split half reliability
Equivalent form reliability

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Validity and the different types

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The extent to which a test measures or predicts what it is suppose to 
Content validity 
Predictive validity 
Face validity 
Construct validity
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Down syndrome

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Extra copy of chromosome 21 leading to mental disability

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When are you considered to have an intellectual disability

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An IQ below 70

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Twin studies

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Increased correlation with age

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Adoption studies

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Decreased correlation with age

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Studies of orphans and the need for enriched environments

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Do better when in homes

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What type of programs tend to increase the readiness of children from disadvantaged home environments?

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Tutored human enrichment

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