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What is Intelligence
Mental quality consisting of the ability to learn from experience, solve problems, and use knowledge to adapt to new situations.
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What is Howard Gardner
This psychologist theorized that we have multiple intelligences, including verbal-linguistic, logical-mathematical, musical-rhythmic-harmonic, visual-spatial, bodily-kinesthetic, interpersonal, intrapersonal, naturalistic, and existential intelligence.
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What is Achievement Test
A test designed to assess what a person has learned.
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What is Reliability
The extent to which a test yields consistent results.
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What is Flynn Effect
The finding that intelligence seems to increase with every generation.
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What is Emotional Intelligence
The ability to perceive, understand, manage, and use emotions.
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What is Alfred Binet
This psychologist’s original intelligence test was revised by Stanford University and became one of the most widely used American intelligence tests in the twentieth century.
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What is Aptitude Test
A test designed to predict a person’s future performance.
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What is Content Validity
The extent to which a test samples the behavior that is of interest.
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What is Mental Age/Chronological Age x 100
The formula for calculating IQ.
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What is Mental Age
The measure of intelligence test performance devised by Binet.
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What is Charles Spearman
This psychologist believed that a general intelligence (g) factor underlies specific mental abilities and is therefore measured by every task on an intelligence test.
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What is Stanford-Binet
The widely used American revision of Binet’s original intelligence test.
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What is Predictive Validity
The success with which a test predicts the behavior it is designed to measure.
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What is 70
Those considered to have an intellectual disability have achieved this score or below on an intelligence test.
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What is Intellectual Disability
A condition of limited mental ability and difficulty in adapting to the demands of life.
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What is Robert Sternberg
This psychologist’s triarchic theory included three intelligences, including analytical, creative, and practical intelligence.
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What is Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale (WAIS)
The most widely used intelligence test; contains verbal and performance scale subtests.
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What is Standardization
Defining meaningful scores by comparison with the performance of a pretested group.
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What is 21
Down syndrome is caused by having an extra copy of this chromosome.
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What is Savant Syndrome
A condition in which a person otherwise limited in mental ability has an exceptional specific skill, such as in computation or drawing.
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What is Louis Thurstone
This psychologist theorized that we have multiple intelligences revolving around seven primary mental abilities, including word fluency, verbal comprehension, spatial ability, perceptual speed, numerical ability, inductive reasoning, and memory.
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What is Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children (WISC)
The most widely used intelligence test for children.
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What is Stereotype Threat
A self-confirming concern that one will be evaluated based on a negative perception.
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What is Verbal-Linguistic, Logical-Mathematical, Musical-Rhythmic-Harmonic, Visual-Spatial, Bodily-Kinesthetic, Interpersonal, Intrapersonal, Naturalistic, Existential
Six of Gardner’s nine intelligences.
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