unit 11 – Flashcard
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normal curve
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the distribution of intelligence test scores in the general population forms a bell-shaped pattern, this is called
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factor analysis
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is a statistical procedure that can be used to identify clusters of closely related test items
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more synapses
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postmortem brain analyses reveal that highly educated people have ________ when they die than do their less educated counterparts
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chromosome
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individuals with down syndrome are born with an extra
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aptitude
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a test of your capacity to learn to be an automobile mechanic would be considered a _______ test.
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g factor
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those who score above average on tests of mathematical aptitude are also likely to score above average on tests of verbal aptitude. According to Spearman, this beast illustrates the importance of the
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adapting to the normal demands of independent adult life
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mr and mrs link letter are parents of an intellectually disabled child. It is most likely that their child will have difficulty
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savant syndrome
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psychological tests show that 18 year old Isaiah has an intelligence score of 65. Nevertheless, Isaiah can with a few seconds of mental calculation, accurately tell the day of the week on which christmas falls for any year in this century. It would be fair to conclude that he is a person with
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childhood health and nutrition
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it would be reasonable to suggest that the Flynn effect is due in part to increasingly improved
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learned knowledge or skills
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achievement tests are designed to assess
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+.33
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MRI scans reveal correlations of about _______ between people's brain size (adjusted for body size) and their intelligence scores
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aptitude
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a test of your capacity to learn to be an automobile mechanic would be considered a ________test.
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133
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a 6 year old chronological age who responded to the original Stanford-Binet with the proficiency typical of an average 8 year old (mental age) was said to have an IQ
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eight
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Howard Gardner identified a total of _______intelligences
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parietal lobe
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although not notably heavier or larger in total size than the typical canadian's brain, einstein's brain was 15 percent larger in the lower region of the
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practical
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robert sternberg distinguished among analytical, creative, and _______Intelligence
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achievement
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the final exam in calculus course would be an example of a __________ test
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five year old Benjy has an IQ of 120 on the original version of the Stanford-Binet. His mental age is
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95
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About _____ percent of WAIS scores fall between 70 and 130
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intelligence
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the ability to learn from experience, solve problems, and use knowledge to adapt to new situations
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Alfred Binet
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hoped intelligence testing would minimize bias but feared it would be used to label children and limit their abilities
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intelligence test
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a method of assessing an individual's mental aptitudes and comparing them to those of others using numerical scores
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mental age
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a measure of intelligence test performance devised by Binet
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Stanford-Binet
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the widely used American revision of Binet's original intelligence test revised by Lewis Terman
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Terman
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only wanted smart and fit people to reproduce
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IQ
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the ratio of mental age to chronological age multiplied by 100 (ma/ca x 100)
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general intelligence
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factor that Spearman believed underlies mental abilities, measured by every task on an intelligence test
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factor analysis
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statistical procedure that identifies clusters of related items on a test, used to identify different dimensions of performance that underlie one's total score
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Gardner
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believes that people vary in their profile of 8 distinct forms of intelligence; based on case studies (savant syndrome)
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sternberg
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came up with the triarchic intelligence theory of analytical, creative, and practical intelligence
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creativity
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the ability to produce novel and valuable ideas
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savant syndrome
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condition in which a person otherwise limited in mental ability has an exceptional specific skills; drawing or computation
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emotional intelligence
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the ability to perceive, express, understand, and regulate emotions
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aptitude test
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a test designed to predict a person's future performance; army spy mission test
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achievement test
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a test designed to assess and measure what a person has learned (AP test)
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WAIS
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the most widely used intelligence test; has subtests of verbal and performance(nonverbal)
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standardization
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defining meaningful scores by comparison with the performance of a pretested group
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standardization, reliability, validity
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the three things intelligence tests require
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validity
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assess what the test actually measures; a driving test should predict driving habits
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reliability
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consistency of measurement; versions A and B
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intellectual disability
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a condition of limited mental ability, indicated by an intelligence score below 70
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high extreme
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healthy, well adjusted, and successful academically due to
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heritability
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the proportion of variation among individuals that we can attribute to genes
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polygenic
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each gene accounts for much less than 1%
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stereotype threat
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a self-confirming concern that one will be evaluated based on a negative sterotype
