Psychology Chapter 11 – Flashcards

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the ability to learn from experience, solve problems, and use our knowledge to adapt to new situations
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Intelligence
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when we make the mistake of thinking of intelligence as a trait
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reification
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an underlying, general intelligence factor
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who came up with the concept of general intelligence?
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charles spearman
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this person created the idea of 7 primary mental abilities
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Thurstone
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this person believe in multiple intelligences, he came up with 8 types of intelligence
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Gardner
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this person thought htere were three intelligences- analytical, creative, and practical
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sternberg
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a person's score on an intelligence test based on performance relative to the average performance of people the same age
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mental ability score
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a program for selective breeding of the most intelligent individuals
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eugenics
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a statistical technique that identifies related items on a test
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factor analysis
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a test designed to predict a person's ability to learn something new
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aptitude test
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a test designed to measure current knowledge
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achievement test
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terman's revision of binet's original intelligence test
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stanford-binet
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the behavior that a test is designed to predict
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criterion
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the degree to which a test measures what it is designed to measure
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content validity
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the consistency with which a test measure performance
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reliability
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the formula for the intelligence quotient was devised by:
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stern
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at this age a child's performance on an intelligence test stabilizes
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a very low intelligence score accompanied by one extraordinary skill
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savant syndrome
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