Psych Unit 11 review

measurement is to prediction

Achievement tests are to aptitude test as

general intelligence

Charles Searman's G refers to

70

Children are said to have an intellectual disability if they have difficulty adapting to the demands of independent living and have IQ scores below...

The amount of group variation and intelligence that can be attributed to genetics

Heritability of intelligence refers to

savant syndrome

Howard Gardner found evidence of multiple intelligences in individuals who scored low on intelligence tests but had an area of exceptional ability for example to make complex calculations these people have

spatial ability

In general, males score higher than females on tests of

people who are smarter use less energy when solving problems

Recent research brain size and function suggests that

predictive validity

Students to do well in college entrance exams generally do well in their first year of college. This helps establish that these exams have

gradual improvement in intelligence test scores over the last several decades

The Flynn effect refers to the

emotional intelligence

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

David Wechsler

The most widely used modern intelligence test was developed by

mental age to his or her chronological age

The original formula for a child's intelligence quotient compared a child's

predict how children would do in school

The purpose of Alfred Binets early intelligence test was to

it is reliable but not valid

What will be true of a thermometer that always reads 3° off?

practical intelligence

Which of the following is one of Robert Sternberg's types of intelligence?