AP Psychology : Unit 11 : Exam 3 Of Semester 2 (Terms that turned out to be a bit shaky for me) (Other terms can be defined using my crystalized intelligence)

Content Validity

Evaluates how well a test covers all relevant parts of the topic an exam is assessing.

Stanford-Binet

Exam that finds the cognitive strengths and weaknesses of children, adolescents, and adults.

Cohort

A group of people who share common characteristics or experiences.

Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale

An IQ test designed to measure intelligence and cognitive ability in adults and older adolescents.

Cross-Sectional Study

An observational analysis that evaluates and compares different groups at a point in time.

Savant Syndrome

Rare condition in which someone with significant mental disabilities demonstrates certain abilities far in excess of average.

Predictive Validity

The ability of a test or other measurement to predict a future outcome.

General intelligence

Type Of Intelligence that underlies multiple specific skills, including verbal, spatial, numerical and mechanical.

Factor analysis

Used to identify "factors" that explain a variety of results on different tests.