unit 11 testing and individual differences
if approached on street by a stranger and asked to make a guess about their IQ scores , your best guess would be
100
people are said to have an intellectual disability if they have difficulty adapting to the demands of independent living and have IQ scores below
70
the most widely used modern intelligence test was developed by
davis wechsler
if lanie is able to tell when her husband is upset by noticing subtle changes in his facial expressions,she might be said to have a high degree of
emotional intelligence
the original formula for a child's intelligence quotient compared a child's
mental age to his or her chronological age
which of the following is one robert sternberg's types of intelligence
practical intelligence
the purpose of Alfred Binet's early intelligence test was to
predict how children would do in school
charles spearman's refers to
general intelligence
the flynn effect refers to the
gradual increase in average intelligence test scores of the general population over the last several decades
what would be true of a thermometer that always reads three degrees lower than the actual temperature
it's reliable but not valid
achievement tests are to aptitude tests as
measurement is to prediction
Students who do well on college entrance exams generally do well in their first year of college. This helps establish that these exams have
predictive validity
Howard Gardner found evidence of multiple intelligences in individuals who scored low on intelligence but had an area of exceptional ability -- for example, to make complex calculations. these people have
savant syndrome
The heritability of intelligence refers to
the amount of group variation in intelligence that can be attributed to genetics
if the scores on an intelligence test form a normal curve with a standard deviation of 15
the mean, median, and mode are 100
what is the benefit of standardizing an intelligence test
to provide a basis for comparing scores against a pretested group