Mastery check unit 5 #5

inter-rater reliability

A measure of how similarly two different test scorers would score a test.

analytical intelligence

Ability to analyze problems and find correct answers: ability measured by most IQ tests (academic problem solving) correlates with grades

aptitude

Attempt to predict your ability to learn new skills

Intellectual Developmental Disorder

Formally mental retardation, significantly sob average intellectual funk showing limits in two areas: genetic trisomy (Down syndrome) Environmental Prantl track Tojan's post to North tall accidents extreme deprivation

low heritability

Identical twins have identical genetics, so any variation in traits must be environment

Giftedness

Lewis Terman longitudinal studies of 1528 children/74 years yielded, strong positive correlation between academic success and IQ

achievement

Measure what you have already learned

high heritability

People raised in identical environments, trait variation must be attributable to genetic variation

Reliability

Test that yields same results over time

subjective test

Tests in which individuals are given an ambiguous figure or an open-ended situation and asked to describe what they see or finish a story.

objective tests

Tests that can be scored easily by machine, such as multiple-choice tests and selected-response tests.

practical intelligence

The ability to cope with the environment: every day tasks that may be poorly designed/have multiple solutions "street smarts"

Heritability

The proportion of variation among individuals that we can attribute to genes. The heritability of a trait may vary, depending on the range of populations and environments studied.

Flynn effect

The rise in average IQ scores that has occurred over the decades in many nations

savant syndrome

a condition in which a person otherwise limited in mental ability has an exceptional specific skill, such as in computation or drawing

projective test

a personality test that provides ambiguous stimuli designed to trigger projection of one's inner dynamics

Validity

measures what it is supposed to measure

creative intelligence

the ability to deal with new and different concepts and to come up with new ways of solving problems

g

the idea of a single overall intelligence

crystallized intelligence

(Gc) Ability to store and retrieve from semantic memory; general knowledge, grows through adulthood

fluid intelligence

(Gf) abstract thinking, problem solving; declines with age beg. After 25: ability to utilize gc