Psychology Chapter 9 Test

Mental age

A person's IQ gives this

Verbal scale

This scale that Wechsler developed measured how well the person could understand and use words

Alfred Binet

A French psychologist developed an IQ test about 100 years ago

Multiple

Gardner's theory of these intelligences state that intelligence is made up of a number of components

Quotient

IQ stands for intelligence (what)

Cultural bias

If a test has this, certain racial or ethnic groups may score poorly on it

Breaking set

If your car is stuck in the snow and you think of a creative way of getting it out by using various materials to happens to have on hand, you are doing this.

Intelligence

Using inherited abilities and learning experiences to understand and adapt to our environment

Performance scale

Wechsler developed this type of scale for his IQ test to measure a person's ability to reason

Inclusion

When a child with mild mental retardation is placed in a regular academic classroom, this practice is called

Set

The tendency of people to always solve problems in familiar ways without considering creative solutions

Sevant

This syndrome occurs when a person with mental retardation exhibits an extremely high degree of ability in a very specific area

Group intelligence

Tests that are relatively inexpensive and easy to administer