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Intelligence and Test Construction Terms
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Psychology
Undergraduate 1
03/30/2014

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Savant Syndrome

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Low IQ, but extremely high funtioning in one area

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Gardner's Multiple (8) Intelligences

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The belief that there is not one overall intellectual ability, there are several types of specific abilities (eight to be exact)

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Emotional Intelligence

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The ability to percieve, understand, manage, and use emotions

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Intelligence Tests

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A test which measures a person's intelligence

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Mental Age

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The level of a person's intellectual functioning as compared to children of specific ages

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Stanford-Binet

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The widely used American revision of Binet's original intelligence test

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Intelligence Quotient

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The ratio of mental age to chronological age times 100

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Aptitude Test

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A test designed to predict a person's future performance

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Achievement Test
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A test designed to assess what a person has learned

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Weschler Adult Intelligence Scale (WAIS)

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The most widely used intelligence test containing verbal and performance (nonverbal) subtests

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Standardization

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A person's scores are compared to a large pre-tested group giving meaning to the scores

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Normal (Bell) Curve

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The bell shaped pattern that test results may take

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Reliability

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Does an individual consistently score the same on the test?

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Validity

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Does the test actually measure what it's supposed to measure?

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Mental Retardation

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An IQ score of less than 70

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Gifted

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An IQ score of more than 130

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Genetic vs. Environmetnal Influences on Intelligence

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Genetics have the largest influence on IQ, but environment has an impact asa well

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