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Unit 7 Vocab
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Psychology
11th Grade
01/29/2012

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Validity
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The ability of a test to measure what it is meant to measure.
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Reliability
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A tests ability to get the same measure again and again over time.
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Face Validity
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A measure of a test to actually test what it is meant to test.
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Content Validity
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The ability of a test to represent the larger body of knowledge
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Item Analysis
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Processing each item in a test to see how it relates to the objectives.
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Criterion Validity
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A test's measure of accurately measuring performance
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Test-Retest Reliability
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the ability of a test to get the same scores from the same person over time.
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Split-half Reliability
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splitting a test in half and it showing that the person was able to score similarly on both sides.
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Normal Range
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Scores that are in the middle of a normal distribution
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Objective Tests
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Tests that can be easily scored by machines, Multiple choice for example.
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Subjective Tests
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Giving an individual a open ended idea that they must complete.
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Inter-Rater Reliability
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measuring how two different test scores would score a test.
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Mental Age (MA)
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The average age someone would get a certain score.
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Chronological Age (CA)
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How many years old someone is.
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Intelligence Quotient (IQ)
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Someone's numerical intelligence.
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Mental Retardation
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Someone's IQ that is 30 points below the average.
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Giftedness
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Someone's IQ that is about 30 points above average.
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Savant Syndrome
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Having a talent in one area but weak in other areas.
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G-Factor
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General ability which falls under mental activity.
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Crystallized Intelligence
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The knowledge and ability to access it that a person posseses.
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Fluid Intelligence
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The knowledge someone uses to solve problems.
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Practical Intelligence
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The ability to act in the enviroment, "street smarts"
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Analitical Intelligence
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The knowledge used in IQ tests.
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Creative Intelligence
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The knowledge someone uses to connect ideas or thoughts.
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Triarchic Theroy
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Sternberg's theroy of intelligence, which is made up of three knowledges
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Multiple Intelligences
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Gardner's theory of several intelligences.as it is often referred.
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Self-Fulfilling Prophecy
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Behaviors that fill expectations.
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Heritability
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The variation of traits in a group.
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Eugenics
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The idea of furthering intelligence by stopping biologically inferior people from breeding.
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