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| Tests that gauge a person's mastery and knowledge of various subjects. |
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| Psychological tests used to assess talent for specific types of mental ability. |
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The extent to which there is evidence that a test measures a particular hypothetical
construct. |
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| The degree to which the content of a test is representative of the domain it's supposed to cover. |
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| Narrowing down a list of alternatives to converge on a single correct answer. |
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| The extent to which two variables are related to each other. |
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| A numerical index of the degree of relationship between two variables. |
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| The generation of ideas that are original, novel, and useful. |
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| Criterion-related validity |
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Test validity that is estimated by correlating subjects' scores on a test with their scores on
an independent criterion (another measure) of the trait assessed by the test. |
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| Crystallized intelligence |
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| One's ability to apply acquired skills and knowledge in problem solving. |
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Scores that locate subjects precisely within the normal distribution, using the standard
deviation as the unit of measurement. |
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| Behaving differently, usually unfairly, toward the members of a group. |
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| Trying to expand the range of alternatives by generating many possible solutions. |
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The ability to perceive and express emotion, assimilate emotion in thought, understand and
reason with emotion, and regulate emotion. |
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| Statistical analysis of correlations among many variables to identify closely related clusters of variables. |
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| The reproductive success (number of descendants) of an individual organism relative to the average reproductive success of the population. |
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| One's reasoning ability, memory capacity, and speed of information processing. |
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An estimate of the proportion of trait variability in a population that is determined by
variations in genetic inheritance. |
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| The group that people belong to and identify with. |
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| In problem solving, the sudden discovery of the correct solution following incorrect attempts based primarily on trial and error. |
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| Intelligence Quotient (IQ) |
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| A child's mental age divided by chronological age, multiplied by 100. |
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| Psychological tests that measure general mental ability. |
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| In intelligence testing, a score that indicates that a child displays the mental ability typical of a child of that chronological (actual) age. |
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Subnormal general mental ability accompanied by deficiencies in everyday living skills
originating prior to age 18. |
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A symmetric, bell-shaped curve that represents the pattern in which many characteristics
are dispersed in the population. |
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A figure that indicates the percentage of people who score below the score one has
obtained. |
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Psychological tests that measure various aspects of personality, including motives,
interests, values, and attitudes. |
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| Active efforts to discover what must be done to achieve a goal that is not readily available. |
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| Genetically determined limits on IQ or other traits. |
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| Giving an abstract concept a name and then treating it as though it were a concrete, tangible object. |
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| The measurement consistency of a test (or of other kinds of measurement techniques). |
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| An index of the amount of variability in a set of data. |
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| The uniform procedures used in the administration and scoring of a test. |
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| Widely held beliefs that people have certain characteristics because of their membership in a particular group. |
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| Standards that provide information about where a score on a psychological test ranks in relation to other scores on that test. |
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| The ability of a test to measure what it was designed to measure. |
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