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| Method for assessing an individual's mental aptitudes and comparing them with others |
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| Mental quality consisting of learning from experience, solving problems, and using knowledge in new situations |
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| According to Spearman, a general intelligence factor that underlies specific mental abilities |
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| Statistical procedure that identifies clusters of related items (factors) on a test |
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| A condition where a person who has limited mental ability does possess exceptional skill in a specific area/field |
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| Ability to produce novel and valuable ideas |
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| Ability to perceive, understand, manage, and use emotions properly |
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| Binet's method of measuring intelligence test performance by comparing one's intelligence to the standard of someone at a given age |
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| Widely used revision of Binet's original intelligence test |
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| Originally defined as the ratio of mental age to chronological age times 100 |
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| Tests that are designed to assess what a person has learned |
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| Tests that are designed to predict a person's future performance |
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| Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale (WAIS) |
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| Most widely used intelligence test that contains verbal and nonverbal subtests |
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| Defining meaningful scores by comparison with the performance of a pretested group |
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| The extent to which a test yields consistent results |
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| Extent to which a test measures or predicts what it is supposed to |
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| Extent to which a test samples the behavior that is of interest |
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| Success with which a test predicts the behavior it is designed to predict |
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| Condition of limited mental ability; IQ of 70 or lower |
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| Condition of intellectual disability caused by an extra copy of chromosome 21 |
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| 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 |
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| Self-confirming concern that one will be evaluated based on a negative stereotype |
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