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| standardized measure of a sample of a persons behavior |
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| measure general mental ability |
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| assess specific types of mental abilities |
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| refers to the uniform procedures used in the administration and scoring of a test. |
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| provide information about where a score on a psych test falls in relation to other scores. |
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| refers to the measurement consistency of a test |
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| a numerical index of the degree of relationship between to variables |
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| refers to the ability of a test to measure what it was designed to measure. |
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| refers to the degree to which the content of a test is represenative of the domain its supposed to cover. |
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| criterion related validity |
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| 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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| the extent to which evidence shows that a test measures a particular hypothetical construct |
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| correlations among many variables are analyzed to identify closely related clusters of variables |
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| that locate subjects precisly within the normal distribution using the standard deviation as the unit of measurement |
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| eminence depends on hardwork. |
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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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| genetically determined limits on IQ (or other traits) |
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| sternbergs triarchic theory of human intelligence |
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| contextual, experiental, componential |
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| intelligence is culturally defined |
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| experiences ability to handle new situations, etc |
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| three types of mental processes: metacomponents, performance, and knowledge acquisition components |
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| consists of the ability to perceive and express emotion in thought understand and reason withing emtion and regulate emotion |
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| narrow down a list of ideas |
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| expand the range of alternatives by generating many possible solutions |
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| occurs when a hypothetical abstract concept is given a name and treated as though it were a concrete tangible object |
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| tendency to prefer incorrect use of hueristics when better info is available |
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| way you frame question negatively impacts peoples judgement |
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| tested intelligence in school children |
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| Misuse of IQ tests. Made up data to prove genetics alone influence intelligence |
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| genes alone determine eugenics. |
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