Psych Vocab Flashcard Unit 2 Part 4

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Define Intelligence

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The ability to learn from experience, solve problems, and use knowledge to adapt to new situations.

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Define General Intelligence (g)

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According to Spearman and others, underlies all mental abilities and is therefore measured by every task on an intelligence test.

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Define Intelligence Quotient (IQ)

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Defined originally as the ratio of mental age (ma) to chronological age (ca) multiplied by 100. IQ=ma/ca X 100

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Define Mental Age

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A measure of intelligence test performance devised by Binet; the level of performance typically associated with children of a certain chronological age.

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Define Psychometrics

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The scientific study of the measurement of human abilities, attitudes, and traits

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Define Standardization

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Defining uniform testing procedures and meaningful scores by comparison with the performance of a pretested group

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Define Validity

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The extent to which a test or experiment measures or predicts what it is supposed to

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Define Construct Validity

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How much a test measures a concept or trait

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Define Predictive Validity

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The success with which a test predicts the behavior it is designed to predict; it is assessed by computing the correlation between test scores and the criterion behavior.

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Define Reliability

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The extent to which a test-yield consistent results, as assessed by the consistency of scores on two halves of the test, on alternative forms of the test, or on testing.