Psychology module 61

a method of assessing an individual’s mental aptitudes and comparing them with those of others, using numerical scores.

• Intelligence Test
• Achievement tests
• Aptitude tests
• Francis Galton
• Alfred Binet

A test intended to reflect what you have learned

• Achievement tests
• Intelligence Test
• Aptitude tests
• Francis Galton
• Alfred Binet

A test intended to predict your ability to learn a new skill.

• Aptitude tests
• Intelligence Test
• Achievement tests
• Francis Galton
• Alfred Binet

French psychologist who was commissioned by the French government to design fair and unbiased intelligence tests to administer to French schoolchildren.

• Alfred Binet
• Intelligence Test
• Achievement tests
• Aptitude tests
• Francis Galton

The level of performance typically associated with a certain chronological age.

• Mental age
• Intelligence Test
• Achievement tests
• Aptitude tests
• Francis Galton

Stanford University professor who modified Binet’s tests for use as a numerical measure of inherited intelligence.

• Lewis Terman
• Intelligence Test
• Achievement tests
• Aptitude tests
• Francis Galton

a person’s mental age divided by chronological age and multiplied by 100 to get rid of the decimal.

• Intelligence Quotient
• Intelligence Test
• Achievement tests
• Aptitude tests
• Francis Galton

Created by David Wechsler it is the most widely used individual intelligence test.

• Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale
• Intelligence Test
• Achievement tests
• Aptitude tests
• Francis Galton

the bell-shaped curve that describes the distribution of many physical and psychological attributes.

• Normal Curve
• Intelligence Test
• Achievement tests
• Aptitude tests
• Francis Galton

The average intelligence test performance has improved. The average person’s intelligence test score in 1920 was only 76 by today’s standards. (named after New Zealand Researcher James Flynn who first calculated its magnitude.)

• The Flynn Effect
• Intelligence Test
• Achievement tests
• Aptitude tests
• Francis Galton