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| a self-confirming concern that one will be evaluated based on a negative stereo type | stereotype threat |
| the extent to which a test measures or predicts what it is supposed to. | validity |
| a test designed to predict a person’s future performance; | aptitude test |
| a statistical procedure that identifies clusters of related items on a test; used to identify different dimensions of performance that underlie one’s total score | factor analysis |
| a condition of retardation and associated physical disorders caused by an extra chromosome in one’s genetic makeup | Down Syndrome |
| the extent to which a test yields consistent results, as assessed by the consistency of scores on two halves of the test, on alternate forms of the test, or on retesting | reliability |
| the ability to produce novel and valuable ideas | creativity |
| mental quality consisting of the ability to learn from experience, solve problems, and use knowledge to adapt to new situations | intelligence |
| a condition of limited mental ability, indicated by an intelligence score below 70 and difficulty in adapting to the demands of life; varies from mild to profound | mental retardation |
| the symmetrical well-shaped curve that describes the distribution of many physical and psychological attributes. Most scores fall near the average, and fewer and fewer scores lie near the extremes | normal curve |
| the ability to perceive, express, understand, and regulate emotions | emotional intelligence |
| defined originally as the ratio of mental age (ma) to chronological age (ca) multiplied by 100. On contemporarily the average performance for a given age is assigned a score of 100. | intelligence quotient |
| 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 | predictive validity |
| defining meaningful scores by comparison with the performance of a pretested “standardization group” | standardization |
| a condition in which a person otherwise limited in mental ability has an exceptional specific skill, such as in computation or drawing | savant-syndrome |
| the widely used American revision (by Terman at Stanford University) of Binet’s original intelligence test | Sanford-Binet |
| the behavior (such as college grades) that a test (such as the SAT) is designed to predict; thus the measure used in defining whether the test has predictive validity | criterion |
| the most widely used intelligence test; contains verbal and performance (nonverbal) subtests | Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale (WAIS) |
| (g) a general intelligence factor that Spearman and others believed underlies specific mental abilities and is therefore measured by every task on an intelligence test | general intelligence |
| a measure of intelligence test performance devised by Binet; the chronological age that most typically corresponds to a given level of performance. | mental age |
| the extent to which a test samples the behavior that is of interest (such as driving test that samples driving tasks) | content validity |
| a test designed to assess what a person has learned | achievement test |
| a method for assessing an individual’s mental aptitudes and comparing them with those of others, using numerical scores | intelligence test |
