savant syndrome - a rare condition that discounts Spearman's (g) factor of intelligence, in which persons with various developmental disorders, including autistic disorder, have an amazing ability and talent, interpersonal intelligence  - the ability to understand and interact effectively with others, Sternberg triarchic theory - has 3 components that include practical intelligence, creative intelligence, and analytical intelligence, metacognition - thinking about thinking, spatial intelligence - the concept of being able to successfully perceive and derive insight from visual data, fluid intelligence - the ability to to think abstractly, reason quickly and problem solve independent of any previously acquired knowledge., Spearman's concept of (g) - refers to one's general intelligence measured by an intelligence test, practical intelligence  - the ability that individuals use to find the best fit between themselves and the demands of the environment., intrapersonal intelligence  - the capacity to understand oneself and one's thoughts and feelings, and to use such knowledge in planning and directioning one's life, best example of fluid intelligence - solving a never before seen puzzle, crystallized intelligence - this type of intelligence would be most helpful in winning Jeopardy, predictive validity - the degree to which a test score or construct scale predicts a criterion variable measuring a future outcome, behavior, or performance, reliability - the consistency of the findings or results of a psychology research study or test, Flynn effect - the consistent upward drift in IQ test scores across generations, An IQ of 100 - performance on the test is of average performance in the sample of test-takers of about the same age, stereotype threat - when a tester performs poorly because he or she is informed that people of their ethnicity, age, or gender usually do not perform well on the tests, achievement test - an individual's knowledge of a subject, diagnostic test - test to know the strength, weaknesses, knowledge, and skill of a student prior to the instructions, report card grades - this is the most appropriate criterion for evaluating the predictive validity of an intelligence test,

Unit 5_ Intelligence & testing

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