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ergo
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therefore.
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callous
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made hard; hardened.
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Blowback
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Unintended consequences of CA
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intensive
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Intervention programs for children taken from extremely impoverished environments have shown that only _____ programs can lead to significant, lasting benefits.
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standardization
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defining meaningful scores by comparison with the performance of a pretested group
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Perestroika
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(Restructuring) Program of political and economic reform
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judicious
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having, exercising, or characterized by good or discriminating judgment; wise, sensible, or well-advised:
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reliability
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the repeatability of a test's scores
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emotional intelligence
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ability to perceive, express, understand, and regulate emotions
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algorithm
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a methodical, logical rule or procedure that guarantees solving a particular problem. Contrasts with the usually speedier, but also more error prone, use of heuristics.
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WAIS
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Currently, the most widely used intelligence test is the Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale (WAIS) it has 11 subtests and gives a verbal score, a performance score, and an overall score. Large differences between the verbal and nonverbal scores indicate possible learning difficulties.
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5 Components of creativity
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-Expertise
-Imaginative Thinking Skills
-Venturesome Personality
-Intrinsic Motivation
-Creative Environment
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Uskoreniye
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Acceleration of social and economic development in the Soviet Union
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convoluted
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twisted or coiled; complicated or intricately involved
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altruistic
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unselfishly concerned for or devoted to the welfare of others (
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incisive
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remarkably clear and direct; sharp; keen; acute:
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general
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When Spearman described the "g" factor in intelligence, what did "g" stand for ?
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Creativity
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the ability to produce novel and valuable ideas
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normal curve
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the symmetrical bellshaped curve that described the distribution of many physical and psychological attributes. Most scores fall near the average, and fewer and fewer scores lie near the extremes.
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creative intelligence
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demonstrated in reacting adaptively to novel situations and generating new ideas
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Age 7
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Intelligence tests become more stable and increases in stability with age of child.
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Heritability
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proportion of variation within a group of people that we can attribute to genes (cannot be applied to an individual)
-the more homogenous the population, the higher the heritability
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Force Drift
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Slow deliberate increase in torture method
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innuendo
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an indirect intimation about a person or thing, esp. of a disparaging or a derogatory nature.
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cynical
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a person who believes that only selfishness motivates human actions and who disbelieves in or minimizes selfless acts or disinterested points of view.
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fatuous
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foolish or inane, esp. in an unconscious, complacent manner; silly.
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intelligence quotient
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a measure of an individual's probable performance in school and similar settings
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Criterion
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the behavior that a test is designed to predict, thus the measure used in defining whether the test has predictive validity.
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savant syndrome
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a condition in which a person otherwise limited in mental ability has an exceptional specific skill, such as in computation or drawing
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overconfidence
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the tendency to be more confident than correct - to overestimate the accuracy of our beliefs and judgments.
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Multiple Intelligence Theory (8)
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-Spatial / Visual
-Linguistic / Verbal
-Interpersonal (interact b/t ppl)
-Musical / Rhythmic
-Naturalistic (observation)
-Intrapersonal (self intelligence)
-Bodily / Kinesthetic
-Logical / Mathematical
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Split-Half Reliability
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compare answers of half of the questions to answers on the other half
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IQ
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A summary measure used to indicate a child's intelligence relative to others of the same age
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pedant
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a person who makes an excessive or inappropriate display of learning.
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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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achievement test
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test designed to assess what a person has learned
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intelligence quotient (IQ)
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defined originally as the ratio of mental age (ma) to chronological age (ca) multiplied by 100 (thus, IQ = ma/ca × 100). On contemporary intelligence tests, the average performance for a given age is assigned a score of 100.
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achievement tests
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a test designed to assess what a person has learned
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Construct Validity
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whether the test measures what it was designed to measure
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General Intelligence (g)
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Existance of a single common factors across all aspects that accounted for the overall differences in intelect.
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stereotype threat
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You belong to a social group, and you know that many people on campus believe your group does poorly in psychology classes. As you begin to take your psychology exam, you are concerned that if you do poorly on the test, you will unintentionally support this negative belief about your social group. This situation illustrates the concept of _______ ________.
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Wechsler Adult intelligence Scale (WAIS)
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most widely used intelligence testl contains verbal and performance (nonverbal) subtests
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Major Problems of the IC (6)
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1. Size2. Cost3. Bureaucracy4. Inflexibility5. Duplication of Effort 6. Direction
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Wechsler adult Intelligence scale
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the WAIS is the most widely used intelligence test; contains verbal and performance (nonverbal) subtests.
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Psychological tests must meet all 3 of the following criteria in order to be widely accepted.
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1. Standardization - To standardize a test, it must first be given to a large representative sample of people in which their scores will be set as the standard for comparison.
Normal curve- a bell shaped curve of scores formed by standardized test results. The majority (68%) of people fall within the center or average of the curve.
2. Reliability - To be reliable, a test must yield consistent results. This is done by comparing scores on two halves of a test or by retesting.
3. Validity - The degree to which a test measures what it is supposed to measure.
Content validity - corresponds to achievements tests. The extent to which a test measures it's intended behavior.
Predictive validity (or criterion-related validity) - corresponds to aptitude tests. The success the test has in predicting intended behavior
Criterion - The behavior being tested.
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