Psychological Testing and AssessmentChapter 9 QUIZ with 100% Correct Answers

Psychological Testing and AssessmentChapter 9 QUIZ with 100% Correct Answers Intelligence *Ans* Multifaceted capacity that manifests itself in different ways across the life span. Includes the abilities to acquire and apply knowledge, reason logically, plan effectively, infer perceptively, make sound judgments and solve problems, grasp and visualize concepts, pay attention, be intuitive, find the right words and thoughts with facility , cope with and adjust to and make the most of new situations Galton *Ans* Intelligence was defined via people having the best sensory skills , heritability and intelligence which sparked nature vs nurture debate Binet *Ans* Complex measures of intelligence; distinct processes or abilities that could be assessed only be separate tests Wechsler *Ans* Aggregate and global capacity; intelligence, operationally defined, is the a or gc of the individual to act purposefully. Must take nonintelligence factors into account as well Piaget *Ans* Intelligence may be conceived as a kind of evolving biological adaptation to the outside world Interactionism *Ans* A complex concept in which heredity and environment are presumed to interact and influence the development of one's intelligence (Thurston's primary mental abilities- PMAs) factor analytic theories *Ans* 1. Focus on identifying the ability or groups of abilities deemed to constitute intelligence. Factor analysis *Ans* Group of statistical techniques designed to determine the existence of underlying relationships between sets of variables, including test scores Two factor theory of intelligence *Ans* Existence of a general intellectual ability factor (g) is partially tapped by all other mental abilities; remaining portions of variance being accounting for a test that is not general (s). Tests with high positive correlations with other intelligence tests were thought to be highly saturated with g while low tests were s like visual or motor) Group factors *Ans* Common factors to a group of activities but not to all Interpersonal/Intrapersonal intelligence *Ans