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PSYCH 290: Unit 3, Chapter 9 - Intelligence and Psychological
Testing

1. achievement gages a persons mastery and knowledge of a variety of subjects
test
(p. 396)
The study of adopted children in relation to their genetics and their
2. adoption environment
studies
(p. 416)
conceptual skills, social skills, practical skills
3. adaptive skills
(p. 409)

4. Analytical ability to analyze, judge, evaluate, compare, and contrast
Intel- ligence
(Stern- berg)

5. aptitude test
(p. 395) assess specific type of mental abilities

6. construct
validity the extent to which there is evidence that a test measures a particular
(p. 398) hypothetical construct

7. content validity the degree to which the content of a test is representative of the domain
(p. 398) it's suppose to cover

8. convergent one tries to narrow down a list of alternatives to converge on a single correct
answer
thinking (p.
430)

9. Kim Cornish Canada research chair in developmental neuroscience and education
at McGill University

10. correlation coef- 11. Cognitive per- spective
ficient (p. 397)

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, PSYCH 290: Unit 3, Chapter 9 - Intelligence and Psychological
Testing
a numerical index of the
degree of relationship
between two variables


A psychological approach
that emphasizes mental
processes in perception,
mem- ory, language,
problem solving, and other
areas of behaviour




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Testing

12. creativity (p. 430) involves the generation of ideas that are original, novel, and useful.

13. Creative
Intel- ligence ability to create, design, invent, originate, and imagine
(Stern- berg)

14. criterion-related
validity (p. 398) estimated by correlating subjects' scores on a test with their scores on an
indepen- dent criterion (another measure) of the trait assessed by the
15. crystallized intel- test
ligence (p. 403)
involves the ability to apply acquired knowledge and skills in problem
solving

16. cumulative depri- if environment attects intelligence, children who are raised in substandard
circum-
vation hypothesis stances should experience a gradual decline in IQ as they grow older

17. deviation IQ (p. 403)
scores (p. 404)

18. divergent think-
ing (p. 430)

19. Down Syndrome
(p. 410)


20. emotional intelli-
gence (p. 428)

21. factor analysis
(p. 402)

22. fluid intelligence

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