Myers Psychology for AP 2e - Unit 11
Questions And Answers 100% Correct
intelligence mental quality consisting of the ability to learn from experience, solve problems, and
use knowledge to adapt to new situations. (Myers Psychology for AP 2e p. 607)
intelligence test a method for assessing an individual's mental aptitudes and comparing them with
those of others, using numerical scores. (Myers Psychology for AP 2e p. 607)
general intelligence (g ) a general intelligence factor that, according to Spearman and others,
underlies specific mental abilities and is therefore measured by every task on an intelligence test. (Myers
Psychology for AP 2e p. 608)
factor analysis a statistical procedure that identifies clusters of related items (called factors) on a
test; used to identify different dimensions of performance that underlie a person's total score. (Myers
Psychology for AP 2e p. 608)
savant syndrome a condition in which a person otherwise limited in mental ability has an
exceptional specific skill, such as in computation or drawing. (Myers Psychology for AP 2e p. 609)
grit in psychology, grit is passion and perseverance in the pursuit of long-term goals. (Myers
Psychology for AP 2e pp. 610, 834)
, Myers Psychology for AP 2e - Unit 11
Questions And Answers 100% Correct
emotional intelligence the ability to perceive, understand, manage, and use emotions. (Myers
Psychology for AP 2e p. 612)
mental age a measure of intelligence test performance devised by Binet; the chronological age that
most typically corresponds to a given level of performance. Thus, a child who does as well as the average
8-year-old is said to have a mental age of 8. (Myers Psychology for AP 2e p. 618)
Stanford-Binet the widely used American revision (by Terman at Stanford University) of Binet's
original intelligence test. (Myers Psychology for AP 2e p. 618)
intelligence quotient (IQ) 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, with scores assigned to relative performance
above or below average. (Myers Psychology for AP 2e p. 618)
achievement test a test designed to assess what a person has learned. (Myers Psychology for AP 2e
p. 619)
Questions And Answers 100% Correct
intelligence mental quality consisting of the ability to learn from experience, solve problems, and
use knowledge to adapt to new situations. (Myers Psychology for AP 2e p. 607)
intelligence test a method for assessing an individual's mental aptitudes and comparing them with
those of others, using numerical scores. (Myers Psychology for AP 2e p. 607)
general intelligence (g ) a general intelligence factor that, according to Spearman and others,
underlies specific mental abilities and is therefore measured by every task on an intelligence test. (Myers
Psychology for AP 2e p. 608)
factor analysis a statistical procedure that identifies clusters of related items (called factors) on a
test; used to identify different dimensions of performance that underlie a person's total score. (Myers
Psychology for AP 2e p. 608)
savant syndrome a condition in which a person otherwise limited in mental ability has an
exceptional specific skill, such as in computation or drawing. (Myers Psychology for AP 2e p. 609)
grit in psychology, grit is passion and perseverance in the pursuit of long-term goals. (Myers
Psychology for AP 2e pp. 610, 834)
, Myers Psychology for AP 2e - Unit 11
Questions And Answers 100% Correct
emotional intelligence the ability to perceive, understand, manage, and use emotions. (Myers
Psychology for AP 2e p. 612)
mental age a measure of intelligence test performance devised by Binet; the chronological age that
most typically corresponds to a given level of performance. Thus, a child who does as well as the average
8-year-old is said to have a mental age of 8. (Myers Psychology for AP 2e p. 618)
Stanford-Binet the widely used American revision (by Terman at Stanford University) of Binet's
original intelligence test. (Myers Psychology for AP 2e p. 618)
intelligence quotient (IQ) 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, with scores assigned to relative performance
above or below average. (Myers Psychology for AP 2e p. 618)
achievement test a test designed to assess what a person has learned. (Myers Psychology for AP 2e
p. 619)
