Unit 11: Testing and Individual Differences

measures or predicts what it is suppose to

AP Psychology Exam

reflects what you have learned

SAT

a general intelligence underlying a variety of tasks

variation in intelligence due to genetics

bell-shaped pattern of scores

boys outperform girls

defining meaningful scores relative to a pretested group

limited mental abilities with one exceptional skill

test-retest or split-half

content and predictive

the ability to learn from experience

worldwide rise in intelligence test scores

girls outperform boys in

The Stanford-Binet and Wechsler are

ability to react adaptively to novel situations

ability to solve everyday problems

identifying clusters of closely related items

self-fulfilling expectations are most likely to be triggered by

correlation between brain size and intelligence scores

concept of general intelligence (single overall ability)

people who are especially self-aware

seven clusters of primary mental abilities

predicts your abilities

generating a single correct answer

triarchic theory (analytical, creative & practical intelligences)

the chronological age that most typically corresponds to a given level of IQ performance

self-fulfilling effect of negative expectations

ability to solve well-defined problems

multiple intelligence (eight to be exact)

Terman observed children with IQ scores over 130/135 are likely to be

consistent results (every time it is used)

extra chromosome 21