Unit 5 Part II: Intelligence from Myers for AP text

Saying "I have an IQ of 120" is an error called

Statistical Procedure for identifying clusters of related test ?s.

The old SAT is an example of an _______ meant to predict college performance. Career tests are also this type of test.

Which group shows a stronger correlation in IQ?

intelligence test performance has been rising generation after generation

The IQ scores of adopted children are

Alfred Binet gave us this term. It indicates that a child's abilities are equivalent to the average ___ year old.

T/F: The IQ formula works well for 60 year olds.

ability to think speedily and abstractly

Intelligence is a socially constructed concept that various from culture to culture

The DSM 5 lists "intellectual disability" as a disorder. It was previously listed as "mental retardation"

If a test predicts what it's supposed to, it has

The W.A.I.S. is broken into these 2 parts.

What percent of the population has an IQ between 70 and 130?

What percent of the population score less than 70 on an IQ test?

Amy is labeled "gifted" so she starts working harder an has her mom enroll her in after school enrichment classes

IQ Formula = mental age / chronological age x 100

The AP Psychology test is an example of an 

The heritability of intelligence is 

Triarchic Theory includes all of the following except

evaluating bumps on the skull to evaulate intelligence

In order to have an intellectual disability you must have difficulty

Babies who grow bored quickly with a picture have been found to be more intelligent as adults

knowledge of various facts

A WAIS question that asks a person to put together a puzzle is part of a....

EQ refers to

The difference in a group due to genes

perseverance and determination in pursuit of a goal

If the test measures what it's supposed to, it has....

Interacting well with others; Understanding the emotions of oneself and others

Males are better than females in the area of 

_____ intelligence decreases as you age

T/F: Savant syndrome gives evidence for Gardner's Multiple Intelligence Theory.

prejudice against or in favor toward a particular group

At what age do intelligence test scores begin to really stabilize?

WAIS questions that ask a person to tabulate a math problem & define a word contribute to a person's

The average IQ on an IQ test is

the methods of test- retest and split-halves help psychologists measure...

To measure predictive validity of a career inventory: Compare the scores to some _______ such as ratings by supervisors

Skills interacting with others.

T/F: Slower speed of processing indicates lower intelligence.

Spearman's idea that we are born with different amounts of general intellectual ability but vary on specific factors

creating uniform testing procedures & meaningful scores by comparision with a pretested group

The mathematical formula used to determine IQ is mental age divided by _______x100

limitied intellectual ability overall but giftedness in one or more areas

Which group shows a stronger correlation in IQ scores?

Thinking about a positive stereotype related to your group (ex: Asians are smart) can boost your performance.

A young woman is the only black student in a room full of white men. She may perform poorly due to

The textbook provides evidence that differences in intelligence between racial groups are due to...

Women, on average, are better at detecting emotion and at verbal skills.

heritability =

believing that intelligence can change

A child has a mental age of 12 but a chronological age of 8. His IQ would be.

Most widely given IQ test. broken into verbal and performance scores

68% of all test takers have an IQ between 85 and