Chapter 9 study guide

An inferred process that humans use to explain the different degrees of adaptive success in people’s behavior

• Intelligence
• Reliability

• Validity
• Fluid Intelligence

The ability to think on the spot and solve novel problems

• Fluid Intelligence
• Crystalized Intelligence

• Static Intelligence

• Multiple Intelligences

The ability to learn skills and factual knowledge

• Crystallized Intelligence
• Static Intelligence

• Fluid Intelligence

• Book Intelligence

The first intelligence test meant to measure whether children would do well in school or not

• Simon & Binet Intelligence Test
• Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children
• Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale

• Stanford Intelligence Test

Ratio of mental age to chronological age

• Intelligence Quotient (IQ)

• Fluid Intelligence

• Howard Gardener & Multiple Intelligences
• Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale

Determine the age level of the most advanced items that a child could consistently answer correctly

• Adaptive Testing
• Crystalized Testing

• Achievement Testing

• Fluid Testing

A test designed to predict a person’s future performance or capacity to learn

• Aptitude Test
• Achievement Test

• Stanford-Binet Intelligence Test
• Psychometric Testing

A test designed to assess what a person has learned

• Achievement Test
• Fluid Intelligence Test

• Adaptive Test

• Aptitude Test

The extent to which a test yields consistent results

• Reliability
• Luminosity

• Validity

• Accuracy

The extent to which a test measures or predicts what it is supposed to

• Validity
• Reliability

• Accuracy

• Agility