Chapter 11

According to Sternberg, the ability measured by most IQ tests; includes the ability to analyze problems and find correct answers.

The number of years since the individual's birth.

A property exhibited by a test in which each item is representative of the larger body of knowledge about the subject that the test covers.

The knowledge a person has acquired, plus the ability to access that knowledge.

A philosophy and a political movement that encouraged biologically superior people to interbreed and sought to discourage biologically inferior people from having offspring.

Individuals who possess well organized funds of knowledge, including the effective problem solving strategies, in a field.

Measures whether a test looks like it tests what it is suppose to test.

A general ability, proposed by Spearman as the main factor underlying all intelligent mental activity.

Often conceived as representing the upper 2% of the IQ range, commencing about 30 points above average (at about 130 IQ points).

The amount of trait variations within a group, raised under the same conditions, that can be attributed to genetic differences. ___ tells us nothing about between-group differences.