M4L2 Intelligence and Testing

mental quality consisting of the ability to learn from experience, solve problems, and use knowledge to adapt to new situations

• intelligence
• analytic intelligence
• normal curve
• Alfred Binet

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.

• factor analysis
• practical intelligence
• stereotype threat
• mental age

the notion of a general intelligence factor that is responsible for a person's overall performance on tests of mental ability

• g factor (general intelligence)
• creative intelligence
• stereotype boost
• chronological age

the ability to excel in certain areas

• S factor (specific intelligence)
• crystallized intelligence
• stereotype lift
• Stanford-Binet

Gardner's theory of intellect, based on the view that people possess at least eight types of intelligence

• multiple intelligence theory
• fluid intelligence
• Flynn effect
• WAIS

a condition in which a person otherwise limited in mental ability has an exceptional specific skill, such as in computation or drawing

• savant syndrome
• emotional intelligence
• restandardization
• WISC

Robert Sternberg's theory that describes intelligence as having analytic, creative and practical dimensions

• triarchic theory of intelligence
• reliability
• aptitude test
• WPPSI

A form of intelligence that involves such mental processes as abstract planning, strategy selection, focused attention, and information processing, as well as verbal and logical skills.

• analytic intelligence
• split-half reliability
• achievement test
• normal curve

the intellectual skills used in everyday problem solving

• practical intelligence
• test-retest reliability
• growth mindset
• stereotype threat

the ability to deal with new and different concepts and to come up with new ways of solving problems

• creative intelligence
• validity
• fixed mindset
• stereotype boost