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Stanford-Binet IQ Test

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the widely used American revision (by Terman at Stanford University) of Binet’s original intelligence test

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WISC

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(Weschler Intelligence Scale for Children)

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WAIS

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(Weschler Adult Intelligence Scale) the WAIS is the most widely used intelligence test; contains verbal and performance (nonverbal) subtests

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IQ

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(Intelligence Quotient) defined originally as the ratio of mental age to chronological age multiplied by 100 (ma/ca x 100). On contemporary intelligence tests, the average performance for a given age is assigned a score of 100

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Reliability

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the extent to which a test yields consistent results, as assessed by the consistency of scores on two halves of the test, on alternate forms of the test, or on retesting

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Validity

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the ability of a test to measure what it is supposed to measure and predict what it is supposed to predict

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Psychometrics

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the scientific approach to measurements of psychological characteristics

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Factor Analysis

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a statistical procedure that identifies clusters of related items (factors) on a test

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Triarchical Theory of Intelligence (Sternberg)

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Creative Intelligence
Academic Problem Solving skills assessed by intell. test
Practical Intelligence- intell. for everyday tasks

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Multiple Intelligence’s (Gardner)

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Language abilities, musical, logical and mathematic, spatial reasoning, body movement, intrapersonal

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Divergent Thinking

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mental exploration of unusual or unconventional alternatives during problem solving

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Convergent Thinking

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thinking aimed at finding a single correct answer to a problem by applying knowledge and reasoning

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Fluid Thinking

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the power of reasoning and using information

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Crystallized Thinking

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consists of acquired skills and knowledge