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| The ability to understand and adapt to the environment by using a combination of inherited abilities and learning experiences. |
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| Stanford-Binet Intelligence Test |
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| The original intelligence test which contained four elements. It was geared to identify children who would be successful in school. |
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| four elements of the Stanford-Binet test |
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| (1) DIRECTION is the ability to set up a goal and work toward it. (2) ADAPTABILITY means that when faced with a problem the person can make adjustments to solve it. (3) COMPREHENSION means having a basic understanding of exactly what the problem is. (4) SELF-EVALUATION means the person working on the problem should have some idea of whether he or she has been able to solve it correctly. |
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| Initially developed one of the first intelligence tests. His test was eventually refined at Stanford University. |
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| The level at which a person performs mentally, regardless of their actual chronological age. |
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| mental age / chronological age X 100. (Simmons calls this mental age) |
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| IQ test items that rely heavily on word comprehension and usage. |
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| IQ test items that try to bypass verbal material and focus on problem solving without words. |
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| Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale-Revised (WAIS-R) |
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| An intelligence test for adults that provides three IQs: verbal, performance, and a combined (total) IQ. |
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| Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children-Revised (WISC-R) |
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| An intelligence test for children ages 6 to 16; provides three IQs: verbal, performance, and a combined (total) IQ. |
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| A psychologist who worked at New York's Bellevue Hospital where he handled derelicts from skid row who were brought there by the police. Developed two intelligence tests - one for children, one for adults. |
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| Wechler's warning against intelligence tests. |
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| Wechsler cautioned that definitions always reflect the culture within which we live - they reflect whatever society at the moment views as worthwhile, meaningful, and valuable. |
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| Siblings who come from the same fertilized egg. |
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| Siblings born at the same time, but not developed from the same egg. |
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| individual intelligence tests |
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| IQ tests administered on a one-to-one basis - one examiner to one test taker. This method provides the administrator a better look at the person. Both the Wechsler and Binet tests are this type of test. |
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| IQ tests administered to many people at one time; test is highly verbal and uses paper and pencil. |
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| The high end of errors which can occur on an IQ tests score. |
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| The unfair measurement of cultural groups' abilities. Tests have traditionally been geared towards whites. |
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| Sub-average intellectual functioning so that such a person is not able to perform at the level appropriate for his or her age. |
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| IQ score denoting very superior. 2% of the population. |
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| IQ score denoting superior. 7% of the population. |
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| IQ score denoting high average. 17% of the population. |
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| IQ score denoting average. 49% of the population. |
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| IQ score denoting low average. 16% of the population. |
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| IQ score denoting borderline. 6% of the population. |
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| IQ score denoting mild mental retardation. Less than 2% of the population. The functionality of people in this range has large variations. |
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| IQ score denoting moderate mental retardation. Less than 2% of the population. These people can achieve the skills of a four- to seven-year-old. |
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| IQ score denoting severe mental retardation. Less than 2% of the population. These people require constant supervision. |
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| IQ score denoting profound mental retardation. Less than 2% of the population. These people rarely mature beyond age two, and are entirely unable to care for themselves. |
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| Percent of mentally retarded people who suffer from a known physical defect. |
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| The practice of keeping mildly mentally retarded children in regular academic classrooms. |
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| The mental processes that result in original, workable ideas. |
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| A tendency to solve problems in the same old way over and over. |
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| To come up with unusual, unexpected ideas; to use something in a different way from how it is normally used. |
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