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| The ability to perceive and express emotion, assimilate emotion in though, understand and reason with emotion and regulate emotion |
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| Crystallized Intelligence |
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Involves ability to apply acquired knowledge and in problem solving
*Determined by education and experience |
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Involves reasoning, ability, memory capacity and speed of info processing
*Determined by biological factors |
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Correlations among many variables are analyzed to identify closely related clusters of variables
(Spearman's "g") |
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Genetically determined limits on IQ
High-quality environments should put IQ at top of range |
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Performance on IQ tests has increased in the last century
*Involves environmental factors |
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| An estimate of the proportion of trait variability in a population that is determined by variations in genetic inheritance |
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| Evidence of Heredity Influence of Intelligence |
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| Twin studies show that identical twins are more similar in intelligence than fraternal |
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Usually focused on IQ scores rather than creativity or leadership
Also above average physically, socially and emotionally, but are often introverted and socially isolated |
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Can be hereditary, extra chromosome, metabolic disorder
Environmental factors (parent neglect, bad nutrition, come from low socioeconomics) |
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Subnormal general mental ability accompanied by deficiencies in adaptive skills originating before age 18
*Communication, self care, social |
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| Locate subjects precisely within the normal distribution using the standard deviation as the unit of measurement |
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IQ = Mental Age
Chronological Age x100
*expansion of Binet's test by Stanford-Binet |
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Indicates that a child displays the mental ability typical of a child of that chronological age
*Developed by Binet & Simon in France to identify mentally sub-normal children |
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Studied family trees - found that success appeared over generations but studied wealthy, education people
- Though intelligence was genetic |
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| A symmetric, bell shaped curve that represents the pattern in which many characteristics are dispersed in the population |
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The extent to which there is evidence that a test measures a particular hypothetical construct
*Measures for abstract qualities |
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| Criterion Related Validity |
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| Estimated by correlating subjects scores on a test with their scores on an independent criterion of the trait assessed by the test |
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The degree to which the content of a test is representative of the domain it's supposed to cover
*Achievement Tests and educational |
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| The ability of a test to measure what it was designed to measure |
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Numerical index of the degree of a relationship between 2 variables
*1.00 most reliable |
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| Measurement of consistency of a test |
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| Indicates the percentage of people who score at or below the score one has obtained |
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| Provide information about where a score on a psychological test ranks in relation to other scores on that test |
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The uniform procedures used in the administration and scoring of a test
Same question, same time, same instructions so results can be compared |
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Measure various aspects of personality, including motives, interests, and values and attitudes
aka: personality scales |
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Gauge a person's mastery and knowledge of various subjects
*Exams in certain subjects |
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| Assess specific types of mental abilities. Break mental abilities into separate components |
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| Measure general mental ability. Assess intellectual potential, not accumulated knowledge |
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| A standardized measure of a sample of a person's behaviour |
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