Robert S. Feldman,
University of Massachusetts, Amherst
| achievement test | A test designed to determine a person's level of knowledge in a given subject area
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| aptitude test | A test designed to predict a person's ability in a particular area or line of work
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| crystallized intelligence | The accumulation of information, skills, and strategies learned through experience and that can be applied in problem-solving situation
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| culture-fair IQ test | A test that does not discriminate against members of any minority group
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| emotional intelligence | The set of skills that underlie the accurate assessment, evaluation, expression, and regulation of emotions
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| fluid intelligence | Intelligence that reflects information-processing capabilities, reasoning, and memory
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| g or g-factor | The single, general factor for mental ability that was assumed to underlie intelligence in some early theories of intelligence
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| heritability | A measure of the degree to which a characteristic is related to genetic, inherited factors
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| intellectually gifted | Having an IQ score above 130; about 2 to 4 percent of the population intellectually_gifted (168.0K)
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| intelligence | The capacity to understand the world, think rationally, and use resources effectively when faced with challengesintelligence (152.0K)
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| intelligence quotient (IQ) | A score that takes into account an individual's mental and chronological ages
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| intelligence tests | Tests devised to identify a person's level of intelligence
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| mental age | The average age of individuals who achieve a particular level of performance on a test
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| mental retardation | Having significantly below-average intellectual functioning and limitations in at least two areas of adaptive functioning
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| norms | Standards of test performance that permit the comparison of one person's score on the test to the scores of others who have taken the same test
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| practical intelligence | Intelligence related to overall success in living
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| reliability | A test's measuring consistently what it is supposed to measure
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| validity | A test's actually measuring what it is supposed to measure
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2002 McGraw-Hill Higher Education