Psych Chapter 9 Vocab
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Achievement | Knowledge and skils gained from experience and education. |
| Intelligence | The capacity to learn from experience, solve problems, and adapt to a changing environment. |
| Mental Age | The level of intelectual functioning, which is compared to chronological age to give an IQ. |
| Transformed Score | A score that has been changed from a raw score in a systematic age. |
| Reliability | The extent to which a test yields consistent results. |
| Test-Retest Reliability | A method for determining the reliability of a test by comparing a test takers scores on the same test taken on separate occassions. |
| Validity | The extent at which a test measures what it is supposed to measure. |
| Mental Retardation | Intellectual functioning that is below average, as indicated by an intelligence score at or below 70. |
| Gifted | A term used to describe children with IQ scores above 130 or children with outstanding talent for performing at much higher levels than others of the same age and background. |
| Creativity | The ability to invent new solutions to problems or to create original or ingenious materials. |
| Heritability | The proportion of variation among individuals that can be attributed to genes. |
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