PSYC 102 Study Guide - Quiz Guide: Predictive Validity, Stereotype Threat, Heritability
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The mental potential to learn from experience, solve problems, and use knowledge to adapt to new situations. A general intelligence factor that, according to spearman and others, underlies specific mental abilities and is therefore measured by every task on an intelligence test. A condition in which a person otherwise limited in mental ability has an exceptional specific skill such as in computation or drawing. The ability to perceive, understand, manage, and use emotions. A (cid:373)ethod for assessi(cid:374)g a(cid:374) i(cid:374)dividual"s (cid:373)e(cid:374)tal aptitudes and comparing them with those of others using numerical scores. A test designed to assess what a person has learned. A test designed to predict a persons future performance; aptitude is the capacity to learn. Defining uniform testing procedures and meaningful scores by comparison with the performance of a pretested group. The bell-shaped curve that describes the distribution of many physical and psychological attributes.
