AP Psych

4. the proportion of variation among individuals in a group that we can attribute genes. herability may vary depending on the range of populations and environments studied
10. a test designed to predict a person's future performance, aptitude is the capacity to learn
12. a measure of intelligence test performance devised by Binet; the level of performance typically associated with children of a certain chronological age
13. the ability to learn from experience, solve problems and use knowledge to adapt to new situation
15. a condition of limited mental ability, indicated by an intelligence test score of 70 or below and difficulty adapting to the demands of life
16. the success with which a test predicts the behavior it is designed to predict, it is assessed by computing the correlation between test scores and the criterion behavior
20. a condition of mild to severe intellectual disability and associated physical disorders caused by an extra copy of chromosome 21
21. in psychology grit is passion and perseverance in the pursuit of long term goals

1. our accumulated knowledge and verbal skills; tend to decrease with age
2. a group of people sharing a common characteristic, such as from a given time period
3. the extent to which a test samples the behavior that is of interest
5. a method for assessing an individual's mental aptitudes and comparing them with those of others, using numerical scores
6. the ability to perceive, understand, manage, and use emotions
7. according to spearman and others, underlies all mental abilities and is therefore measured by every task on an intelligence test
8. the extent to which a test yields consistent results, as assessed by the consistency of scores on two halves of the test, on alternative forms of the test, or on resting
9. a condition in which a person otherwise limited in mental ability has an exceptional specific skill, such as computation or drawing
11. a test designed to assess what a person has learned
14. a statistical procedure that identifies clusters of related items (called factors) on a test; used to identify different dimensions of performance that underlie a person's total score
17. the extent to which a test measures or predicts what it is supposed to
18. research that compares people of different ages at the same point in time
19. research that follows and retests the same people over time