Intelligence Crossword

1. who devised a measure of intelligence test performance called mental age
3. the extent to which a test measures or predicts what it is supposed to
5. defining meaningful scores by comparison with the performance of a pretested group
6. 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
9. a condition in which a person otherwise limited in mental ability has an exceptional specific skill, such as in computation or drawing
10. this person's theory includes analytical, creative, and practical intelligence
12. the most widely used intelligence test
13. 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
15. the extent to which a test yield consistent results, as assessed by the consistency of scores on two halves of the test, or on retesting
16. a statistical procedure that identiries clusters of related items on a test

2. a method for assessing an individual's mental aptitudes and comparing them with those of others, using numerical scores
4. mental quality consisting of the ability to learn from experience, solve problems, and use knowledge to adapt to new situations
7. the ability to perceive, understand, manage, and use emotions
8. the extent to which a test samples the behavior that is of interest
11. curve the symmetrical, bell-shaped curve that describes the distribution of many physical and psychological attributes
14. defined originally as the ratio of mental age to chronological age multiplied by 100