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the average age at which normal (average) children achieve a particular score

the in ability to profit educationally within a regular class with the aid of considerable curriculum modification and supportive service.

Someone with an IQ score in the 36 to 51 range that also has other adaptive behavior problems may be diagnosed with MID. Other symptoms of this disability include problems learning to talk. Some people do experience physical abnormalities, although thisis less common. The longer the symptoms are left untested, the more severe they can become.

• •the symmetrical bell-shaped curve that describes the distribution of many physical and psychological attributes
• •most scores fall near the average, and fewer and fewer scores lie near the extremes

includes the ability to select contexts in which you can excel and solve practical problems

is the extent to which a score on a scale or test predicts scores on some criterion measure.

Ability of a test to provide consistent and stable scores

• •condition in which a person otherwise limited in mental ability has an exceptional specific skill
• •computation
• •drawing

is a prediction that directly or indirectly causes itself to become true, by the very terms of the prophecy itself, due to positive feedback between belief and behavior.

divide one test into two parts and compare the scores on each part

defining meaningful scores by comparison with the performance of a pretested “standardization group”

• •L. M. Terman’s adaptation of the Binet-Simon scale
• •Terman introduced the I.Q. score
• •A score of 100 is considered average

• measures four kinds of mental abilities
• •Verbal reasoning
• •Abstract/visual reasoning
• •Quantitative reasoning
• •Short-term memory

give the same test twice and compare scores

posits three types of intelligence

•Analytical intelligence includes the ability to learn how to do things, solve problems, and acquire new knowledge

•Creative intelligence includes the ability adjust to new tasks, use new concepts, and respond well in new situations

•Practical intelligence includes the ability to select contexts in which you can excel and solve practical problems

Ability of a test to measure what it was designed to measure

• •Third Edition is the most commonly used test of intelligence for adults
• •WAIS-III is divided into to parts, one that focuses on verbal abilities and one that focuses on performance skills