Unit+11+-+Intelligence+Testing

=__Unit 11 - Testing and Individual Differences - pages 523-556__=

= = =__**APA ****Content Standard Area: Intelligence **__= //After concluding this unit, students understand: // 1. Perspectives on intelligence 2. Assessment of intelligence 3. Issues in intelligence 1.1 Discuss intelligence as a general factor. 1.2 Discuss alternative conceptualizations of intelligence. 1.3 Describe the extremes of intelligence. 2.1 Discuss the history of intelligence testing, including historical use and misuse in the context of fairness. 2.2 Identify current methods of assessing human abilities. 2.3 Identify measures of and data on reliability and validity for intelligence test scores. 3.1 Discuss issues related to the consequences of intelligence testing. 3.2 Discuss the influences of biological, cultural, and environmental factors on intelligence
 * Content Standard 1: ** **Perspectives on intelligence**
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 13.3333px;">Content Standard 2: **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 13.3333px;"> **Assessment of intelligence**
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 13.3333px;">Content Standard 3: ****<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 13.3333px;"> Issues in intelligence   **

=__**<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">Key Terms **__= <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 13.3333px;">Intelligence test intelligence <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 13.3333px;">General intelligence (g) factor analysis <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 13.3333px;">Savant syndrome emotional intelligence <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 13.3333px;">Mental age Stanford-Binet <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 13.3333px;">IQ (intelligence quotient) achievement tests <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 13.3333px;">Aptitude tests Stereotype threat <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 13.3333px;">Standardization normal curve <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 13.3333px;">Reliability validity <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 13.3333px;">Content validity predictive validity <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 13.3333px;">Intellectual disability Down Syndrome <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 13.3333px;">WAIS (Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale)







Journal - beginning of unit

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[|PsychSim - Get Smart]

MENSA quiz Do you qualify?

Multiple Intelligences Survey What is your strongest intelligence?



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 * APPLY THE TERMS TO STERNBERG'S TRIARCHIC THEORY -**
 * Analytic (g) - know definitions**
 * Practical- how can what we learned be applied to real world - imagine you are a test-maker...how would you use at least two terms to make a good test**
 * Creative - what original thoughts or ideas could you come up with that relate to terms**
 * Could you create your own intelligence test? What would you include?**


 * Pressures of the SAT**
 * PBS link**

__Examples from 1901 College Board Entrance Exam__

__Examples from 1926 SAT__

__Examples from the 1999 SAT__

Human Intelligence website



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 * Restaurant counting

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 * Casino

The Real Rain Man - Kim Peek

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