Chapter 15 Vocabulary
Shae South

Thurstone

• Seven different intelligence test behaviors exist
• "Primary Mental Abilities"
• 1941

Cattell-Horn-Carroll Theory

• Says intelligence is made up of several different factors
• Woodcock-Johnson III Tests of Cognitive Abilities

Acculturation

• Individual's background experiences 
• Opportunities to learn in formal and informal settings

Processing deficits

• deficit in either sensory information or cognitive processing
• contribute to academic weaknesses

Nonverbal Tests

• picture tests
• given to students with severe/profound disabilities
• measure intelligence
• Young children/hearing impaired individuals

Intelligence factors

• componets that make up intelligence 

wechsler Intelligence Scale for children IV (WISC-IV)

• designed to assess cognitive ability
• designed to assess problem-solving processes

Woodcock-Johnson III Normative Update

• measures:
• general intellectual ability, 
• specific cognitive abilities,
• scholastic amplitudes,
• oral language and achievement 

Peabody picture vocabulary test-iv

• assess hearing vocabulary of children and adults