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Child Development - A Thematic Approach
, Fifth Edition
Danuta Bukatko - College of the Holy Cross
Marvin W. Daehler - University of Massachusetts, Amherst
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Cross-fostering study
Research study in which children are reared in environments that differ from those of their biological parents.
Crystallized intelligence
Mental skills derived from cultural experience.
Deviation IQ
IQ score computed by comparing the child’s performance with that of a standardization sample.
Fluid intelligence
Biologically based mental abilities that are relatively uninfluenced by cultural experiences.
Intelligence quotient (IQ)
Numerical score received on an intelligence test.
Psychometric model
Theoretical perspective that quantifies individual differences in test scores to establish a rank order of abilities.
Social referencing
Looking to another individual for emotional cues in interpreting a strange or ambiguous event.
Stereotype threat
The psychological impact of negative social stereotypes in an individual.
Test bias
Idea that the content of traditional standardized tests does not adequately measure the competencies of children from diverse cultural backgrounds.
Triarchic theory
Theory developed by Robert Sternberg that intelligence consists of three major components: (1) the ability to adapt to the environment, (2) the ability to employ fundamental information-processing skills, and (3) the ability to deal with novelty and automatize processing.
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