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Chapter Nine
Intelligence and Personality Testing
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Psychology
Undergraduate 1
01/26/2010

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Achievement Tests are..

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Tests that gauge a person's mastery and knowledge of various subjects.
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Aptitude Tests are...
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Psychological tests used to assess talent for specific types of mental ability.
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Construct Validity is...
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The extent to which there is evidence that a test measures a particular hypothetical construct (such as creativity or extraversion).
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Content Validity is..
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The degree to which the content of a test is representative of the domain it's supposed to cover.

 

eg: A test that contains material not covered in class.

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