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Psy202: Test#1
Chapter 9 (Winter 2013)
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Psychology
Undergraduate 1
01/17/2013

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Term
"Standardized" testing
Definition
measure of a SAMPLE of a person's behavior
Term
Types pf "Mental Ability Tests"
Definition
- Intelligence Test (potential)
- Aptitude Test (potential in a particular area)
- Achievement Test (Acquired knowledge)
Term
Type of "Personality Test"
Definition
- MMPI (Measures apects of personality)
Term
Characteristics of "Standardization tests"
Definition

- Standardization

- Test Norms

- Percentiles

- Standardization Group

- Reliability

- Validity

- Group vs. Individual administration

Term
"Test Norms"
Definition
Comparing your score with others in an age group
Term
"Percentiles"
Definition
Comparing your score with others who took the same identical test
Term
"Standardization Group"
Definition
Test an amount of people to find an AVERAGE
Term
"Reliabilty"
Definition
Consistency
Term
"Validity"
Definition
(Content, Criterion, Construct)
-Criterion: Your performance is predicted based on your score
Term
A "hypothetical Construct" is...
Definition
Behavior believed to reflect intelligence (circular)
Term
"Goal-directed adaptive behavior" is...
Definition
Enables cognitive capabilities & neuroanatomy
Term
2 Views of Intelligence:
Definition
1. Psychometric approach
2. Contextual approach
Term
("Evolution of Inelligence Testing) "Sir Francis Galton"
Definition
- Intelligence is Heredity (in the genes)
- Nature/Nurture
- Bell Curve
- Exceptional sensory acquity= high mental ability
Term
("Evolution of Inelligence Testing)"Alfred Binet"
Definition
- Mentally subnormal
- Devised testing intended to measure abstract reasoning skills
- "Mental Age" - mental ability typical of child of particular chronological age
Term
("Evolution of Inelligence Testing)"Lewis Binet"
Definition
- "Stanford-Binet Intelligence Scale"
- IQ "intelligence Quote" (stern) = MA/CA x 100
- Upton Terman's suggestion IQ testing in school became popular
Term
("Evolution of Inelligence Testing)"David Wechsler"
Definition
- Performance/Verbal Scale= do things on test, without speaking
-Deviation IQ & normal distribution
Term
The "Standard Deviation point" is?
Definition
15 points
Term
The "Average Deviation Point" is?
Definition
100 points
Term
The "Wechsler subtests" requires?
Definition
Subjects to furnish information, recognize vocabulary, figure out patterns, & demonstrate basic memory
Term
"Normal Distribution"
Definition
a Symmetric, bell-shaped curve that represents the pattern in which many characteristics are dispersed in the population
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