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26 Cards in this Set
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Achievement tests
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Tests that gauge a person’s mastery and knowledge of various subjects.
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Aptitude tests
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Psychological tests used to assess talent for specific types of mental ability.
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Construct validity
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The extent to which there is evidence that a test measures a particular hypothetical construct.
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Content validity
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The degree to which the content of a test is representative of the domain it’s supposed to cover.
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Convergent thinking
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Narrowing down a list of alternatives to converge on a single correct answer.
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Correlation coefficient
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A numerical index of the degree of relationship between two variables.
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Creativity
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The generation of ideas that are original, novel, and useful.
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Criterion-related validity
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Test validity that is estimated by correlating subjects’ scores on a test with their scores on an independent criterion (another measure) of the trait assessed by the test.
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Deviation IQ scores
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Scores that locate subjects precisely within the normal distribution, using the standard deviation as the unit of measurement.
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Divergent thinking
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Trying to expand the range of alternatives by generating many possible solutions.
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Emotional intelligence
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The ability to perceive and express emotion, assimilate emotion in thought, understand and reason with emotion, and regulate emotion.
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Heritability ratio
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An estimate of the proportion of trait variability in a population that is determined by variations in genetic inheritance.
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Intelligence quotient (IQ)
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A child’s mental age divided by chronological age, multiplied by 100.
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Intelligence tests
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Psychological tests that measure general mental ability.
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Mental age
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In intelligence testing, a score that indicates that a child displays the mental ability typical of a child of that chronological (actual) age.
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Mental retardation
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Subnormal general mental ability accompanied by deficiencies in everyday living skills originating prior to age 18.
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Normal distribution
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A symmetric, bell-shaped curve that represents the pattern in which many characteristics are dispersed in the population.
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Percentile score
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A figure that indicates the percentage of people who score below the score one has obtained.
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Personality tests
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Psychological tests that measure various aspects of personality, including motives, interests, values, and attitudes.
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Psychological test
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A standardized measure of a sample of a person’s behavior.
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Reaction range
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Genetically determined limits on IQ or other traits.
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Reification
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Giving an abstract concept a name and then treating it as though it were a concrete, tangible object.
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Reliability
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The measurement consistency of a test (or of other kinds of measurement techniques).
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Standardization
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The uniform procedures used in the administration and scoring of a test.
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Test norms
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Standards that provide information about where a score on a psychological test ranks in relation to other scores on that test.
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Validity
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The ability of a test to measure what it was designed to measure.
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