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35 Cards in this Set
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Psychological Testing
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A standardized measure of a *sample* of a persons behavior.
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Intelligence Test
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Measures general mental ability, and intellectual potential.
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Aptitude Test
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Measures different types of mental ability (verbal reasoning, numeral, speeds)
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Achievement Tests
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Gauge a persons mastery and knowledge of various subjects (english, history)
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Personality Test
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Measure various aspects of personality, including motives and interest
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Standardization
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The uniform procedures used in the administration and scoring of a test.
(ex: Every subject receives the same test, tests are then compared) |
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Test Norms
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The scoring system: Provides info about where a score ranks in relation to other scores
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Percentile Score
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Turning your score into a percentage to see if you're above or below the norm
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Reliability
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Knowing that the test scores are consistent (the same person continually scores the same percent)
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Correlation Coefficient
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Statistic to measure Reliablity and validity
(a numerical index of the degree of relationship b/w 2 variables) |
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Validity
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The ability of the test to measure what it was designed to measure
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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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Galton
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Theory that intelligence is passed through generation, it's genetic inheritance
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Alfred Binet
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Created the Intelligent testing scale as a way of predicting childrens performance at school. Tested where they were at their 'Mental Age'
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Mental Age
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Indicated the mental age of a child compared to their actual age
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Intelligence Quotient (I.Q)
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Lewis Terman expanded Binets test with the IQ test, which is a childs mental age, divided by their chronological age, divided by 100.
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Wechsler
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The Adult Intelligence Scale focusing on non-verbal reasoning
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Eugenics
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The study and practice of Selective Breeding (Galton)
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David Weschler
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WAIS scale
Wescheler Adult Intelligence Scale |
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WAIS
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Adult assessment meant for war,
Questions: Information, Comprehension, arithmic similarities, digit span and vocabulary |
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WAIS 3 factors
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a) general, abstract reasoning,
b) Mathematical c) Spatial |
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Fluid Intelligence
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reasoning ability, memory capacity, speed of
information processing biological (heredity) factors? |
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crystallized:
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ability to apply acquired knowledge and skills
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Sternberg’s triarchic theory of human intelligence
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Contextual,
Experiencial and componencial subtheories |
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Contextual
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cultural components of intelligence
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experiential:
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execute familiar tasks automatically
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componential:
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guides intelligent behaviour
metacomponents: executive processes, awareness of cognitive processes performance components: execute the computations (working memory) knowledge-acquisition components: processes and strategies for learning and storing information |
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Gardners 8 intelligences
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A person has mulitple intelligences
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Standard Deviation
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A statistic used to measure variation
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Factor Analysis
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Correlations among many variables are analysed to identify closely related clusters of variables
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Linguitic Intelligence (Gardner)
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Word Smart
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Logical Mathematical
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number reasoning smart
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Spatial Intelligence
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Picture/directional smart
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Interpersonal Intelligence
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Examining other people
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Intrapersonal Intelligence
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Self Reflection smart
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