PSYC 1002 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale, Théodore Simon, Lewis Terman

• School: Carleton University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 1002
• Professor: Kim O

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Principal types of psychological testing: mental ability tests: Aptitude test asses specific types of mental abilities (ex. numerical ability, abstract reasoning perceptual speed and accuracy, to measure what field you should go into etc. ) Achievement test gauge a persons mastery and knowledge of various subjects( ex. reading, english or history: personality test: Standardization refers to the uniform procedures used in the administration and scoring of a test. Test norms provide information about where a score on a psychological test ranks in relation to other scores on that test. Test norms are needed because in psychological testing, everything is relative, these test tell you hoe you score relative to other people ex. You are average in creativity or slightly above average in clerical ability. Correlation coefficient: a numerical index of the degree of relationship between two variables. Correlation: looks at 2 variables to see how much one influences the other (ex. shoe size and height) both variables increase.