PSYC37H3 Lecture 2: Detailed Lecture #2 Notes
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Week 2 lecture #2: tuesday september 13, 2016. Outline: a review of basic concepts from chapter 1, the history of psychological testing. Individual test: a test that can only be given to one person at a time. Not how many ppl are writing it, it"s about the administraton: group test: a test that a single test administrator can give to more than one person at a time. Basic concepts: what three types of tests can fall under the umbrella of ability tests, achievement, aptitude, achievement: captures previous learning. What you already know/learn: aptitude: focus on potential for learning a specific skill. Focus is on the potential, for a specific skill (certain academic domain) Basic concepts: two main types of personality tests. You projective of the image says sth about you. Problem: is that the result are so subjective (in terms of scoring) Thus not commonly used today & not evidence based.
