PSYC37H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Ambiguous Image, Face Validity, Inter-Rater Reliability
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Psyc37: week 2: the past and future of psychological testing. What is a test: a measurement device that quantifies behaviour. What is a psychological test: a device for measuring characteristics of human beings that pertain to overt (observable) and covert (intraindividual) behaviour. What is an item: a specific stimulus to which a person responds overtly and that can be scored or evaluated. What is a scale/questionnaire? tools that relate raw scores on test items to some defined theoretical or empirical distribution. What are 3 types of ability tests: achievement: captures previous learning, aptitude: focus on potential for learning a specific skill. What are 2 types of personality tests: structured, projective. History of psychological testing: over 4000 years ago in china, civil servants went through fitness tests for office, han dynasty had written exam testing, ming dynasty had more selective testing system to determine eligibility for public office.
