PSYC 1010 Lecture Notes - Lecture 16: Sat, Stanford–Binet Intelligence Scales, Intellectual Disability
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Psychological test- standardize measure of samples of a person"s behaviour- abilities, attitudes and behaviour. Aptitude test- assesses specific types of mental abilities- verbal reasoning. Numerical ability achievement test- gauge a person mastery and knowledge of various subjects. Personality tests- measure various aspects of personality including motives, interests, values and attitudes. Both tests mentioned above are measures of behaviour. Standardization- refers to uniform procedures used in the administration and scoring of a test. Test norms- provide information about were a score on a psychological test ranks in relation to others scores on that test (everything is relative) Most appropriate comparison would be age and status. Reliability- measurement consistency of a test- pt not perfectly reliable. To confirm reliability test re-test reliability- comparing subjects score based on two tests. Reliability estimates need correlation coefficient- numerical index of the degree of relationship between two variables . Validity- ability of the test to measure what it was designed to measure.