PSYC 1010 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Content Validity, Intelligence Quotient, Psychological Testing

• School: York University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 1010
• Professor: Rebecca Jubis

Document Summary

Intelligence test a method for assessing an individuals mental aptitudes and comparing them to others using numerical scores. Achievement tests a test designed to assess what a person has learned exams, quizzes. Aptitude tests a test designed to predict a persons future performance; aptitude is the capacity to learn entrance exams are aptitude tests. Mental age a measure of intelligence test performance devised by binet. Brighter people may have a greater mental age than their chronological age. Intelligence quotient (iq) ratio of mental age to chronological age and multiplied by 100. Wechlers adult intelligence scale most widly used scale containing verbal and nonverbal subtests. This model has different questions for separate skills math question, patterning question, grammer question etc. To be a accepted psychological test, the test must be standardized, reliable, and valid- wechlers test meets these and thus it"s the most commonly used.