PSYC 1001 Chapter Notes - Chapter 9: Sat, Intelligence Quotient, Psychological Testing

• School: Carleton University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 1001
• Professor: Lorena Ruci

Document Summary

Mental ability tests: three principle subcategories of mat. Intelligence tests measure general mental stability. Aptitude tests assess specific types of mental abilities. Achievement tests gauge a person"s mastery and knowledge of various. Personality tests measure various aspects of personality, including motives, interests, values, subjects and attitudes: standardization and norms. Standardization refers to the uniform procedures used in the administration and scoring of a test. A percentile score indicates the percentage of people who score at or below the score one has obtained: reliability. Reliability refers to the measurement consistency of a test (or of other kinds of measurement techniques) Test-retest reliability estimated by comparing subjects" scores on two administrations of a test (test reflects inconsistency in measurement though) Correlation coefficient numerical index of the degree of relationship between two variables: validity. Validity refers to the ability of a test to measure what it was designed to measure.