PSYC 1030H Chapter Notes - Chapter 9: Intellectual Disability, Stanford–Binet Intelligence Scales, Lewis Terman

• School: Trent University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 1030H
• Professor: Barbara Bond

Document Summary

Psychological test a standardized measure of a sample of a person"s behaviour: measurement instruments, used to measure the individual differences that exist among people in abilities, aptitudes, interests, and aspects of personality. Intelligence tests measure general mental ability: used to assess intellectual potential rather than previous learning or accumulated knowledge. Aptitude tests assess specific types of mental abilities: also designed to measure potential more than knowledge, but they break mental ability into separate components. Achievement tests gauge a person"s mastery and knowledge of various subjects: used to measure previous learning instead of potential. Personality tests measure various aspects of personality, including motives, interests, values, and attitudes. Standardization refers to the uniform procedures used in the administration and scoring of a test. Test norms provide information about where a score on a psychological test ranks in relation to other scores on that test.