PSYC 1010 Chapter Notes - Chapter 9: Robert Sternberg, Behavioral Enrichment, Divergent Thinking

• School: York University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 1010
• Professor: Myriam Mongrain

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Psychological test: standardized measure of a sample of a person"s behaviour. Principle types of tests: mental ability tests: Intelligence tests: measure general mental ability: aptitude tests: assess specific types of mental abilities, achievement tests: tests mastery and knowledge in specific areas of study, personality tests: measure various aspects of personality, including motives, interests, values and attitudes. Standardization: uniform procedures used in the administration and scoring of a test. All subjects are given the same treatment. Test norms: provide information about where a score on a psychological test tanks in relation to other scores on that test. Sample of people that the norms are based on {standardization group) Different norms for different societies (e. g. canadian norm different from. Percentile score: percentage of people who score at or below the score one has obtained. Reliability: measurement of consistency of a test test-retest reliability compares subjects" scores after 2 administrations of a test.