PSYC37H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Apgar Score, Security Clearance, Developmental Disability
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Personality function: lots of people fill out personality questionnaires online to figure out their personality. Marital compatibility: in certain churches, for ex. To see how compatible you are (no test will ever say you should not be getting married to getting this job, etc) Brain dysfunction : help us understand whether someone has one type of dementia (alzheimers) versus another type of dementia. Nurses who conduct this assessment typically do get a score. Good score on the apgar: baby is healthy". A test is a standardized procedure for sampling behaviour and describing it with categories or scores. Standardized procedure: a test has to be given in the same way every single time. Scores or categories: ex. on the apgar there"s 1-10. Norms or standards: results can be these, meaning we give these tests to hundreds of thousands of people ; where you stand relative to thousands of these people.
