PSYC 1010 Lecture 10: CHAP 9 - INTELLIGENCE TESTING

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

Document Summary

Psychological test a standardize-measure of a sample of a person"s behaviour: personality tests: personality traits, motives, attitude, interests, mental ability tests: ability to do certain things i) ii) iii) Intelligence tests: used to assess intellectual potential; do not measure knowledge for previously learned material; measuring your potential (wide range of abilities) Aptitude tests: also measure potential but asses" specific types of mental abilities (narrowing range); ex/ vocabulary, spacial ability, etc. Achievement tests: ability to remember and understand previously learned material. Wechsler"s definition: the capacity to act purposefully, to think rationally, and to deal affectively with the environment. 1884 golton: if you are intelligent, than iq is reflected by superior sensory acuity and physical-attributes. 12 x 100 = 120: glitches with misleading information. 3 intelligence tests (adult, children 6-16, and preschool 4-6: verbal scale/performance scale wechsler adult intelligence scale ( wais") Mid 1980s, researchers major concern was how much(amount of) intelligence a given person had.