PSY100Y5 Chapter Notes - Chapter 9: Fluid And Crystallized Intelligence, Standard Deviation, Mental Age
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Achievement tests- gauge a person"s mastery and knowledge of various subjects (p. 369) Aptitude tests- assess specific types of mental abilities (p. 369) Construct validity- the extent to which there is evidence that a test measures a particular hypothetical construct (p. 372) Content validity- refers to the degree to which the content of a test is representative of the domain it"s supposed to cover (p. 372) Convergent thinking- one tries to narrow down a list of alternatives to converge on a single correct answer (p. 404) Correlation coefficient- a numerical index of the degree of relationship between two variable (p. 371) Creativity- involves the generation of ideas that are original, novel, and useful (p. 404) Criterion-related validity- is estimated by correlating subject"s scores on a test with their scores on an independent criterion (another measure) of the trait assessed by the test (p. 372) Crystallized intelligence- involves the ability to apply acquired knowledge and skills in problem solving (p. 376)
