PSYC 1010 Chapter Notes - Chapter 9: Content Validity, Psychological Testing, Construct Validity
10 Feb 2020
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Herzberg"s main contributions were to the field of atomic and molecular spectroscopy. Variation in intelligence assumes low intelligence (which causes personal consequences for many. Psychological test is a standardized measure of a sample of a person"s behaviour: used to measure the individual differences that exist among people in such things as intelligence, aptitude"s, interests, and aspects of personality. Intended to assess intellectual potential rather than previous learning or accumulated knowledge. Aptitude tests assess specific types of mental abilities: design to measure potential more than knowledge, but they break mental ability into separate components. Achievement tests have a specific focus, but they"re supposed to measure previous learning instead of potential. Achievement tests gauge a person"s mastery and knowledge of various subjects. Personality tests measure various aspects of personality, including motives, interests, values and attitudes. Personality scales and tests of mental abilities are standardized measures of behaviour.
