Psychology 2080A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Psychological Testing, Scientific Method, Extraversion And Introversion

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 2080A/B
• Professor: Donald Saklofske

Document Summary

"psychological tests" are designed to measure human characteristics that pertain to behaviours: also called educational tests, you cant just measure extraversion in a "vacuum", you must measure everything else. Individual tests are given to one person at a time (by test administrator: group tests can be given to many people at once, achievements tests assess prior learning, aptitude tests evaluate one"s potential for learning. Intelligence tests: ability to solve problems, potential to adapt changing situations, think abstractly, profit from experiences. Why use tests: psychological measurement helps us understand behaviour and contributes to productivity by answering important questions. Job candidate"s potential abilities to preform tasks and react to situations. Intelligence: general potential to solve problems, think abstractly, adapt to change, and learn the lessons of experience: personality: enduring dispositions to (cid:271)eha(cid:448)e in (cid:272)ertain (cid:449)ays . Looks at overt and covert dispositions of an individuals.