PSYC 406 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Psychological Testing, Apgar Score, Muscle Tone
3 Feb 2017
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The consequences of testing: the first test a baby goes through after birth is the apgar test which measures heart rate, respiration, muscle tone, reflexes and color. Psychometrician: a specialist in psychology or education who develops and evaluates psychological tests. Test: a standardized procedure for sampling behavior and describing it with categories or scores. Many tests have norms or standards by which the results can be used to predict other behaviors. Most tests possess the following features: standardized procedure, behavior sample, scores or categories, norms or standards, prediction of non-test behavior. These characteristics for a test differ from those of criterion-referenced tests tests that measure what a person can do rather than comparing results to the performance levels of others. Standardized procedure: an essential feature of any psychological test. A test is considered to be standardized if the procedures for administering it are uniform from one examiner and setting to another.
