Psychology 2080A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Rorschach Test, Linda Gottfredson, Psychological Testing

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 2080A/B
• Professor: Rachel Plouffe

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Intelligence: general potential to solve problems, think abstractly, adapt to change and learn the lessons of experience: e. g. Individual diffs in sensory and motor function e. g. reaction times, visual acuity, and physical strength: 2. Experimental psychology: based on german psychophysicist work, testing requires experimental control and administration of tests under standardized conditions, standardized testing same instructions, formatting, scoring across individuals. Later revisions used larger, more representative samples: lewis terman brought binet-simon test to us, translated into english, normed on. California sample the stanford-binet intelligence scale: standardized same instructions, formatting, scoring across individuals. In 1939, weschler published first version of weschler-bellevue intelligence scale. Included multiple scores on multiple domains of intelligence (unlike stanford-binet: performance iq section can use to evaluate intelligence in individuals with lower verbal or language skills. Issues with projective testing: subjective scoring e(cid:454)a(cid:373)i(cid:374)e(cid:396) (cid:373)a(cid:455) (cid:271)e p(cid:396)oje(cid:272)ti(cid:374)g the(cid:373)sel(cid:448)es (cid:894)(cid:449)e do(cid:374)"t (cid:396)eall(cid:455) know what a butterfly inkblot interpretation may mean for personality)