PSYC 1010 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Phenylketonuria, Chromosome, Mental Age

• School: York University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 1010
• Professor: Heather Jenkin

Document Summary

Psychology chapter 9 intelligence and psychological testing. Psychological test: standardized measure of a sample of a person"s behavior (measure individual differences) note a particular behavior sample may not be representative of your characteristic behavior. English, history); measure previous learning instead of potential. Personality tests: personality tests: measure various aspects of personality, including motives, interests, values and attitudes (traits) Standardization: refers to the uniform procedures used in the administration and scoring of a test (all subjects get same instructions, questions, and time limits in order to compare scores meaningfully) Test norms: provide information about where a score on a psychological test ranks in relation to other scores on that test (help you understand what your score means) Percentile score: indicates the percentage of people who score at or below the score one has obtained. Reliability: refers to the measurement consistency of a test (or of other kinds of measurement techniques); repeated measurements should yield reasonably similar results.