APSY-UE 20 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Robert Sternberg, Theory Of Multiple Intelligences, Twin Study

• School: New York University
• Department: Applied Psychology
• Course: APSY-UE 20
• Professor: Adina R Schick

Document Summary

Achievement test: intended to reflect what you have learned. Aptitude test: intended to predict your ability to learn a new skill. Psychologist david weschler created what is now the most widely used intelligence test, the weschler adult intelligence scale (wais) and the weschler intelligence scale for. Children (wisc) and the wppsi (wechsler preschool and primary scale of. The most commonly used intelligence test is the wais. Consists of 11 subtests divided into verbal and performance areas. Wisc and wppsi are used for children. Yields an overall intelligence scores, as well as sub-scores for verbal comprehension, perceptual organization, working memory, and processing speed. Differences among these scores can provide clues to cognitive strengths or weaknesses that teachers or therapists can build upon. Listen carefully and say the numbers right after me. Tests must be standardized, reliable, and valid in order to be widely accepted. Defining meaningful scores by comparison to the performance of a pretested group.