Psychology 2080A/B Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory, California Psychological Inventory, Correlation And Dependence
9 Apr 2013
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Test: is a measurement device or technique used to quantify behaviour or aid in the understanding and prediction of behaviour. Item: a specific stimulus to which a person responds overtly; this response can be scored or evaluated. Psychological test: is a set of items that are designed to measure characteristic"s of human beings that pertain to behaviour: overt- an individuals observable activity, covert- takes place within an individual and cant be directly observed. Scales: tools that relate raw scores on test items to some defined theoretical or empirical situation. Intelligence tests: refers to a persons general potential to solve problems, adapt to changing circumstances, think abstractly and profit from experience. Human ability: behaviours the reflect either what a person has learned or the persons capacity to emit a specific behaviour includes achievement, aptitude and intelligence. Structured personality tests: tests that provide a statement, usually of he self-report variety and require the subject to choose between two or more alternative responses.
