Psychology 2310A/B Study Guide - Final Guide: Proband, Tads, Magnetoencephalography

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 2310A/B
• Professor: Rod Martin

Document Summary

Validity: face validity: the user of a test believes that the items on that test resemble the characteristics associated with the concept being tested for, content validity: requires that a test"s content include a representative sample of behaviours thought to be related to the concept/entity that the test is designed to measure, criterion validity: concept arises because some qualities are easier to recognize than define completely, construct validity: importance of a test within a specific theoretical framework and can only be understood in context of that framework. Respondents are asked first to copy images on another card and then to draw then from memory: errors in reproducing lines and shapes may indicate neurological problems, but may be caused by tremor in hand or nervousness, certain types of errors are characteristic of neurological impairment, produces many false negatives, results are compared to results expected at given age.