PS101 Lecture Notes - Problem Solving, Standard Deviation, Content Validity
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Standardization: rigorous training to give test same questions and conditions comparing to test norm comparing population of interest, this is done through percentile. % of people that fall below your score quantitative percentile of 82: 82% of people scored below you. Goal high correlation: alpha- the numerical representation of how much reliability your getting r , how all items correlate with each other. General- the g factor : all components of intelligence should be highly related, fluid. Reasoning, memory, information processing: crystallized- the application of knowledge. Problem solving: biological measure of the g- factor. Reaction time- how quickly you process information. If your speedy you"re smart r2 = 4. 9%- how much relation there is. Specific: thurstan primary mental abilities, fluency, verbal, comprehension, gardner"s 8 intelligence, music, spatial, bodily, intrapersonal. There are many ways that one can be intelligence: emotional intelligence, perceive ,express, understand and regulate, important with coping with stress and transitions.
