PSY 3307 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Malingering, Focus Group, Psych
5 Nov 2017
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Why psychological testing matters: to understand impact, we need to understand the principles of measurement, practitioner/application of behavioural sciences. Is a systematic procedure for comparing the behaviour of 2 or more people. Is a standardized procedure for sampling behaviour and describing it with categories or scores. Is a tool, procedure, device, examination, investigation, assessment or measure of an outcome ( which is usually some kind of behaviour) Common features across definitions: tests involve behavioural samples (observable and measureable action, the behavioural samples need to be collected in a systematic way, the purpose is to compare the behaviour of two or more people. Behavior: observable behavior, time, smilling, responses to questions, unobservable psychological attributes, hypothetical construct or latent variable, learning, intelligence, self-esteem, attitude, feelings, operational definitions, self-report, direct observation, physiological measure. Intelligence (more typical: personality, aptitude (sat, lsat, mcat, gre, school test/exam, structure interviews, road test (less typical) Inventory: schedule, battery, survey, questionnaire, testing ( the act of giving psychological tests)
