PSY100Y5 Study Guide - Cognitive Abilities Test, Intellectual Disability, Standard Deviation
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Measures potential more than knowledge, but break mental ability into separate components. Measures a person"s mastery and knowledge of various subjects. Has a speci c focus,but it measures previous learning instead of potential. Personality tests measure di erent aspects of personality,including motives,interests,values,and attitudes: questions do not have a right or wrong answers, standardization and norms, both personality scales and tests of mental abilities are standardized measures of behaviour. Standardization refers to the uniform procedures used in the administration and scoring of a test: all subjects get the same instructions,the same questions,and the same time limits so that their scores can be compared meaningfully. Tests norms provide information about where a score on a psychological test ranks in relationship with other scores that test: psych tests tell you how you score relative to other people. Reliability refers to the measurement consistency of a test: a test"s reliability can be estimated in several ways:
