[Psychology 2080A/B] - Final Exam Guide - Everything you need to know! (115 pages long)

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Psychological test: or educational test is set of items designed to measure characteristic of humans beings that pertain to behaviour. Scales: used to deal with problems of knowing percentage of correct items a person obtained. Intelligence: person"s general potential to solve problems, adapt to changing circumstances, think abstractly, and profit from experience: attempts to separate prior learning from potential for learning have not succeeded. Structure personality test: provide statement, usually self-reported, and require subject to choose between two or more responses like true or false. Reliability: accuracy, dependability, consistency, repeatability of test results: also degree to which test scores are free of measurement errors. Validity: meaning and usefulness of test results degree to which a certain inference of interpretation based on a test is appropriate. Je herbart made mathematical models of mind before psychology: used these models for basis for educational theories that influenced 19th century educational practices.