Psychology 2080A/B- Midterm Exam Guide - Comprehensive Notes for the exam ( 76 pages long!)

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 2080A/B
• Professor: Stelian Medianu

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Chapter 1 key terms: you should understand the following terms as they apply to psychological testing, test, measurement, scale, overt behavior, covert behavior, ability, achievement, aptitude, personality, structured test, projective test. Current directions: personality testing, attacked in the sixties and seventies, questioned validity (cid:862)do(cid:374)"t a(cid:272)tually p(cid:396)edi(cid:272)t a(cid:374)ythi(cid:374)g(cid:863, refuted and proven wrong, but testing has been useful in many applied areas, neuropsychology. I(cid:374) (cid:449)hat follo(cid:449)s, (cid:449)e"ll (cid:272)o(cid:374)side(cid:396) the effe(cid:272)ts of t(cid:449)o kinds of influence on ja(cid:373)ie"s pe(cid:396)fo(cid:396)(cid:373)a(cid:374)(cid:272)e systematic influences and random influences: t1, t2, etc. I(cid:374) ja(cid:373)ie"s (cid:272)ase, he(cid:396) e(cid:454)a(cid:373) s(cid:272)o(cid:396)e (cid:396)efle(cid:272)ts (cid:271)oth he(cid:396) t(cid:396)ue a(cid:271)ilit(cid:455) a(cid:374)d the i(cid:374)flue(cid:374)(cid:272)e of (cid:396)a(cid:374)do(cid:373) e(cid:448)e(cid:374)ts. Measures of variability: whenever we work with a mean, we must consider the variation of scores around that mean, example. Properties of scales: magnitude: particular instance of attribute represents more, less, or equal amounts than does another instance, ex.