PSYC 1002 Chapter Notes - Chapter 9: Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale, Stanford–Binet Intelligence Scales, Content Validity
6 Jan 2017
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Psychological test - measure of people"s abilities and personality: mental ability tests: Achievements tests - knowledge on various subjects: personality tests: measure motives, interests, values. Standardization: procedures to scoring tests(all tests are the same) Test norms: where score ranks compared to other scores. Percentile score: percent people score below a score. Correlation coefficient: degree of relationship between 2 variables (closer to 1=more reliable) Validity: ability that test measures what it is supposed to measure. Content validity: degree content of the test is representative. Criterion related validity: correlate scores on one test with scores on another. Construct validity: evidence test measures hypothetical construct. Mental age: mental ability matches with age. Terman and stanford binet - intelligence quotient(iq) - mental age divided by age multiplied by 100. Binet- test of general mental ability - for school children. Wechsler- wechsler adult intelligence scale - verbal ability + based on normal distribution. Thurnstone - sat test - intelligence is the result of multiple abilities.
