PSYC 2510 Chapter Notes - Chapter 9: Twin, Heritability, Visual Cortex

• School: York University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 2510
• Professor: Richard N Lalonde

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Psychological test= a standardized measure of a sample of a person"s behaviour. *sample may not by representative of your characteristic behaviour. Used to measure the individual differences that exist among people in abilities, aptitudes, interests, and aspects of personality. 2 categories= mental ability tests and personality tests. 3 principle subcategories: intelligence tests= measures general mental ability. *assess intellectual potential: aptitude tests= assess specific types of mental abilities. *break mental ability into separate components: achievement tests= gauge a person"s mastery and knowledge of various subjects. =measure various aspects of personality, including motives, interests, values, and attitudes. Standardization= the uniform procedures used in the administration and scoring of a test. All subjects get the same instructions, questions, and time limits. Test norms= provide info about where a score on a psychological test ranks in relation to other scores on that test raw score converted into a .