PSYC 2000 Chapter : Cognition Ch 7 Pt B
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Intelligence: principles of test construction, for psychological test to be accepted it must fulfill three criteria, 1. Split-half reliability: dividing the test into two equal halves and assessing how consistent the scores are. Reliability using different tests: using different forms of the test to measure consistency between them. Test-retest reliability: using the same test on two occasions to measure consistency: validity, the degree to which a test actually measures what it"s supposed to measure or predict. Content validity: refers to the extent a test measures a particular behavior or trait. Predictive validity: refers to the function of a test in predicting a particular behavior or trait. Language: language = an open and symbolic communication system that has rules of grammar and allows its users to express abstract and distant ideas. Interesting facts: protolanguage very rudimentary language, also known as pre-language, used by earlier species of homo, evolution of language and the brain are intertwines, particularly the frontal lobe, structure.
