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Psychological Test
Standardized measure of a sample of a person's behavior
TERM 2
Intelligence test
DEFINITION 2
Measures general mental ability
TERM 3
Aptitude Test
DEFINITION 3
Assesses specific types of mental abilities
TERM 4
Achievement tests
DEFINITION 4
Gauge a person's master and knowledge of various subjects
TERM 5
Personality tests
DEFINITION 5
Measures various aspects of personality, including motives,
interests, values, and attitudes
Standardization
Uniform procedures used in the administration and scoring of
a test
TERM 7
Test Norms
DEFINITION 7
Provide information about where a score on a psychological
test ranks in relation to other scores on that test.
TERM 8
Percentile score
DEFINITION 8
Indicates the percentage of people who score at or below the
score one has obtained
TERM 9
Reliability
DEFINITION 9
Refers to the measurement consistency of a test
TERM 10
Correlation coefficient
DEFINITION 10
Numerical index of the degree of relationship between two
variables
Gardner
Eight human intelligences: logical-mathematical, linguistic,
musical, spatial, bodily-kinesthetic, interpersonal,
intrapersonal, and naturalist.
TERM 17
Jensen
DEFINITION 17
This theorist stated that the heritability of intelligence is very
high and that IQ differences between ethnic groups are
mainly due to genetics.
TERM 18
Scarr
DEFINITION 18
This theorist states that heredity sets certain limits on
intelligence and that environmental factors determine where
one falls within those limits.
TERM 19
Sternberg
DEFINITION 19
This persons theory of intelligence is divided into contextual,
experiential and componential subtheories and posits three
facets of intelligence: analytical, practical, and creative
intelligence.
TERM 20
Mental Age
DEFINITION 20
Age he or she displyed the mental performance of.
IQ
Child's mental age divided by chronological age, multiplied
by 100
TERM 22
Wechsler
DEFINITION 22
Devised an improved measur eof intlligence for adults and a
series of IQ tests that reduced the emphasis on verbal ability.
Also introduced scoring system based on normal distribution.
TERM 23
Binet
DEFINITION 23
Published first useful intelligence test measuring a child's
mental age.
TERM 24
Terman
DEFINITION 24
REvised Binet scale and introduced IQ and became standard
of comparison for subsequent intelligence tests.
TERM 25
Spearman
DEFINITION 25
All cognitive tests share a core, g.
