Ab Week 5

Question 0

Good test and meSure must be

Answer 0

Reliable, = repeatable

But does not mean it is valid

Question 1

Self eval vs actual ability

Answer 1

R is .29 moderate overall
Many limItiona to this meta analysis
Many moderators in domIn, specificity, time, terms and etc. between task and person. Over
Rally we are not too good at evaluating ourselves, for many reasons. Reminds me of social PSYC

Question 2

Validity is

Answer 2

Measure is measuring what is it supposed to measured.

Face validity, looks like right
But doesn’t tell you anything.

Predictive (or criterial) validity

Question 3

Iq is an ex of a

Answer 3

Pariah measure

Question 4

Iq pariah

Answer 4

Cognitive ability
40-80% heritable.
Can be measured.

Question 5

The prefrontal cortex

How to measure

Answer 5

Defines humans
Rost (random objects test)
Working memory measured.
Sim to iq highly predictive of academic success.

Question 6

Remanded means

Answer 6

Made medical errors.

8th leading cause of death. 5 747 crashing each day every day equiv.

Question 7

Criterion validity

Answer 7

Can make, prediction, with error bars, relates to correlation

Question 8

Graphology

Answer 8

Zero validity. But people still like it.

Question 9

3 rd aspect of testing

Answer 9

Applicability, right person getting right measure,
Having predictive validity.
Have part of standard group
So need stratify random sampling to create norm.

Question 10

Popular tts used by psychologists

Answer 10

Mm pi personality test.
Worshak test with abstract pictures.

Many of them are projective tests.
Others or objective.

Question 11

Task, structured rigid

Type of test

Answer 11

Objective

Question 12

Reporting, indefinite anything type of test,

anything say so, project yourself into the answer

Answer 12

Projective

Question 13

Biological measures to differentiate patients

Answer 13

Can’t get any better in test validity than what you are trying to classify (way you seperate people)

Question 14

Do something physical to the patient, assess reaction response

Answer 14

Challenge test,
Like lie detect,
DexMethasone depression test
Less cortisol, but only 60-70% severe depressed show it
Not specific, other patients also show it, like OCD

Alcohol challenge

Question 15

Dopamine, mNipulTe with amino acids,

Answer 15

Low protein, add proteins, see effect?
Interesting,

Decrease dopamine of people whose heart rates increase when drunk, not as inclined to drink.

Question 16

Polygraphs

Answer 16

Ans autonomic nervous system response, reliant
Sympathetic fight flight reaction.
Rice, knife ex. In past.

Guilty knowledge test
You know things only you would know.
Color blouse, 5 options.
Relevant, irrevant. Benign, non benign, see spike.

Question 17

Problems in mKing judgements about ppl

Answer 17

Polygraph, not very effective, best 85%
Type 1 error, false positive.
Other examples too.
Pas false positive, high risk no gain.