CHapter 9 Flashcards
Both achievement and aptitude tests measure
developed abilities and can be arranged along a continuum according to how dependent the abilities are on direct school experiences.
General intelligence tests
Historically have been the most popular and widely used aptitude tests in school settings.
Achievement tests measure
what has been learned or achieved at a specific point in time.
Aptitude tests are used
to predict the future performance
List the different aptitude tests (3)
Intelligence
special aptitude tests
multiple aptitude batteries
Special Aptitude Test
Employment setting for employers to select job applicants.
Multiple Aptitude Batteries
Measures a distinct ability.
Intelligence
A persons ability to problem solve, abstract reasoning, and acquire knowledge.
Arthur Jensen
1969 wrote an article “How much can we boost IQ and Scholastic Achievement? Assassination plot at Anaheim convention center if he spoke. He did, and police patrolled during speech.
Do Intelligence tests reveal your potential for learning
No, they are predictions.
APA Report “ Intelligence: Knowns and Unknowns” Nessier et al. 1996
7 criticial questions
- genetics contribute to development of intelligence, genetic difference not known
- environmental factors contribute to intelligence, influence not known.
- Nutrition is a factor, how much not known
- Information Processing speed correlates to intelligence
- Flynn Effect is real, mean IQ is increasing world wide, not sure why.
- Mean IQ difference between races cannot be attributed to test bias in socioeconomic status.
- Standardized intelligence test does not measure all capabilities.
Aptitude Test
Designed to measure cognitive skills, abilities, and knowledge that individuals have accumulated as the result of their overall life experiences.
School IQ Controversy
- Mean IQ difference among Ethnic groups. In California due to test bias many IQ tests are not used and Placement tests are not implemented. It’s based on public perception not psychometric facts.
- Can IQ be Increased: Historians believe genetics play a part in IQ feel humans are doomed to Increase IQ. 2004 federal law Individuals with disabilities says IQ tests can help diagnose learning disability
Binet-Simon Scale
AKA Stanford-Binet
1905
Problems arranged by difficulty and assesed a wide range of abilities.
- Sensory perception
- Verbal Comprehension
- reasoning
- judgment
- short term memory
Army Alpha and Army Beta
Aptitude Tests
1915-1920
Alpha was verbal
Beta nonverbal
used to assess and classify recruits