Exam one Flashcards
1
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test define
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A standardized test of some sample of behavior
2
Q
Why do we run tests:
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- To diagnose
- To select people for positions or school entry
- Classification
- Research
3
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Types of tests:
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- Inventories
2. Projectives
4
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Inventories:
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- Structured
- Objective
- Psychometric
- Recognition
5
Q
Projectives:
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- Unstructured
- subjective
- Impressionistic
- Fear response
- Process
6
Q
Performance:
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- Max
2. Typical
7
Q
assessment
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assessment is the guided use of psychological tools to aquire subjective information from an individual
8
Q
test
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objective approach to collecting test data
9
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things that can affect test scores
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- using them incorrectly like asking questions to a person who does not speak your language
- motivation/direct reward
- coaching
- some people don’t want to expose their weaknesses
- some people don’t want the rewards that come with it
- test anxiety
10
Q
phrenology was done by who
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franz Joseph gall
11
Q
phrenology was
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a one to one connection between the surface area of your head and personality largeness of head and psychological functioning
12
Q
William James
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- harvard university psychology lab started
- not for research experimental purpose
- teaching lab
13
Q
g stanley hall
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- first psychology experimental lab at Johns Hopkins university
14
Q
Francis galton
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test battery at international health exhibit
15
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first psychology lab made in
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1879
