MIDTERM Flashcards
measurement device or technique
Test
used to quantify behavior or aid the understanding and prediction of behavior
test
specific stimulus which person responds overtly; response can be scored or evaluated
items
set of items that are designed to measure characteristic of human beings pertain to behavior
psychological test
raw scores on test items
scales
theoretical or empirical distributions
scales
type of test
- individual test
- group test
previous learning
achievement
potential for learning or acquiring a specific skills
aptitude
persons general potential to solve problems, adapt to changing circumstances, think abstractly, and profit from experience
intelligence
overt and covert dispositions of individual
personality test
self report
structured personality test
require the subject to choose between two or more alternative
structured personality test
stimulus (test materials) or required response or both are ambigous
projective personality test
all possible uses, applications, and underlying concepts of psychological and educational tests
Psychological Testing
the accuracy, dependability, consistency, or repeatability of test results
reliability
meaning and usefulness of test results
validity
act of giving a test
test administration
method of gathering information through verbal interaction, such as direct questions
interview
uses test batteries (two or more tests used in conjunction)
206BCE-220CE Han Dynasty
A national multistage testing program involved local and regional testing centers be equipped with special testing booths
1368-1644CE Ming Dynasty
Jean Esquirol distinguishes between mental illness and mental retardation
1838
Wilhelm Wundt uses calibrated pendulum to measure the speed of thought
1862
O. Edouard Seguin writes the first major textbook on the assessment and treatment of mental retardation
1866
Wundt funds the first experimental laboratory in psychology at Leipzig, Germany
1869
Francis Galton administers the first test battery to thousands of citizens at the International Health Exhibit
1884
James Mckeen Cattel uses the term mental test in announcing the agenda for his Galtonian test battery
1890
James Mckeen Cattel uses the term mental test in announcing the agenda for his Galtonian test battery
1896
Clark Wissler discovers that Cattellian brass instrument tests have no correlations with college grades
1901
Charles Spearmen proposes that intelligence consists of a single general factor and numerous specific factors
1904
Karl Pearson formulates the theory of correlation
1904
Alfred Binet and Theodore Simon Invent the first modern intelligence test
1905
Henry H. Goddard translates the Binet-Simon scales from French into English
1908
Stern introduces the IQ or Intelligence Quotient
1912
Lewis Terman revises the Binet-Simon; revisions appear in 1937, 1960, and 1986
1916
Robert Yerkes Spearheads development of the Army Alpha and Beta examinations used for testing WWI recruits
1917
Robert Woodworth develops the Personal Data Sheet, the first personality test
1918
Rorschach Test published
1920
Psychological corporation the first major test publisher, was founded by Cattell, Thorndike, and Woodworth
1921
The first scholastic aptitude test is published by the College Entrance Examination Board
1926
Test is released by Morgan and Murray at Harvard University
1935
L. l. Thurstone Proposes that intelligence consists of about seven group factors known as primary abilities
1938
Publishes the Raven’s Progressive Matrices, a nonverbal test reasoning intended to measure Spearman’s g factor
1938
Lauretta Bender Publishes the Bender Visual Motor Gestalt Test, a design-copying test of Visual Motor Integration
1938
Oscar Buros Publishes the first mental measurements yearbook
1938
The Wechsler-Bellevue Intelligence Scale is published; revisions are published in 1955 (WAIS), 1981 (WAIS-R), 1997 (WAIS-III)
1939
The Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory is published
1942