Unit 1 Flashcards

1
Q

Test

A

Systematic procedure for measuring behavior

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2
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Functions of test

A

Allows to make broader statement

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3
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Where are tests used

A

Jobs school police department hospital

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4
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Test vs. assessment

A

Test: subset data collection
Assessment: overall process to make a decision

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5
Q

Domains of assessment

A

IQ
Cognitive
Job skills
Personality

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6
Q

Psy assessment assumptions

A

Can predict future behaviors

Fair and unbiased

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7
Q

Where did assessment start

A

China

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8
Q

Jesuits claim to fame

A

Came up with written exams

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9
Q

Phrenology

A

Bumps and grooves on a head and can tell diff traits about them

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10
Q

Psychophysics

A

How diff does something have to be

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11
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IQ testing and quotient

A

MA/CAx100 tests intelligence based on age

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12
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Military assessment

A

Personality tests to make decisions on who was qualified

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13
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My art vs mororla

A

Realized tests were culturally biased bc turning away African Americans but bc crest was unfair

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14
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20th century trends and 21st century trends

A

20 developing tests 21 technology and computers

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15
Q

Why we need stats

A

Make inferences about a population

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16
Q

Population

A

Big picture everyone

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17
Q

Sample

A

Small amount of the population

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18
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Scales of measurement

A

Nominal ordinal interval and ratio

19
Q

Celsius

20
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Course number

21
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Weight

22
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Grade level

23
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Gpa

24
Q

Teaching eval

25
Q

IQ score

26
Q

Purpose of factor analysis

A

Validate measures

Reduce data

27
Q

How did chinease contribute to pay assessment

A

It started bc of high population so they started to use tests to see who was best fit. They were the first to solve a problem with a test.

28
Q

Main purpose of psychological testing

A

Individual differences

29
Q

Negative correlation

A

High scores on x variable are associated with low scores on the y variable

30
Q

Psychological testing and testing in general

A

Impact nearly every faucet off daily life

31
Q

Sounded of psychology

32
Q

Major break through of cognitive ability

A

Binet-Simon scale

33
Q

Farenhiet

34
Q

Correlation coefficient

A

-1.0 - 1.0

35
Q

The scores in frequency distribution are arranged

A

On horizontal axis

36
Q

Primary purpose of factor analysis

A

Reduce larger set of variable to smaller composite set

37
Q

Wundt

A

Founder of psychology

38
Q

Binet and Simon

A

Declined IQ test

39
Q

Itard

A

Father of special education

40
Q

Gauss

A

Normal curve

41
Q

Yerkes

A

Military test

42
Q

Gall and spurzheim

A

Phrenology

43
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Weber and fechner

A

Psychophysics