Unit 5 Personality Flashcards
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Tyce
The ability of a test to give the same results under similar conditions
Reliability
The ability of a test to measure what it is intended to measure
Validity
Ranking of test scores that indicates the ratio of scores lower and higher than a given score
Percentile System
Standards of comparison for test results developed by giving the test to large, well defined groups of people
Norms
The ability to acquire new ideas and new behavior, and to adapt to new situations
Intelligence
Proposes that two factors contribute to an individual’s intelligence
Two-factor theory
Proposes that intelligence can be divided into three ways of processing information
Triarchic theory
Includes four major aspects of interpersonal and intrapersonal intelligence
Emotional Intelligence
Standardized measure of intelligence based on a scale in which 100 is average
Intelligence quotient (iq)
The degree to which a characteristic is related to inherited genetic factors
Heritability
An aspect of an intelligence test in which the wording used in questions may be more familiar to people of one social group than to an other group
Cultural Bias
Estimates the probability that a person will be successful in learning a specific new skill
Aptitude test
Measures how mocha person has learned in a given subject or area
Achievement test
Measures a persons preferences and attitudes in a wide variety of activities to identify areas of likely success
Interest Inventory
Assess an individuals characteristics and identifies problems
Personality Test
A limited or forced-choice test in which a person must select one of several answers
Objective Test
An unstructured test in which a person is asked to respond freely, giving his or her own interpretation of various ambiguous stimuli
Projective Test
The part of the mind that contains material of which we are unaware but that strongly influences conscious processes and behaviors
Unconscious
The part of the unconscious personality that contains our needs, drives, instincts, and repressed material
I’d
The part of the personality that is touch with reality and strives to meet the demands of the id and the superego in socially acceptable ways
Ego
The part of the personality that is the source of conscience and counteracts the socially undesirable impulses of the id
Superego
Certain specific means by which the ego unconsciously protects itself against unpleasant impulses or circumstances
Defense Mechanisms
The consistent, enduring, and unique characteristics of a person
Personality
