W1 Chapter 1A - Types Of Tests

Question 1

What are the 2 types of tests?

Answer 1

1. Group tests
2. Individual tests

Question 2

What are group tests?

Answer 2

Largely written measures suitable for testing large groups if people at the same time

Question 3

What are individual tests?

Answer 3

Instruments that by their design must be administered one on one

Question 4

What is an important advantage of individual tests?

Answer 4

The examiner can gauge the level of motivation of the subject and assess the relevance of other factors (impulsiveness our anxiety)

Question 5

What are the 8 categories of tests?

Answer 5

1. Intelligence tests
2. Aptitude tests
3. Achievement tests
4. Creativity tests
5. Personality tests
6. Interest Inventories
7. Behavioural Procedures
8. Neuropsychological tests

Question 6

What are intelligence tests?

Answer 6

A measure of an individuals ability in areas such as verbal comprehension, perceptual organisation or reasoning

Question 7

What are Aptitude tests?

Answer 7

A measure of an individual’s capability for a relatively specific task or skill

Question 8

What are Achievement tests?

Answer 8

A measure of a person’s degree of learning, success or accomplishment in a subject or task

Question 9

What are Creativity tests?

Answer 9

Assessments of novel, original thinking and the capacity to find unusual solutions for vague problems

Question 10

What are Personality tests?

Answer 10

A measure of an individual’s traits or behaviours that determine a person’s individuality

Question 11

What are Interest Inventories?

Answer 11

A measure of an individual’s preference for certain activities or topics

Question 12

What are Behavioural Procedures?

Answer 12

Measures that objectively describe and count frequency of behaviour, identifying the antecedents and consequences of the behaviour

Question 13

What are neuropsychological tests?

Answer 13

A measure of an individual’s cognitive, sensory, perceptual and motor performance to determine the extent, locus and behavioural consequences of brain damage

Question 14

What 4 task used in the Binet-Simon scales of intelligence made it successful?

Answer 14

1. word definitions
2. Memory for designs
3. Comprehension questions
4. Spatial visualisation tasks

Question 15

What are the 2 varieties of Aptitude tests?

Answer 15

1. Single aptitude tests
2. Multiple aptitude test batteries

Question 16

What are 3 areas where aptitude tests are used to predict success?

Answer 16

1. Occupation
2. Training course
3. Educational endeavour

Question 17

What is the most common use of aptitude tests?

Answer 17

College admissions.

Question 18

What is the purpose of an achievement test?

Answer 18

To determine how much of the subject matter the person has absorbed or mastered

Question 19

What is the distinction between aptitude and achievement tests?

Answer 19

The difference is in their use as a test can sometimes both a predictor of success (aptitude) or an indicator of mastery (achievement)

Question 20

What type of thinking is required for creativity tests?

Answer 20

Divergent thinking

Question 21

What is divergent thinking and how is convergent thinking different?

Answer 21

Divergent thinking involves putting forward a variety of answers to a complex problem.
Whereas convergent thinking is finding the single correct solution to a well defined problem

Question 22

What do sceptical psychometricians believe creativity of another label for?

Answer 22

Applied intelligence

Question 23

What is the explicit assumption of interest inventories?

Answer 23

That interest patterns determine and predict job satisfaction