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Chapter 1

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Measures human achievement, apitude, and/or intellegence   Human ability  
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Covert   this is within an individual and cannot be directly measured  
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Scales   relates to raw test scores to some theoretical or empircal distribution  
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a test that measures previous learning   achievement  
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measures an individuals potential for acquiring a certain skill   aptitude  
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the specific condition or status of an individual   state  
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in this type of test, an ambigous stimuli is presented   projective personality test  
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this type of test is given to a large group of people by one examiner (SAT)   group test  
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measures a persons ability to solve problems, adapt to changing circumstances, think abstractly   intelligence  
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enduring characteristics or tendencies to respond a certain way across situations   trait  
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a measurement tool or strategy used to quantify behavior or aid in the understanding and prediciton of behavior   test  
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Examinee is give an objective statement abotu his thoguth, feelings, or behaviors. True or false   structured personality test  
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Overt   observable traits  
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How were test batteries used during the ming Dynasty (1368-1644C.E)   A national multistage testing program used at local and regional test centers  
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US devloped the civil service testing in what year   1885  
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What year did the US use testing for competive goverment job   1883  
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Galtons individual diffences were applied to what apects   human sensory and motor funcitons. E.G. Reaction time, visual acquity, and physical strength  
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James Mckeen Cattell coined the term   Mental Test  
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What importan Ideas about psychological testing emerged from the collective work of Herbart, Weber, Fechner, and Wundt   Experimental Psychology. Testing requires rigourous control.  
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Binet Simon scale was invented in what year... and what was its purpos   1905 to identify intellectually subnormal individuals  
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Binet Simon Scale of 1908 major addition was   Mental age concept  
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Standford Binet Scale was invented in what year   1916  
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What need spurred the deman for the development of large-scale group tests during the WWI   quick and efficient way of evaluation the emotional and intellectual  
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Robert Yekes and others created   Army Alpha and Army Beta  
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Army Alpha and Army beta   reading ability, Beta was intelligence and illiterate adults  
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The first structured personality test was the   Woodwort personal date sheet  
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what is structured about a structured personality test   a definite and stimulus and specific alternative response that can be unequivically scored  
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What is the most widely used structured personality test and when was it developed   MMPI developed in 1943  
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What is the date given for the birth of clinical pscyhology   1949  
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test are used in hospitals to asses brain injury   neuropsychology  
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Use test and surveys in a variety of medical settings   health psychology  
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Legal system to asses mental state as it relates to insanity   forensic psychology  
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asses childhood disorders   child pyschology  
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Who developed the earliest system for psychological testing   China  
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Charles Darwins book was   Orgin of Species  
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Frances Galton   Heredity genius, human individual differences  
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a standardization sample is a   comparison group  
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The 16PF was developed through   factor analysis  
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Representative sample   is one that comprises individuals similar to those for whom the test is to be used on.  
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Group test were fueled by   WWI  
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standardized achievement test were what, and when were they developed   1923 - WWI, they are test the provide multiple choice questions that are standardized on a large sample to produce norms against which the results of new examinees can be compared  
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Personality test began just before   WWII  
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