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Psychology Test

Chapters 7 8 9 & 11

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David Wechsler created what? Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale (WAIS)
He changed what for IQ scores? chagned the method of calculation for IQ scores
What requirements do psychological tests must meet? standardization, reliability & validity
What are Achievement and aptitude tests? two types of psychology tests
What can the norms /standards of an intelligence test follow? normal curve or normal distribution
What is acting ration, purposefully, dealing effectively called? Intelligence
What are intelligence tests designed to measure? Measures general mental abilities
Alfred Binet developed the first widely accepted what? Intelligence tests
Binet did not believe what about intelligence? That it was inborn or fixed or that it could be described by one number
For what country did Lewis Terman adapt Biner's test for? United states
Lewis Terman developed what concept? Intelligence quotient or IQ
What were group intelligence tests created for? Screening military recruits during World War 1
What is animal cognition? active field of research in comparative psychology
what is language's characteristics? Arbitrary symbols that can be shared by speakers, rule-based system,
What does language influence? Ones perceptions of others
Who was a French psychologist along with Theodore Simon, both developing the first widely used IQ test? Alfred Binet
A contemporary American psychologist = intelligence is not one but multiple independent intelligences Howard gardner
British psychologist advancing hteory of general intelligence is responsible for overall intellectual functioning Charles Spearman
AMerican Psychologist : IDs intelligence of analytic, creative & practical Robert Sternberg
American psychologist translates adapts Binet-simon intelligence tests to use in US. Lewis Termnan
Lousi L. Thurstone American psycholgosit who advanced theory that intelligence is composed of several primary mental abilities and can't be accuretly described by over all factors
American Psychologist: develops Wechsler Adult Intelligence scale David Wechsler
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