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Test and measurement
Chapter 1
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Measures human achievement, apitude, and/or intellegence | Human ability |
| Covert | this is within an individual and cannot be directly measured |
| Scales | relates to raw test scores to some theoretical or empircal distribution |
| a test that measures previous learning | achievement |
| measures an individuals potential for acquiring a certain skill | aptitude |
| the specific condition or status of an individual | state |
| in this type of test, an ambigous stimuli is presented | projective personality test |
| this type of test is given to a large group of people by one examiner (SAT) | group test |
| measures a persons ability to solve problems, adapt to changing circumstances, think abstractly | intelligence |
| enduring characteristics or tendencies to respond a certain way across situations | trait |
| a measurement tool or strategy used to quantify behavior or aid in the understanding and prediciton of behavior | test |
| Examinee is give an objective statement abotu his thoguth, feelings, or behaviors. True or false | structured personality test |
| Overt | observable traits |
| How were test batteries used during the ming Dynasty (1368-1644C.E) | A national multistage testing program used at local and regional test centers |
| US devloped the civil service testing in what year | 1885 |
| What year did the US use testing for competive goverment job | 1883 |
| Galtons individual diffences were applied to what apects | human sensory and motor funcitons. E.G. Reaction time, visual acquity, and physical strength |
| James Mckeen Cattell coined the term | Mental Test |
| What importan Ideas about psychological testing emerged from the collective work of Herbart, Weber, Fechner, and Wundt | Experimental Psychology. Testing requires rigourous control. |
| Binet Simon scale was invented in what year... and what was its purpos | 1905 to identify intellectually subnormal individuals |
| Binet Simon Scale of 1908 major addition was | Mental age concept |
| Standford Binet Scale was invented in what year | 1916 |
| 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 |
| Robert Yekes and others created | Army Alpha and Army Beta |
| Army Alpha and Army beta | reading ability, Beta was intelligence and illiterate adults |
| The first structured personality test was the | Woodwort personal date sheet |
| what is structured about a structured personality test | a definite and stimulus and specific alternative response that can be unequivically scored |
| What is the most widely used structured personality test and when was it developed | MMPI developed in 1943 |
| What is the date given for the birth of clinical pscyhology | 1949 |
| test are used in hospitals to asses brain injury | neuropsychology |
| Use test and surveys in a variety of medical settings | health psychology |
| Legal system to asses mental state as it relates to insanity | forensic psychology |
| asses childhood disorders | child pyschology |
| Who developed the earliest system for psychological testing | China |
| Charles Darwins book was | Orgin of Species |
| Frances Galton | Heredity genius, human individual differences |
| a standardization sample is a | comparison group |
| The 16PF was developed through | factor analysis |
| Representative sample | is one that comprises individuals similar to those for whom the test is to be used on. |
| Group test were fueled by | WWI |
| 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 |
| Personality test began just before | WWII |
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