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Chapter 2 History Flashcards

1
Q

Testing programs were first held in ____ as early
as 2200 B.C.E. for Civil Service

A

China

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2
Q

In 1733, this person introduced the basic notion of sampling error

A

Abraham De Moivre

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3
Q

In 1859, ________ argued that chance
variation in species would be selected or
rejected by nature according to adaptivity and
survival value

A

Charles Darwin

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4
Q

In 1866, ______ explored and quantified
individual differences between people. He classified people according to their “natural
gifts” and to ascertain their “deviation from an
average”

A

Francis Galton

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5
Q

This person Pioneered the use of the coefficient of correlation; a a statistical concept central to psychological experimentation and testing:

A

Francis Galton

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6
Q

This person developed Product-Moment
Correlation Technique

A

Karl Pearson

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7
Q

The first experimental psychology laboratory was founded by _______ in Germany

A

Wilhelm Wundt

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8
Q

_______ focused on how similar people are and
viewed individual differences as frustrating
source of error

A

Wilhelm Wundt

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9
Q

This person coined the term Mental Test

A

James McKeen Cattell

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10
Q

This person originated the concept of test reliability as well as building mathematical
framework for the statistical technique of factor
analysis

A

Charles Spearman

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11
Q

This person collaborated with Alfred Binet on
papers suggesting how mental tests could be
used to measure higher mental processes

A

Victor Henri

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12
Q

this person has early experimentation with the word association technique as a formal test

A

Emil Kraepelin

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13
Q

One of the founding founders of modern
psychiatry
▪ Classification and diagnosis of mental
disorders

A

Emil Kraepelin

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14
Q

This person is the founder of
Clinical Psychology and Founded the first psychological clinic in US

A

o Lightner Witmer

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15
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In 1895, they published several articles in which they argued for the measurement of abilities

A

Alfred Binet and Victor Henri

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16
Q

Who are the publisher of the first intelligence test?

A

Alfred Binet and Theodore Simon

17
Q

This type of test is designed to help identify Paris school children with intellectual Disability

A

Intelligence tests

18
Q

It comprises individuals similar to those for whom the test is to be used

A

▪ Representative Sample

19
Q

What year did the mental age determine?

A

1908

20
Q

This person revised Binet’s test for US use

A

L.M Terman

21
Q

In 1939____ introduced Adult intelligence tests

A

David Wechsler

22
Q

According to Wechsler_____was aggregate or the global capacity of the individual to act purposefully, to think rationally, and to deal effectively with his environment

A

Intelligence

23
Q

This person devised his intelligence test into a group intelligence test in response to the US Military’s need for screening recruits for WWI

A

Binet

24
Q

Who are people behind army tests for recruits?

A

Lewis M. Terman, Robert M. Yerkes, and others

25
Q

This type of military test is used for literate folks

A

Army Alpha

26
Q

This type of military test is used for illiterate folks

A

Army Beta

27
Q

This person was assigned the task of
developing a measure of adjustment and
emotional stability that could be administered
quickly and efficiently to groups of recruits in military

A

Robert Woodworth

28
Q

This test is disguised as a Personal data sheet. It is the first self-report measure of personality to identify soldiers at risk for shell shock

A

Woodworth Psychoneurotic Inventory

29
Q

A type of personality test in which an individual is assumed to project onto some ambiguous
stimulus of his or her unique feelings

A

Projective Tests

30
Q

This person developed Roscharch Inkblot tests

A

Hermann Rorschach

31
Q

These person developed Thematic Apperception Test

A

Henry Murray & Christiana Morgan

32
Q

In 1943 ________was published
▪ to use empirical methods to determine the
meaning of a test response

A

Minnesota Multiphasic Personality
Inventory

33
Q

It is a method of finding the minimum
number of dimensions (factors) to account for a
large number of variables

A

Factor Analysis

34
Q

This person made the first serious attempt to
use factor analytic technique in the development of a structured personality test

A

J.R. Guilford

35
Q

This person introduced the 16PF

A

Raymond Cattell

36
Q

Beginning of year____, several major branches of applied psychology emerged such as neuro-psych, health psych, forensic psych, and child psych

A

1980s

37
Q

They are susceptible to cultural bias in conducting Psychological tests

A

Immigrants and multicultural countries

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