Unit 1

Question 1

Test

Answer 1

Systematic procedure for measuring behavior

Question 2

Functions of test

Answer 2

Allows to make broader statement

Question 3

Where are tests used

Answer 3

Jobs school police department hospital

Question 4

Test vs. assessment

Answer 4

Test: subset data collection
Assessment: overall process to make a decision

Question 5

Domains of assessment

Answer 5

IQ
Cognitive
Job skills
Personality

Question 6

Psy assessment assumptions

Answer 6

Can predict future behaviors

Fair and unbiased

Question 7

Where did assessment start

Answer 7

China

Question 8

Jesuits claim to fame

Answer 8

Came up with written exams

Question 9

Phrenology

Answer 9

Bumps and grooves on a head and can tell diff traits about them

Question 10

Psychophysics

Answer 10

How diff does something have to be

Question 11

IQ testing and quotient

Answer 11

MA/CAx100 tests intelligence based on age

Question 12

Military assessment

Answer 12

Personality tests to make decisions on who was qualified

Question 13

My art vs mororla

Answer 13

Realized tests were culturally biased bc turning away African Americans but bc crest was unfair

Question 14

20th century trends and 21st century trends

Answer 14

20 developing tests 21 technology and computers

Question 15

Why we need stats

Answer 15

Make inferences about a population

Question 16

Population

Answer 16

Big picture everyone

Question 17

Sample

Answer 17

Small amount of the population

Question 18

Scales of measurement

Answer 18

Nominal ordinal interval and ratio

Question 19

Celsius

Answer 19

Interval

Question 20

Course number

Answer 20

Nominal

Question 21

Weight

Answer 21

Ratio

Question 22

Grade level

Answer 22

Ordinal

Question 23

Gpa

Answer 23

Ratio

Question 24

Teaching eval

Answer 24

Interval

Question 25

IQ score

Answer 25

Interval

Question 26

Purpose of factor analysis

Answer 26

Validate measures | Reduce data

Question 27

How did chinease contribute to pay assessment

Answer 27

It started bc of high population so they started to use tests to see who was best fit. They were the first to solve a problem with a test.

Question 28

Main purpose of psychological testing

Answer 28

Individual differences

Question 29

Negative correlation

Answer 29

High scores on x variable are associated with low scores on the y variable

Question 30

Psychological testing and testing in general

Answer 30

Impact nearly every faucet off daily life

Question 31

Sounded of psychology

Answer 31

Wundt

Question 32

Major break through of cognitive ability

Answer 32

Binet-Simon scale

Question 33

Farenhiet

Answer 33

Interval

Question 34

Correlation coefficient

Answer 34

-1.0 - 1.0

Question 35

The scores in frequency distribution are arranged

Answer 35

On horizontal axis

Question 36

Primary purpose of factor analysis

Answer 36

Reduce larger set of variable to smaller composite set

Question 37

Wundt

Answer 37

Founder of psychology

Question 38

Binet and Simon

Answer 38

Declined IQ test

Question 39

Itard

Answer 39

Father of special education

Question 40

Gauss

Answer 40

Normal curve

Question 41

Yerkes

Answer 41

Military test

Question 42

Gall and spurzheim

Answer 42

Phrenology

Question 43

Weber and fechner

Answer 43

Psychophysics