Z Unit 11.2 Psychology

Question 0

Stanford- Binet

Answer 0

Lewis Terman revised Binet’s test and extended it to adults

Question 1

Mental age

Answer 1

The level of performance typically associated with a certain chronological age

Question 2

Intelligence Quotient (IQ)

Answer 2

A person’s mental age divided by chronological age and multiplied by 100 to get rid of the decimal point

Question 3

Achievement tests

Answer 3

Intended to measure what you have learned

Question 4

Aptitude tests

Answer 4

Intended to predict your ability to learn a new skill

Question 5

Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale (WAIS)

Answer 5

The most widely used intelligence test

Question 6

Standardization

Answer 6

The process of defining meaningful scores relative to a protested group

Question 7

Normal curve

Answer 7

The symmetrical bell shaped curve that describes the distribution of many physical and psychological attributes

Question 8

Reliability

Answer 8

The extent to which a test yields consistent results as assessed by the consistency of scores on two halves of the test

Question 9

Validity

Answer 9

The extent to which a test measures or predicts what it is suppose to

Question 10

Content validity

Answer 10

The extent to which test samples the behavior that is of interest

Question 11

Predictive validity

Answer 11

The success with which a test predicts the behavior it is designed to predict. Criterion related validity