crash course #24 ap psych
✅✅-a test designed to assess what a person has learned
Achievement Test -
Aptitude Test - ✅✅-a test designed to predict a person's future performance;
aptitude is
the capacity to learn
bell curve - ✅✅-distribution of scores in which the bulk of the scores fall toward
the middle, with progressively fewer scores toward the "tails" or extremes
✅✅-the extent to which a test yields consistent results
Reliability -
Standardization - ✅✅-defining meaningful scores by comparison with the
performance of a
pretested group
Stereotype Threat - ✅✅-a self-confirming concern that one will be evaluated
based on a negative stereotype
Twin & Adoption Studies - ✅✅-proof that environment & genetics interact to
affect
intelligence
✅✅-The ability of a test to measure what it is intended to measure
Validity -
Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale (WAIS) - ✅✅-the WAIS is the most widely
used intelligence test; contains verbal and performance (nonverbal) subtests
Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children (WISC) - ✅✅ -widely used test
designed to measure the intelligence of children 6 years and older
✅✅-a test designed to assess what a person has learned
Achievement Test -
Aptitude Test - ✅✅-a test designed to predict a person's future performance;
aptitude is
the capacity to learn
bell curve - ✅✅-distribution of scores in which the bulk of the scores fall toward
the middle, with progressively fewer scores toward the "tails" or extremes
✅✅-the extent to which a test yields consistent results
Reliability -
Standardization - ✅✅-defining meaningful scores by comparison with the
performance of a
pretested group
Stereotype Threat - ✅✅-a self-confirming concern that one will be evaluated
based on a negative stereotype
Twin & Adoption Studies - ✅✅-proof that environment & genetics interact to
affect
intelligence
✅✅-The ability of a test to measure what it is intended to measure
Validity -
Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale (WAIS) - ✅✅-the WAIS is the most widely
used intelligence test; contains verbal and performance (nonverbal) subtests
Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children (WISC) - ✅✅ -widely used test
designed to measure the intelligence of children 6 years and older
