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Mcgill PSYC 406 Lecture Notes Devices Questions For Success 2024
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Mcgill PSYC 406 Lecture Notes DevicesQuestions For Success 2024
Psychological Characteristics - ANS What, in a person, Psychological Tests are
measuring.
Experience Sampling - ANS Measure of some bit of behaviour, aiming for a
systematic behavioural sample.
Adult Attachment Interview - ANS An interview based on a Psychoanalytic
viewpoint of attachment. Requires interviewer to ask all kinds of questions about
entire life, early relationships, etc. of interviewee; very detailed.
Life History Interview - ANS An interview based on one's entire past. Broad and
deep, but harder to deal with on a quantitative or empirical level.
Construct - ANS An idea or a concept created by people; e.g. intelligence,
creativity, etc.
Edward Boring - ANS Said "Intelligence is nothing more than what tests of
intelligence measure."
Denny Borsboom - ANS Said "You can't measure something that doesn't exist."
, Reliability - ANS Consistency of measurement. That is, will the results repeat if the
experiment is repeated?
Validity - ANS Intention of measurement. That is, is what is being measured
actually what is intended on being measured?
Conditions - ANS The environment in and instruments with which Psychological
Testing occurs.
Scoring - ANS Outcomes of Psychological Tests based on pre-established, often
numerical, scale of measurement.
Group Standards - ANS Standard that a Psychological Personality Test is often
measuring relative to on a specific dimension.
Absolute Standards - ANS Standard that a Pass/Fail examination (e.g.,
Driver's/Pilot's Test) is often measuring wherein a specific level of performance is
required.
Performance Tests - ANS Tests for maximal ability to do something, e.g., IQ,
dexterity, etc.
Psychomotor Tests - ANS Performance Tests for aptitude.
Behaviour Tests - ANS Performance Tests for specific situations.
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