Types of Tests
Intelligence
Psychologists
Psychometrics
Old Suff
100
Extremely difficult tests where it is unlikely that a person could answer all the questions correctly
What is Power Tests
100
Goal directed adaptive thinking
What is intellitgence
100
Psychologist that worked on teh importance of emotional intelligence.
Who is Daniel Goleman
100
Measures knowledge, abilities, attitudes, and personality traits. Primarily concerned with the study of differences between individuals.
What is psychometrics
100
The idea that incoming pain sensations must pass through a gate in the spinal cord.
What is the Gate-Control theory
200
These tests assess knowledge gained; the AP test is an example
What is Speed Tests
200
The three components of Robert Stemberg's Triarchic Theory of intelligence.
What is analytical, practical and creative intelligence
200
Most famous proponent of the idea of multiple intelligences.
Who is Howard Gardner
200
Measures how consistent a test is in the measurements it provides.
What is reliability
200
An overestimation of how much other people share our beliefs and behaviors.
What is the False-Consesus Bias
300
These tests assess knowledge gained; the AP test is an example.
What is Achievement Tests
300
Which intelligence test is geared for children ages 2 years to 7 years old.
What is WPPSI (Wechsler Preschool and Primary Scale of Intelligence)
300
Psychologist who used factor analysis.
Who is Charles Spearman
300
The extent that a test measures what it intends to measure.
What is validity
300
Located in the forebrain; controls the formation of all new memories
What is the Hippocampus
400
These tests evaluate a person’s abilities; the driving test before getting your license is an example.
What is Aptitude Test
400
The test that was originally created to measure child development but later became one of the 1st intelligence tests
What is Stanford-Biret scale
400
Psychologist who created the 7 factor descriptions in his theory of intelligence.
Who is Louis Thurstone
400
Standards of performance
What is a norm
400
The pioneer of classical conditioning
Who is Ivan Pavlov
500
An assessment that requires a person to perform a task than rather simply answer questions
What is Performance Test
500
The 8 multiple intelligences
What are logical, linguistic, spatial, kinesthetic, musical, intrapersonal, interpersonal, and naturalistic.
500
2 psychologists who developed the concepts of fluid and crystallized intelligence.
Who are John Horn and Raymond Cattell
500
Deals with the issue of how the general IQ scores of a population change over time.
What is the Flynn Effect
500
Rewards for intrinsic motivation
What is the Overjustification Effect
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