Core Concepts
Crystalized = Facts and achievement
Fluid = problem solving and aptitude
What are two pros of a computer administered exam?
Pro: people will divulge more info, the computer is unbiased, easily scored
What is Spearman known for?
g
Is the Gesell Development Schedules used for measuring milestones or predicting when someone will hit their next milestones?
Measuring, it isn't very good at prediction
Give an advantage and disadvantage of tests made for special populations
Disadvantages: Cost prohibitive, weaker psychometric properties, not as generalizable
Advantages: Better than mainstream standardized tests, useful for diagnosing and helping implement correct interventions, less reliant on achievement
Which are 'good' Content Validity Ratios?
-.8
0
.8
.8
An interviewing wants to implement the Ping-Pong theory of interviewing what does this mean?
There is a focus on keeping the interaction going
What is Wechsler's idea of a 'point scale'?
Points are assigned to each item in a tests, making it easier to group items together as well.
What is the Brazelton Neonatal Assessment used for?
Assessing newborns, especially a personalized behavioral and personality overview. Bad for predicting intelligence.
IF someone is bi-lingual, what language should we adminsiter the test to them in?
Their native language if the test has been translated (reliably and validly)
What is the formula for IQ?
(Mental Age / Chronological Age) x100
Define the Rosenthal, Pygmalion, and Halo effects
Rosenthal = Pygmalion = Experimental puts their expectations onto the testee
Halo = We overestimate someone else's traits based upon one single trait (physically attractive must mean they are smart)
Explain how Binet implemented his "age of differentiation" idea
He would create items that 66-75% of one age group could answer, giving us a platform of how to compare children of the same age.
the basal/ceiling is when the testee has hit mastery while the basal/ceiling is when the subtest is discontinued
Basel; Ceiling (no longer answering correctly)
Arithmetic and Digit span are all part of which section in the WAIS-IV?
Verbal Comprehension, Perceptual Reasoning, Working Memory, Processing Speed
Working Memory
Which is an example of content, criterion, and construct validity?
How the GRE predicts graduate school success
How a test covers all 7 Harry Potter Books
How a test aligns with the other 'theory'
Criterion: How the GRE predicts graduate school success
Content: How a test covers all 7 Harry Potter Books
Construct: How a test aligns with the other 'theory'
Judgement
Which person was more likely to consider cognitive decline when creating tests? And which person didn't like the idea of a single score representing someone's intelligence?
Wechsler; Wechsler
Name 3 of the give areas that the Bayley Scales of Infant Development tests?
Cognitive, language, motor, social-emotional, and adaptive
Block Design, Visual Puzzles, Matrix Reasoning are all part of which section in the WAIS-IV?
Verbal Comprehension, Perceptual Reasoning, Working Memory, Processing Speed
Perceptual Reasoning
What is the 'psychometric approach' to measuring intelligence?
Examines the elemental structure of a test, its correlates, and underlying dimensions
Which is more reliable, structured or unstructued interviews, and by how much more?
Structured are twice as reliable
What are the three areas Binet believed that intelligence expresses itself through?
Judgment, Attention, Reasoning
If a student is suspected of having a learning disability which test would we implement?
Woodcock-Johnson IV
What is stereotype threat? How does it occur?
Scoring lower on a test due to anxiety that you will confirm a negative expectation or belief about your social group (race, ethnicity, gender, geographic location, hair color, social affiliation, etc.)