Exam II Review

Psychological Measurements

Chapter 8 – Interviewing

            Social facilitation

            Keeping interaction flowing (open vs. closed ended questions)

            Halo effect

Chapter 9 – Theories of Intelligence and the Binet Scales

            Problems in defining intelligence (role of socioeconomic status)

            Spearman’s g (general mental ability)

            Age differentiation

            Gf-gc theory of intelligence (fluid and crystallized intelligence) – recognize both

            Measurements of intelligence (IQ and deviation IQ) – know difference

            Most recent 2003 version: distribution of verbal and nonverbal scales

            Basal, ceiling, start points – know definitions

Chapter 10 – Wechsler Intelligence Scales

            Wechsler’s definition of intelligence; criticism of Binet

            Scoring of the WAIS-III

            Subtests: picture completion, working memory, processing speed

            Psychometric properties of the WAIS-III – strong; reliability of subtests is questionable)

            Advantages/disadvantages

            Versions for various age groups (WISC-IV; WIPPSI-III)

Chapter 11 – Other Individual Tests

            Why use other tests?

            Properties of commonly used scales for infants and young children – Bayley, McCarthy

            Assessments for special populations - Columbia

            Information processing model – ITPA; test for learning disabilities

            Bender Visual Motor Gestalt

            WRAT-3

Chapter 12 – Standardized Group Tests

            Differences between aptitude and achievement

            Role of criterion-oriented evidence

            Group vs. individual tests

            Group achievement tests (K-12)

            GRE, MAT, and LSAT (psychometric properties)

Graduate school selection

            Raven Progressive Matrices (nonverbal; minimizes language effects)

            Goodenough-Harris Drawing Test (individual or group)