Psychology - Chapter 13

This is an example of an interest inventory

One way to build your confidence before taking a standardized test is to

Aspect of intelligence test in which the wording used may be more familiar to some people

Measures how much a person learned in a given subject or area

?? is a college admissions test

The Stanford-Binet test measure intelligence in terms of

Both nature and the environment have an impact on intelligence.

The ACT is an example of an aptitude test.

Proposes that intelligence is composed of interpersonal and intrapersonal intelligences

Ability of a test to give the same results under similar conditions

When an algebra teacher gives a test to measure how much her students have learned, it is a(n)

Difficulty of questions is changed as it tailors the test to the individual's performance

Proposes that intelligence involves analytical, creative, and practical skills

Ability to acquire new ideas and behavior to adapt to new situations is called intelligence.

The Thematic Apperception Test ask participants to tell stories about images in 20 cards.

College admissions test designed to find out whether an individual would make a good architect.

Unstructured test in which a person is asked to respond freely

A forced-choice test in which a person must select one of several answers

The Otis-Lennon test focuses on how a person take in information and makes decisions.

Estimates the probability that a person will be successful in learning a specific new skill

Ability of a test to measure what it is intended to measure

A system of ranking test scores that indicates the percentage of scores lower & higher.

A test designed to measure management ability. This test is said to be

According to the original Stanford-Binet a slow learner's chronological age is less than mental

The Rorschach inkblot test is an example of a projective personality test.

The number of items an individual get correct on a test is his/her percentile score.

A student learns she is ranked in the 85th percentile on her college entrance. This means

The psychologist proposed 8 types of intelligence

A test that is designed to predict how successful and happy a student might be in a career

Howard Gardner proposed a theory of multiple intelligences.

?? is a test that measures habits, fears, delusions, and symptoms of psychological disorders.

If two teachers grade the same test and assign the same score, the test is said to have

A test that is administered twice to the same person with very different results cannot be