Standardized Intelligence has been a monumental breakthrough in Psychology. This instrument of psychology has been one of the most practiced inventions in the field. Alfred Binet is considered the father of standardized intelligence testing. In the early 1900’s‚ he conducted these tests on young children to identify learning disabilities. It has assisted the U.S. military place new recruits in their positions with the ASVAB‚ and since the SAT was enacted in 1926‚ millions of aptitude tests have been
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Introduction to Psychological Testing Korie Pacondo‚ PSY 475 August 18‚ 2014 Dr. Amy Logsdon This paper will denote what a test is and how it is utilized as well as if they are valid or reliable as well as explain their achievements to psychology to begin a test is a process that yields information about a sample of behavior or cognitive process in a quantified manner. While many have many different meanings of a test according to (Hogan‚ 2007). “While there
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____________________________________________________________ ___________ 1. Your professor asks you on what axis diabetes would fall under. You answer: A. Axis II. B. Axis I. C. Axis III.** D. Axis V. 2. Brian often interrupts his teacher while she is speaking and frequently forgets to complete his homework assignments. He also has difficulty taking turns in playground games with classmates. Brian most clearly exhibits symptoms of: A. obsessive-compulsive
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In the scenario provided‚ Sarah portrays several aspects of social psychology. The first is her attitude towards her curfew. She is shown to be obedient towards the curfew‚ but is persuaded by her new friends through the peripheral route because she likes them and‚ lastly‚ was having fun enough that she felt she could ignore her curfew. This also opens her up to cognitive dissonance in that she knows she needs to be obedient and obey her curfew but she also is having a good time with her friends
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Developmental Interview Questions: 1. Describe yourself. “I am 7 years old‚ I’m a girl. I have brown hair and brown eyes and I am in second grade. 2. Who is the most important person in your life? “My mom” 3. If you could change one thing about yourself‚ what would it be? “Being better at math” 4. Describe what you believe is the greatest invention/thing you’ve ever seen? “A computer because you can video-chat with your friends and you can type stuff
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Lecture 1 – Advertising (Jan. 9th‚ 2011) Why study advertising? * “Very considerable part of our total culture‚ not separable from any other activities of our world” (McLuhan) * All advertising advertises advertising What is sociology? How does it help us understand advertising? * Advertising shapes values/norms (fast food)‚ role/status (family)‚ group behaviour (beer)‚ social control (bed bugs ad in bus stops) * Reflects values of societies but emphasizes to behave in certain
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Week Two/August 26‚ 2010 Awareness and Learning • Identify processes related to sensing and perceiving information from the environment. • Describe factors that influence states of human consciousness. • Distinguish between different types of learning. Course Assignments 1. Readings • Read Ch. 4–6 of the text. • Read this week’s Electronic Reserve Readings. 2. Individual Assignment: Critical and Creative Thinking Questions I • Resources: Visualizing Psychology • Read questions
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information‚ concepts‚ and abstract symbols. Intelligence is a process of cognition. "Cognition refers to how we acquire‚ store‚ retrieve‚ and use knowledge" (Matlin‚ 1996). It involves the ability to think(cognitive tasks)‚ solve problems‚analyse situations and learn from experience Intelligence is an abstract concept-It cannot be observed but can be estimated only through individual’s performance on tests and real life situations INTELLIGENCE TESTING It is the estimation of a student’s current
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Spearman’s contribution to our understanding of Intelligence. Plan: * Introduction – definition of intelligence‚ and say what I am going to be talking about * Paragraph one /two– outline Spearman’s theory * Paragraph three/four – evaluate how organisations use Spearman’s theory * Paragraph five – evaluate strengths and weaknesses compared to Gardners theory * Conclusion – relate back to the question Essay Intelligence can be defined as “the capability of individuals
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Apart from testing intelligence‚ researchers were also interested in the question of what intelligence actually is. Today’s theories about intelligence are based on four approaches: 1) Psychometric theories try to answer the questions what forms intelligence takes and what its parts are. Important examples of such theories‚ mostly based on data collected from paper-and-pencil tests are: the Standford-Binet and the Wechsler Intelligence Scales (both for adults and children). Using data from such
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