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Chapter 9 Outline Notes Psychology Weiten 7th Edition

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Grant Clay Period 3 10/19/08 AP Psychology Outline Chapter 9: Intelligence & Psychological Testing Red ? Definition Blue - Important Points Green - Important People & Contributions Key Concepts in Psychological Testing Psychological Test ? Standardized Measure of a Sample of a Person?s Behavior. Used to Measure Individual Differences. Types of Tests Mental Ability Tests Intelligence Tests ? Measure General Mental Ability. Aptitude Tests ? Measure Specific Types of Mental Abilities. Verbal Reasoning, Perceptual Speed, Accuracy, etc. Achievement Test ? Measure a Person?s Mastery and Knowledge of Various Subjects. Reading English, History, etc. Personality Tests ? Measure Various Aspects of Personality, including Motives, Interests, Values, and Attitudes.

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Chapter 8: Cognition and Intelligence Types of Problems Problems of inducing structure Series completion and analogy problems Problems of arrangement String problem and Anagrams Often solved through insight Problems of transformation Hobbits and orcs problem Water jar problem Figure 8.1 Six standard problems used in studies of problem solving Effective Problem Solving Barriers to effective problem solving: Irrelevant Information Functional Fixedness Mental Set Unnecessary Constraints Figure 8.7 The tower of Hanoi problem Figure 8.8 Solutions to the additional water jar problems Approaches to Problem Solving Trial-and-error Heuristics Forming subgoals Searching for analogies Changing the representation of a problem Figure 8.11 Solution to the Buddhist monk problem

Intelligence and Psychological Testing

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Grant Clay Period 3 10/19/08 AP Psychology Outline Chapter 9: Intelligence & Psychological Testing Red ? Definition Blue - Important Points Green - Important People & Contributions Key Concepts in Psychological Testing Psychological Test ? Standardized Measure of a Sample of a Person?s Behavior. Used to Measure Individual Differences. Types of Tests Mental Ability Tests Intelligence Tests ? Measure General Mental Ability. Aptitude Tests ? Measure Specific Types of Mental Abilities. Verbal Reasoning, Perceptual Speed, Accuracy, etc. Achievement Test ? Measure a Person?s Mastery and Knowledge of Various Subjects. Reading English, History, etc. Personality Tests ? Measure Various Aspects of Personality, including Motives, Interests, Values, and Attitudes.
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