Testing and Individual Differences

MONDAY, FEBRUARY 24 - DAY 7

PURCHASE REVIEW BOOK - WILL BE USED FOR HW AND CLASS

AIM: CHAPTER 7 EXAM ON THINKING, LAGUAGE AND PROBLEM SOLVING

CH11 HW1: Text Book PP. 456-461

1. How do you define intelligence? Your definition - not the text

2. Why is it difficult measuring intelligence?

3. What was the purpose of Alfred Binet and Theodore Simon's Intelligence Test?

4. How is IQ measured under the Stanford-Binet IQ test?

5. Why did intelligence testing become popular here in the United States?

6. What do you think is the danger of these type of tests?

7. What role did Lewis Terman play in psychometrics?

8. If you have a MA of 15 and a CA of 12 what is your IQ according to the Stanford Binet Intelligence Test?

9. How did Terman account for adults measured IQ tests using Binet's formula?

10. How did Weschler measure intelligence? WAIS, WISC, WPPSI

11. If you have an IQ of 130 what percentile would you be in? 70? 100?

12. How does the Weschler Test (WAIS) differ from the Stanford-Binet test?

TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 25 - DAY 1

CH11 HW 2: Text book - pp. 463-466

1. How does savant syndrome contradict the idea of a single type of intelligence? -
2. Define the term psychometrics.
3. Describe Charles Spearman's thesis on intelligence.
4. Where do neuroscientists believe the G Factor resides?
5. How does Spearman differ from Cattell's view of intelligence?
6. Which one of the Cattel's intelligences is your strength? Why?
7. Why are Spearman and Cattell''s views considered a psychometrician view?
8. What is the cognitive view of intelligence?
9. Explain Sternberg's cognitive view of intelligence.
10. Which of the three types of Sternberg's Model of Intelligence , is your weakness? Why?

TEST IS THURSDAY, MARCH 5 - CHAPTER 11 AND 2

WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 26 - DAY 1

AIM:How has intelligence been defined?

CH11HW 3

1. Create a visual diagram of Gardner's multiple intelligence. - DO NOT CUT AND PASTE!
2. Identify and explain the three new ones Gardner included in his recent book, Intelligence Reframed. Do you think they should be included?
3. Review
4. Explain how culture influences how intellgence is defined.
5. How do the Cree define intelligence?
6. What is backwards knowledge?
7. Explain how self-fulfilling prophecy would impact on intelligence.
8. Why is the Rosenthal and Jacobson study important to educators

PRACTICE KAHOOT with Game PIN: 4810654

TEST IS THURSDAY, MARCH 5 - CHAPTER 11 AND 2

THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 27 DAY 3

AIM: How to interpret IQ scores?

CH2 HW1 pp. 43-48

1. Why do researchers use statistics?

2. Define the following

• Frequency Distribution
• Histogram
• Descriptive statistics
• Measures of Central Tendency
• Mean
• Median
• Mode
• Measures of Variability
• Range
• Standard Deviation
• Normal Distribution

3. What is a rule of thumb in determining the size of the Standard Deviation?

4. Define the term correlation

5. Look at the three scatterplots on top of page 48, what is the difference between the three?

6. What is a correlation coefficient?

PRACTICE KAHOOT

TEST IS THURSDAY, MARCH 5 - CHAPTER 11 AND 2

FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 28 - DAY 4

HW:CH2HW2 Read Text pp. 28-34

1. What is a skewed distribution (Negative and Positive)
2. Explain the difference between a positive, negative and zero correlation.
3. WORKSHEET DUE
4. Identify why empirical investigations make psychology a real science.
5. How does scientific theory differ from the vernacular term?
6. Identify the 5 steps of the scientific method.
7. Why are operational definitions extremely important in the scientific method?
8. What is the difference between the independent and dependent variable in an experiment?
9. A key step in research is replication. Why would operational definitions be important for this step?
10. What is the difference between the experimental and control group?
11. Identify three types of variables found in an experiment
12. Why is it important to have controls in an experiment?
13. Why would random selection be important in determining your sample?
14. What is the difference between random assignment and random selection?

TEST IS THURSDAY, MARCH 5

Monday, March 3

PRACTICE TEST : DUE TOMORROW- Please follow directions

TEST ON THURSDAY - IMPORTANT YOU REVIEW THESE QUESTIONS

ASSIGNMENTS FOR OTHER CHAPTERS WILL ALL BE BASED ON REVIEW BOOK - MUST BE PURCHASED BY FRIDAY!

Tuesday, March 4

PRACTICE TEST 2 : DUE TOMORROW- Please follow directions

TEST ON THURSDAY - IMPORTANT YOU REVIEW THESE QUESTIONS

ASSIGNMENTS FOR OTHER CHAPTERS WILL ALL BE BASED ON REVIEW BOOK - MUST BE PURCHASED BY FRIDAY!

Thursday, March 5

TEST IN CLASS

CH2HW3 - pp. 33-37

1. Explain each of the following non-experimental designs used in psychology. Identify strengths and weakness of each type of study and be sure to explain why each of them do not fit the criteria of an experiment.

• ex post facto studies
• correlational studies
• naturalistic study
• longitudinal study
• cross sectional study
• cohort- sequential study

2. Explain how the following could affect observations in research

• Expectancy Bias
• Personal Bias
• Double Blind Study

3. Explain how each of these can contribute to flaws in an experiment

• Participant Bias
• Expectancy Bias

4. How do experimenters control for bias?

ASSIGNMENTS FOR OTHER CHAPTERS WILL ALL BE BASED ON REVIEW BOOK - MUST BE PURCHASED BY FRIDAY!

Friday, March 6

Aim: Why are people so difficult to study?

CH2HW4: COMPLETE ASSIGNMENT

ASSIGNMENTS FOR OTHER CHAPTERS WILL ALL BE BASED ON REVIEW BOOK - MUST BE PURCHASED BY FRIDAY!

HW FOR MONDAY NIGHT :) & RELAX!!!!

Tuesday, March 10

AIM: review the exerimental method

CH2HW4: Big Pharma Drug Company is conducting research of their new drug Attendomax to improve the note-taking behavior of college students diagnosed with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder. 50 of the students receive capsules contain Attendomax, another 50 receive capsules which look the same but actually contain the drug Ritalin which has been used for many years. All students attend the same series of lectures and have their notes collected afterwards. Notes are scored for completeness and accuracy.

USE THE FOLLOWING TERMS TO EXPLAIN THE EXPERIMENT

1. How would you avoid sampling bias? Selection bias?
2. How can you avoid confirmation bias?
3. How can you avoid experimenter or participant bias?
4. How can you avoid observer bias aka Hawthorne effect?
5. How can you avoid the social desirability effect?
6. How do you avoid the Placebo effect?

QUIZ TOMORROW

We will use the review book for Wednesday's HW - Developmental Psychology.

Understanding Correlation

Correlation Coefficient

Scatterplot and Correlation Coefficients

Quiz Me

Scatterplots

Explaining Correlations / The third variable problem