Testing

1. Identify and explain the two methods to evaluate test results

2. Define the following terms in relationship to testing

face validity

content validity

item analysis

criterion validity

test-retest reliability

split half reliability

3. Explain what a standardized test is

4. What is a normal curve in intelligence tests?

5. Identify two major types of tests psychologists use.

6.Check your understanding 1-3

Tuesday, January 11

Aim: Return personality tests

Class discussion on elements of intelligence

Wednesday, January 12

No classes Snow Day

Thursday, January 13

Aim: What is the purpose of intelligence tests?

HW: Read text pp. read pp. 456-463

1. What role did Binet and Simon play in the IQ test?
2. What are the 4 features of their approach to assessing IQ?
3. Why did America adopt the IQ test?
4. What ethical issues would emerge as a result of this testing?
5. Describe Lewis Termin's approach to testing intelligence?
6. What changes were implemented?
7. Describe the WAIS and WISC tests administered today?
8. How well did you do on the sample test?
9. What problems emerged in the IQ formula?

Friday, January 14

Aim: Why did IQ tests emerge?

Reviewed Standard Deviation, Range, Mean, Median, and Mode / How to find the SD and interpret z scores

HW read pp. 469 -476

1. Why is the nature nurture controversy tied to the question of IQ discrepancies?
2. What were the shortcomings of the assessment tests administered in the US in the 1920s?
3. What evidence shows us that intelligence is influenced by heredity?
4. What evidence shows that intelligence is influenced by the environment?
5. Define heritability and how does this differ from heredity?
6. What is the Jensen Controversy?
7. What was the purpose and result of the Scar and Weinberg Adoption Study?
8. How does social class impact on IQ?
9. What is the purpose of Head Start?
10. Is there a test bias inherent in IQ tests? Explain
11. Why was The Bell Curve so controversial in the 1990s?
12. What errors did Herrnstein and Murray commit in developing their thesis?
13. How has the IQ assessment played a role in eugenics in the early part of our history in the 20th century?

Tuesday, January 18

Aim: Why is there so much controversy over IQ?

Read pp463-465

1. What is savant syndrome?
2. Explain Spearman's G Factor
3. Describe the two types of intelligence described by Raymond Cattell
4. Explain Sternberg's Triarchic Theory of intelligence. Which of these three is your strength? Explain

Wednesday, January 19

Aim: Describe the intelligence theories of the 20th century.

HW: Read pp. 465-466

1. Create a collage / picture / wheel of Gardner's Multiple Intelligences -
2. How would this theory impact on education?

Thursday, January 20

Aim: Why is Howard Gardner's Multiple Intelligence integral in educational theory?

Read pp. 466-468

1. How does the west differ in its understanding of intelligence?
2. What did John Berry's study of the Cree people reveal about cultural differences?
3. How does self-fulfilling prophecy influence test performance?
4. How woulod tracking or leveling hurt students using the data from Rosenthal and Jacobson's study?

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