Psych GRE - Measurement and
Methodology Exam Questions and
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(Alfred) Binet - ✔✔developed general IQ tests (BINET SCALE), designed test to
identify slow learners in need of remediation
Binet Scale - ✔✔IQ test; (mental age/chronological age)x100; highest age used in
computation is 16; Mean IQ of Americans is 100 with SD of 15 or 16
Stanford-Binet intelligence scale - ✔✔revised version of BINET SCALE; predictor of
future academic achievement; IQ correlates strongly with IQ of biological parents (not
adoptive parents) and SES of parents
(Lewis) Terman - ✔✔revised Binet's IQ test and established norms for American
children; tested group of young geniuses and followed in a longitudinal study that
lasted beyond his own lifetime to show that high IQ does not necessarily lead to
wonderful things in life
Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale (WAIS) - ✔✔the most widely used intelligence test for
adults; contains verbal and performance (nonverbal) subtests; current version is WAIS-
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,IV; for children: WECHSLER INTELLIGENCE SCALE FOR CHILDREN; for age 4-6:
WECHSLER PRESCHOOL AND PRIMARY SCALE OF INTELLIGENCE
Goodenough Draw-A-Person Test - ✔✔"Make a picture of a man. Make the very best
picture you can."; children scored based on detail and accuracy, not artistic talent
Horn and Cattell - ✔✔found FLUID INTELLIGENCE declines with old age while
CRYSTALLIZED INTELLIGENCE does not
Fluid intelligence - ✔✔our ability to reason speedily and abstractly; tends to decrease
during late adulthood (knowing how to do something)
Crystallized intelligence - ✔✔our accumulated knowledge and verbal skills; tends to
increase with age (knowing a fact)
(Robert) Zajonc - ✔✔studied relationship between birth order and intelligence; first
borns more intelligent than second borns, etc.; the more children in a family, the less
intelligent each child is; relationship affected by the spacing of the children
(Charles) Spearman - ✔✔intelligence; found that specific mental talents were highly
correlated, concluded that all cognitive abilities showed a common core which he
labeled 'g' (general ability); influenced by Sir Francis GALTON
(Sir Francis) Galton - ✔✔believed intelligence is quantifiable, normally distributed, and
influenced by heredity
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, (Howard) Gardner - ✔✔devised theory of multiple intelligences: logical-mathematic,
spatial, bodily-kinesthetic, intrapersonal, linguistic, musical, interpersonal, naturalistic;
broadened idea of intelligence beyond cognitive abilities
Emotional intelligence - ✔✔the ability to perceive, understand, manage, and use
emotions (both ones own and of others)
Achievement tests - ✔✔tests designed to assess what a person has learned
Aptitude tests - ✔✔tests designed to predict a person's future performance; aptitude is
the capacity to learn (some debate around affectiveness)
Objective tests - ✔✔Personality tests that are administered and scored in a standard
way; do not allow subjects to make their own answers
Structured tests - ✔✔tests that contain items with fixed responses; more objectively
scored than projective tests
Q-Sort - ✔✔an assessment technique in which you sort descriptors according to how
much they apply to you; typically sorts into a normal distribution; aka Q-measure
Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI) - ✔✔the most widely researched
and clinically used of all personality tests; Originally developed to identify emotional
disorders (still considered its most appropriate use), this test is now used for many
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Methodology Exam Questions and
Answers 100% Pass
(Alfred) Binet - ✔✔developed general IQ tests (BINET SCALE), designed test to
identify slow learners in need of remediation
Binet Scale - ✔✔IQ test; (mental age/chronological age)x100; highest age used in
computation is 16; Mean IQ of Americans is 100 with SD of 15 or 16
Stanford-Binet intelligence scale - ✔✔revised version of BINET SCALE; predictor of
future academic achievement; IQ correlates strongly with IQ of biological parents (not
adoptive parents) and SES of parents
(Lewis) Terman - ✔✔revised Binet's IQ test and established norms for American
children; tested group of young geniuses and followed in a longitudinal study that
lasted beyond his own lifetime to show that high IQ does not necessarily lead to
wonderful things in life
Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale (WAIS) - ✔✔the most widely used intelligence test for
adults; contains verbal and performance (nonverbal) subtests; current version is WAIS-
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,IV; for children: WECHSLER INTELLIGENCE SCALE FOR CHILDREN; for age 4-6:
WECHSLER PRESCHOOL AND PRIMARY SCALE OF INTELLIGENCE
Goodenough Draw-A-Person Test - ✔✔"Make a picture of a man. Make the very best
picture you can."; children scored based on detail and accuracy, not artistic talent
Horn and Cattell - ✔✔found FLUID INTELLIGENCE declines with old age while
CRYSTALLIZED INTELLIGENCE does not
Fluid intelligence - ✔✔our ability to reason speedily and abstractly; tends to decrease
during late adulthood (knowing how to do something)
Crystallized intelligence - ✔✔our accumulated knowledge and verbal skills; tends to
increase with age (knowing a fact)
(Robert) Zajonc - ✔✔studied relationship between birth order and intelligence; first
borns more intelligent than second borns, etc.; the more children in a family, the less
intelligent each child is; relationship affected by the spacing of the children
(Charles) Spearman - ✔✔intelligence; found that specific mental talents were highly
correlated, concluded that all cognitive abilities showed a common core which he
labeled 'g' (general ability); influenced by Sir Francis GALTON
(Sir Francis) Galton - ✔✔believed intelligence is quantifiable, normally distributed, and
influenced by heredity
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, (Howard) Gardner - ✔✔devised theory of multiple intelligences: logical-mathematic,
spatial, bodily-kinesthetic, intrapersonal, linguistic, musical, interpersonal, naturalistic;
broadened idea of intelligence beyond cognitive abilities
Emotional intelligence - ✔✔the ability to perceive, understand, manage, and use
emotions (both ones own and of others)
Achievement tests - ✔✔tests designed to assess what a person has learned
Aptitude tests - ✔✔tests designed to predict a person's future performance; aptitude is
the capacity to learn (some debate around affectiveness)
Objective tests - ✔✔Personality tests that are administered and scored in a standard
way; do not allow subjects to make their own answers
Structured tests - ✔✔tests that contain items with fixed responses; more objectively
scored than projective tests
Q-Sort - ✔✔an assessment technique in which you sort descriptors according to how
much they apply to you; typically sorts into a normal distribution; aka Q-measure
Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI) - ✔✔the most widely researched
and clinically used of all personality tests; Originally developed to identify emotional
disorders (still considered its most appropriate use), this test is now used for many
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