Who can administer a psychological test

- More complex test like IQ tests requires advanced graduate level training. To get the test, you
have proved that you have gained enough experience and qualification to administer the test.
- We must make sure people don’t have easy access to the tests.
- Lawyers would try to gain access to the psychological tests.
- Business companies try to gain access and try to sell it to their clients. “Test Prep” companies
- Government has widespread powers. Teachers are allowed to do cognitive tests and intelligence
tests. They don’t have any experience in psychological testing.

Cognitive tests.

1) Intelligence tests (general mental ability).

Highly linked to performance and school.

2) Aptitude tests (specific mental abilities that help to predict the future performance).

3) Achievement tests (specific mental abilities, mastery of knowledge/past learning).

4) Neuropsychological tests (focusing and assessing on specific brain functions in many different
areas).

What is Intelligence

- Are unique to psychology.

- Controversial definitions
- What exactly constitutes intelligence and what should be measured by intelligence tests.
- Street Intelligence

Theories of Intelligence

1) Factor Intelligence
Spearman: General Intelligence
Thurstone: intelligence is many unrelated things (specific intelligence)

Cattell’s two-factor theory

Fluid ability- genetically based ability
Crystalized ability- culture bound learning (what you are exposed to in your particular
environment).

Hierarchical factor theories

g- general ability

Information processing theories

Sensory memory
Working memory
Long term memory