P+I: Psychometrics

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Last updated 10:23 AM on 4/20/26
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What are Psychometrics?

Measures designed to assess differences among people in terms of abilities, attributes, and characteristics. Also deals with the design, administration, and interpretation.

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Who was Francis Galton?

  • Darwin’s cousin

  • Studied intelligence functioning and whether it was inherited

  • Father of eugenics

  • First lab for psych testing

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Why study psychometrics?

Theory testing & the scientific method

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What is a Psychological Test?

A measurement device/technique that uses systematic procedures to quantify behaviour or to help in the understanding & prediction of behaviour