Unit 11 Testing and Individual Differences

Outcomes:
1. Understand how psychological tests providing insights into human behavior in a reliable and valid manner.
2. Understand how intelligence can be defined.

Myers PP Presentation
Topic and Activities

1. Reliability and Validity
Class Discussion
Text pp. 292-295

2. Types of Tests :
Group and Graphic Organiser that depicts the various types of tests and cites examples of
each. Read pp. 295-298, 303-309

3. Defining Intelligence
Overview of IQ testing
PowerPoint Presentation Intellegence: Major Issues
Weblog Entry: What is an intelligent person?
Research Garderner’s Theory of Multiple Intelligence, Sternberg’s triarchic theory and emotional intelligence . Your posting should outline your own reflections, discuss the various psychological theories you have researched and reach a conclusion about what is an intelligent.

4. Review a) Video: Testing and Intelligence

Focus: List the various types of test you have undertaken in recent years: How well do they reflect you and your abilities?