IQ's Corner: September 2021

Thursday, September 30, 2021

A critical review of antecedents of psychological measurement: Is it necessary to revisit or reorganized the foundations Psychometry? | Journal of Basic and Applied Psychology Research

A critical review of antecedents of psychological measurement: Is it necessary to revisit or reorganized the foundations Psychometry? | Journal of Basic and Applied Psychology Research
https://repository.uaeh.edu.mx/revistas/index.php/jbapr/article/view/6774

The purpose of present essay was revisited and supplemented antecedents on psychological measurement and analyzed his foundations in a scientific perspective. This review includes since early great pioneers of measurement at the beginning of nineteen century to the principal contributions of psychometrics in the middle of twenty century. The researcher' knowledge on the Science History in general and the analysis of theories and methodological antecedents of their discipline are very important to an integral scientific' formation. The problems and challenges of science are showed an interdisciplinary approach that permits the comprehension of scientific concepts and methods, to improve and reorganized each discipline with a broad and new perspective. The roots of Psychometry included pioneers and contributors in Mathematical, Statistical, and Experimental Sciences, who's had persisted with creativity in the development of theories, methods, models, technics and procedures to construct psychological measurements in social and behavioral sciences. Since the Rasch' Model and the Item Response Theory, among others advances in multivariate statistics, the modern Psychometry have theories, models, applied strategies and methods to document validity and reliability evidence. Psychometrics today, counts with standards to guide best practices in test development and validation in behavioral sciences

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Kevin S. McGrew, PhD
Educational & School Psychologist
Director
Institute for Applied Psychometrics (IAP)
https://www.themindhub.com
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Tuesday, September 28, 2021

To predict the future, consider the past: Revisiting Carroll (1993) as a guide to the future of intelligence research - ScienceDirect

To predict the future, consider the past: Revisiting Carroll (1993) as a guide to the future of intelligence research - ScienceDirect
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0160289621000696

Abstract
There is a widely held consensus in the field of intelligence research that the broad factors identified by Cattell, Horn, and Carroll are an adequate summary of individual differences in human cognitive abilities. Most researchers would agree that the redundancy among these factors is best accounted for by an overarching general factor. We think the best way to acknowledge major accomplishments is to build upon them with the goal to challenge the status quo. Here we want to do so by discussing six broad ability factors that are either considered in Carroll's epochal book or could be candidates for future inclusions to the list of established cognitive ability factors: fluid intelligence, crystallized intelligence, cognitive speed, creativity, social and emotional intelligence, and collaborative problem solving. We conclude with four pleas: reunite correlational and experimental research, enrich construct interpretations, reunite educational and psychological measurement of maximal cognitive effort, and reconsider the sampling of indicators and content validity.

Monday, September 13, 2021

Achievement Motivation: What We Know and Where We Are Going | Annual Review of Developmental Psychology

Achievement Motivation: What We Know and Where We Are Going | Annual Review of Developmental Psychology
https://www.annualreviews.org/doi/abs/10.1146/annurev-devpsych-050720-103500