PSY 461 EXAM #3 QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
ANSWERS
What does it mean to have a t score of 50 or below? - Answers - it means you're within
average or low on a trait.
If its 1 SD or more below the mean, it isn't a concern, it just means you're low on the
trait, such as impulsivity
What is the mean and standard deviation of t scores? - Answers - m = 50; sd = 10
What does it mean to have a t score of 70 and above? - Answers - T scores 2 sds
above average are considered clinically significant (70 → red flag)
What is faking good? - Answers - responding in an overly positive way; ignoring or
overlooking problems aka social desirability (response style)
What is faking bad? - Answers - responding in an excessively negative way; over-
exaggerating problems; malingering (response style)
What is needed to check for faking good and faking bad check? - Answers - Validity
scales
Collection of items randomly distributed throughout the instrument
Assess whether the respondent is responding accurately
What is self report and what is the issue with it? - Answers - when a person fills out a
behavioral/personality assessment about themselves and there's an increase in bias,
(like social desirability) people are reluctant in revealing certain information about
themselves; may not be truthful or assess themselves properly
- 18+
What is a third party report? - Answers - when another person fills out a
behavioral/personality assessment about someone else, such as a parent filling it out on
behalf of her daughter
What helps with response sets and faking? - Answers - 1. Extreme empirical
frequencies
2. Response consistency --> pairing similar items to get a consistency score (yes, no,
random)
3. Balancing the directionality by having positively worded and negatively worded
statements
4. Choose between statements matched on social desirability
What is a response set? - Answers - is a person's tendency to respond to items in a
certain way independent of the persons true feelings about the item
, What is executive functioning? - Answers - Is comprised of cognitive skills and
behavioral skills that help us regulate behavior, achieve goals and solve problems, and
guide our behavior
- Executive skills allow us to organize our behavior over time and override immediate
demands in favor of longer-term goals.
- Executive skills enable us to manage our emotions and monitor our thoughts in order
to work more efficiently and effectively.
What do cognitive skills do in executive functioning? - Answers - achieve goals and
solve problems:
- Planning
- Organization
- time management
- working memory
- metacognition
What do behavioral skills do in executive functioning? - Answers - Guide our behavior:
- response inhibition (ex. Delay of gratification)
- emotional control
- task initiation (how well do you initiate a task when stuff needs to be done)
- sustained attention
- Flexibility
- Goal-directed persistence
ASEBA Child Behavior Checklist (CBC)? - Answers - - CBC is the parent form (ages 6-
18)
- CBC and TRF for ages 1 ½-5
What is the ASEBA Teacher Report Form? - Answers - - calls for rating the child's
behavior
- obtain information about problematic behavior in school-age children from teachers,
Conners-3 Rating Scale structure/purpose? - Answers - Used as a screening device
(especially for ADHD)
- has Parent, Teacher, Self-report forms with around 40 items in each
Administration: 15 minutes
- assess emotional distrubance
Purpose: - Research: one of the best short measures for → assessing general
psychopathology
- is a Likert scale
BASC-2/3 (purpose/uses and structure/components)? - Answers - - Multidimensional
approach → measures positive (adaptive) and negative aspects of personality
ANSWERS
What does it mean to have a t score of 50 or below? - Answers - it means you're within
average or low on a trait.
If its 1 SD or more below the mean, it isn't a concern, it just means you're low on the
trait, such as impulsivity
What is the mean and standard deviation of t scores? - Answers - m = 50; sd = 10
What does it mean to have a t score of 70 and above? - Answers - T scores 2 sds
above average are considered clinically significant (70 → red flag)
What is faking good? - Answers - responding in an overly positive way; ignoring or
overlooking problems aka social desirability (response style)
What is faking bad? - Answers - responding in an excessively negative way; over-
exaggerating problems; malingering (response style)
What is needed to check for faking good and faking bad check? - Answers - Validity
scales
Collection of items randomly distributed throughout the instrument
Assess whether the respondent is responding accurately
What is self report and what is the issue with it? - Answers - when a person fills out a
behavioral/personality assessment about themselves and there's an increase in bias,
(like social desirability) people are reluctant in revealing certain information about
themselves; may not be truthful or assess themselves properly
- 18+
What is a third party report? - Answers - when another person fills out a
behavioral/personality assessment about someone else, such as a parent filling it out on
behalf of her daughter
What helps with response sets and faking? - Answers - 1. Extreme empirical
frequencies
2. Response consistency --> pairing similar items to get a consistency score (yes, no,
random)
3. Balancing the directionality by having positively worded and negatively worded
statements
4. Choose between statements matched on social desirability
What is a response set? - Answers - is a person's tendency to respond to items in a
certain way independent of the persons true feelings about the item
, What is executive functioning? - Answers - Is comprised of cognitive skills and
behavioral skills that help us regulate behavior, achieve goals and solve problems, and
guide our behavior
- Executive skills allow us to organize our behavior over time and override immediate
demands in favor of longer-term goals.
- Executive skills enable us to manage our emotions and monitor our thoughts in order
to work more efficiently and effectively.
What do cognitive skills do in executive functioning? - Answers - achieve goals and
solve problems:
- Planning
- Organization
- time management
- working memory
- metacognition
What do behavioral skills do in executive functioning? - Answers - Guide our behavior:
- response inhibition (ex. Delay of gratification)
- emotional control
- task initiation (how well do you initiate a task when stuff needs to be done)
- sustained attention
- Flexibility
- Goal-directed persistence
ASEBA Child Behavior Checklist (CBC)? - Answers - - CBC is the parent form (ages 6-
18)
- CBC and TRF for ages 1 ½-5
What is the ASEBA Teacher Report Form? - Answers - - calls for rating the child's
behavior
- obtain information about problematic behavior in school-age children from teachers,
Conners-3 Rating Scale structure/purpose? - Answers - Used as a screening device
(especially for ADHD)
- has Parent, Teacher, Self-report forms with around 40 items in each
Administration: 15 minutes
- assess emotional distrubance
Purpose: - Research: one of the best short measures for → assessing general
psychopathology
- is a Likert scale
BASC-2/3 (purpose/uses and structure/components)? - Answers - - Multidimensional
approach → measures positive (adaptive) and negative aspects of personality
