Psychological Tests and Measurement |
PSYC 406 – PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS | MCGILL UNIVERSITY | EXAM
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS | VERIFIED PSYCHOLOGICAL
MEASUREMENT AND TESTING
PSYC 406 Psychological Tests McGill University
PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS AND MEASUREMENT
1. Which pioneer is credited with establishing the first anthropometric
laboratory and introducing early measures of individual differences in
sensory and motor abilities?
A. Lewis Terman
B. Alfred Binet
C. Francis Galton
D. Wilhelm Wundt
C. Francis Galton
Galton's 1884 London laboratory measured reaction time, sensory acuity
and physical traits, laying the groundwork for the study of individual
differences.
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2. The term "mental test" was first introduced in the psychological
literature by:
A. Robert Yerkes
B. Charles Spearman
C. David Wechsler
D. James McKeen Cattell
D. James McKeen Cattell
Cattell coined the term in 1890 while describing a battery of sensory and
reaction-time measures.
3. The 1905 Binet-Simon scale was originally developed to:
A. Identify schoolchildren who needed special educational assistance
B. Measure sensory discrimination in adults
C. Select army officers for leadership roles
D. Diagnose psychiatric disorders in adults
A. Identify schoolchildren who needed special educational assistance
The French Ministry of Public Instruction commissioned the scale to
identify children unlikely to benefit from regular classrooms.
4. The intelligence quotient (IQ) as a ratio of mental age to
chronological age multiplied by 100 was popularized in North America
through which test?
A. The Wechsler-Bellevue
B. The Army Alpha
C. Raven's Progressive Matrices
D. The 1916 Stanford-Binet
D. The 1916 Stanford-Binet
Terman's 1916 Stanford revision adopted Stern's ratio IQ, making it
widely known in the United States.
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5. The Army Alpha and Army Beta tests were significant because they
represented the first large-scale use of:
A. Projective personality testing
B. Group-administered ability testing
C. Neuropsychological screening batteries
D. Computer-adaptive testing
B. Group-administered ability testing
Developed under Yerkes during World War I, they screened more than a
million recruits in group settings.
6. The Army Beta was designed primarily for recruits who:
A. Were illiterate or did not speak English fluently
B. Scored extremely high on the Army Alpha
C. Were applying for officer training
D. Had prior psychiatric hospitalizations
A. Were illiterate or did not speak English fluently
The Beta relied on nonverbal tasks so that language and literacy would
not mask ability.
7. Robert Woodworth's Personal Data Sheet is historically important as
the first:
A. Projective inkblot technique
B. Structured self-report personality inventory
C. Interest inventory
D. Neuropsychological test battery
B. Structured self-report personality inventory
Created in World War I to screen soldiers for emotional instability, it was
the forerunner of modern self-report inventories.
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8. Which statement best defines a psychological test?
A. An observation made without any scoring rules
B. Any informal conversation used to understand a client
C. A procedure that measures a trait directly and without error
D. A standardized procedure for sampling behaviour and describing it
with categories or scores
D. A standardized procedure for sampling behaviour and describing
it with categories or scores
A test is a systematic, standardized sample of behaviour that yields scores
or categories according to established rules.
9. Psychological assessment differs from psychological testing in that
assessment:
A. Never involves professional judgment
B. Relies on a single standardized score
C. Integrates information from multiple sources to answer a referral
question
D. Is always conducted by computer
C. Integrates information from multiple sources to answer a referral
question
Assessment is a broader process combining tests, interviews, observation
and records, interpreted by a trained professional.
10. A test that has fixed procedures for administration, scoring and
interpretation is described as:
A. Speeded
B. Standardized
C. Ipsative
D. Projective
B. Standardized
Standardization ensures every examinee faces the same conditions so
scores can be compared fairly.
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PSYC 406 – PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS | MCGILL UNIVERSITY | EXAM
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS | VERIFIED PSYCHOLOGICAL
MEASUREMENT AND TESTING
PSYC 406 Psychological Tests McGill University
PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS AND MEASUREMENT
1. Which pioneer is credited with establishing the first anthropometric
laboratory and introducing early measures of individual differences in
sensory and motor abilities?
A. Lewis Terman
B. Alfred Binet
C. Francis Galton
D. Wilhelm Wundt
C. Francis Galton
Galton's 1884 London laboratory measured reaction time, sensory acuity
and physical traits, laying the groundwork for the study of individual
differences.
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2. The term "mental test" was first introduced in the psychological
literature by:
A. Robert Yerkes
B. Charles Spearman
C. David Wechsler
D. James McKeen Cattell
D. James McKeen Cattell
Cattell coined the term in 1890 while describing a battery of sensory and
reaction-time measures.
3. The 1905 Binet-Simon scale was originally developed to:
A. Identify schoolchildren who needed special educational assistance
B. Measure sensory discrimination in adults
C. Select army officers for leadership roles
D. Diagnose psychiatric disorders in adults
A. Identify schoolchildren who needed special educational assistance
The French Ministry of Public Instruction commissioned the scale to
identify children unlikely to benefit from regular classrooms.
4. The intelligence quotient (IQ) as a ratio of mental age to
chronological age multiplied by 100 was popularized in North America
through which test?
A. The Wechsler-Bellevue
B. The Army Alpha
C. Raven's Progressive Matrices
D. The 1916 Stanford-Binet
D. The 1916 Stanford-Binet
Terman's 1916 Stanford revision adopted Stern's ratio IQ, making it
widely known in the United States.
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5. The Army Alpha and Army Beta tests were significant because they
represented the first large-scale use of:
A. Projective personality testing
B. Group-administered ability testing
C. Neuropsychological screening batteries
D. Computer-adaptive testing
B. Group-administered ability testing
Developed under Yerkes during World War I, they screened more than a
million recruits in group settings.
6. The Army Beta was designed primarily for recruits who:
A. Were illiterate or did not speak English fluently
B. Scored extremely high on the Army Alpha
C. Were applying for officer training
D. Had prior psychiatric hospitalizations
A. Were illiterate or did not speak English fluently
The Beta relied on nonverbal tasks so that language and literacy would
not mask ability.
7. Robert Woodworth's Personal Data Sheet is historically important as
the first:
A. Projective inkblot technique
B. Structured self-report personality inventory
C. Interest inventory
D. Neuropsychological test battery
B. Structured self-report personality inventory
Created in World War I to screen soldiers for emotional instability, it was
the forerunner of modern self-report inventories.
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8. Which statement best defines a psychological test?
A. An observation made without any scoring rules
B. Any informal conversation used to understand a client
C. A procedure that measures a trait directly and without error
D. A standardized procedure for sampling behaviour and describing it
with categories or scores
D. A standardized procedure for sampling behaviour and describing
it with categories or scores
A test is a systematic, standardized sample of behaviour that yields scores
or categories according to established rules.
9. Psychological assessment differs from psychological testing in that
assessment:
A. Never involves professional judgment
B. Relies on a single standardized score
C. Integrates information from multiple sources to answer a referral
question
D. Is always conducted by computer
C. Integrates information from multiple sources to answer a referral
question
Assessment is a broader process combining tests, interviews, observation
and records, interpreted by a trained professional.
10. A test that has fixed procedures for administration, scoring and
interpretation is described as:
A. Speeded
B. Standardized
C. Ipsative
D. Projective
B. Standardized
Standardization ensures every examinee faces the same conditions so
scores can be compared fairly.
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