PSYC 4176 Exam 1 Matson UPDATED
Exam Questions and CORRECT Answers
Simon - CORRECT ANSWER - French psychologist and psychometrician. He co-created
the Binet-Simon Intelligence Scale tests was famous for work on abnormal children
Weschler - CORRECT ANSWER - American psychologist that developed the WAIS and
WISC intelligence scales; emphasized that not just intellectual ability is involved in intelligent
behavior. Today the WAIS is the most commonly administered psychological test
Kraeplin - CORRECT ANSWER - a German psychiatrist; identifies him as the founder of
modern scientific psychiatry, as well as of psychopharmacology and psychiatric genetics;
believed the chief origin of psychiatric disease to be biological and genetic malfunction
Mary Cover Jones - CORRECT ANSWER - Pioneer of behavior therapy; Worked with
Watson; developed desensitization for phobias; removal a fear of rabbits through direct classical
conditioning, conducted on a three-year-old named Peter.
Stanford- Binet - CORRECT ANSWER - It is a cognitive ability and intelligence test that
is used to diagnose developmental or intellectual deficiencies in young children. The test
measures five weighted factors and consists of both verbal and nonverbal subtests. The five
factors: knowledge, quantitative reasoning, visual-spatial processing, working memory, and fluid
reasoning. It initiated the modern field of intelligence testing and was one of the first examples
of an adaptive test.
Weschler Test - CORRECT ANSWER - a test designed to measure intelligence in adults
and older adolescents. gathered tasks created for nonclinical purposes for administration as a
"clinical test battery", used the point scale concept instead of the age scale, and included a non-
verbal performance scale.
Kaufman Assessmemt Battery - CORRECT ANSWER - a clinical instrument
(psychological diagnostic test) for assessing cognitive development. Its construction incorporates
several recent developments in both psychological theory and statistical methodology. gives
special attention to certain emerging testing needs, such as use with handicapped groups,
, application to problems of learning disabilities, and appropriateness for cultural and linguistic
minorities. The authors rightly caution, however, that success in meeting these special needs
must be judged through practical use over time.
Projective Tests - CORRECT ANSWER - is a personality test designed to let a person
respond to ambiguous stimuli, presumably revealing hidden emotions and internal conflicts
projected by the person into the test.
Psychopharmacology - CORRECT ANSWER - the scientific study of the effects drugs
have on mood, sensation, thinking, and behavior.
Incidence - CORRECT ANSWER - the occurrence, rate, or frequency of a disease, crime,
or something else undesirable.
Diagnosis - CORRECT ANSWER - the process of determining by examination the nature
and circumstances of a diseased condition.
reversal - CORRECT ANSWER - a theory of personality, motivation and emotion in the
field of psychology. It focuses on the dynamic qualities of normal human experience to describe
how a person regularly reverses between psychological states, reflecting their motivational style
and the meaning they attach to a given situation at a given time.[2] For example, sometimes a
roller coaster seems exciting; other times, it may cause anxiety. Sometimes a crying baby creates
sympathy; other times it causes irritation.
ABAB design - CORRECT ANSWER - baseline and treatment stages are alternated to
determine the effect of treatment on behavior. Researchers conclude that treatment causes
behavior change when behavior changes systematically with the introduction and withdrawal of
treatment.
inter-observer reliability - CORRECT ANSWER - the degree of agreement among raters.
It gives a score of how much homogeneity, or consensus, there is in the ratings given by judges.
Exam Questions and CORRECT Answers
Simon - CORRECT ANSWER - French psychologist and psychometrician. He co-created
the Binet-Simon Intelligence Scale tests was famous for work on abnormal children
Weschler - CORRECT ANSWER - American psychologist that developed the WAIS and
WISC intelligence scales; emphasized that not just intellectual ability is involved in intelligent
behavior. Today the WAIS is the most commonly administered psychological test
Kraeplin - CORRECT ANSWER - a German psychiatrist; identifies him as the founder of
modern scientific psychiatry, as well as of psychopharmacology and psychiatric genetics;
believed the chief origin of psychiatric disease to be biological and genetic malfunction
Mary Cover Jones - CORRECT ANSWER - Pioneer of behavior therapy; Worked with
Watson; developed desensitization for phobias; removal a fear of rabbits through direct classical
conditioning, conducted on a three-year-old named Peter.
Stanford- Binet - CORRECT ANSWER - It is a cognitive ability and intelligence test that
is used to diagnose developmental or intellectual deficiencies in young children. The test
measures five weighted factors and consists of both verbal and nonverbal subtests. The five
factors: knowledge, quantitative reasoning, visual-spatial processing, working memory, and fluid
reasoning. It initiated the modern field of intelligence testing and was one of the first examples
of an adaptive test.
Weschler Test - CORRECT ANSWER - a test designed to measure intelligence in adults
and older adolescents. gathered tasks created for nonclinical purposes for administration as a
"clinical test battery", used the point scale concept instead of the age scale, and included a non-
verbal performance scale.
Kaufman Assessmemt Battery - CORRECT ANSWER - a clinical instrument
(psychological diagnostic test) for assessing cognitive development. Its construction incorporates
several recent developments in both psychological theory and statistical methodology. gives
special attention to certain emerging testing needs, such as use with handicapped groups,
, application to problems of learning disabilities, and appropriateness for cultural and linguistic
minorities. The authors rightly caution, however, that success in meeting these special needs
must be judged through practical use over time.
Projective Tests - CORRECT ANSWER - is a personality test designed to let a person
respond to ambiguous stimuli, presumably revealing hidden emotions and internal conflicts
projected by the person into the test.
Psychopharmacology - CORRECT ANSWER - the scientific study of the effects drugs
have on mood, sensation, thinking, and behavior.
Incidence - CORRECT ANSWER - the occurrence, rate, or frequency of a disease, crime,
or something else undesirable.
Diagnosis - CORRECT ANSWER - the process of determining by examination the nature
and circumstances of a diseased condition.
reversal - CORRECT ANSWER - a theory of personality, motivation and emotion in the
field of psychology. It focuses on the dynamic qualities of normal human experience to describe
how a person regularly reverses between psychological states, reflecting their motivational style
and the meaning they attach to a given situation at a given time.[2] For example, sometimes a
roller coaster seems exciting; other times, it may cause anxiety. Sometimes a crying baby creates
sympathy; other times it causes irritation.
ABAB design - CORRECT ANSWER - baseline and treatment stages are alternated to
determine the effect of treatment on behavior. Researchers conclude that treatment causes
behavior change when behavior changes systematically with the introduction and withdrawal of
treatment.
inter-observer reliability - CORRECT ANSWER - the degree of agreement among raters.
It gives a score of how much homogeneity, or consensus, there is in the ratings given by judges.
