TEST BANK FOR PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTING PRINCIPLES, APPLICATIONS, AND ISSUES, 9TH EDITION, ROBERT M. KAPLAN, DENNIS P. SACCUZZO

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PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTING
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PRINCIPLES, APPLICATIONS,
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AND ISSUES, 9TH EDITION,
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Chapter1—

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1. Accordingtoastudy (Espenshade &Chung,2010;Jaschik,
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2006), growing numbers of four-year colleges are not
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relyingon the SATtest partly because of
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c. reliability issues. ss




d. qualitycontrol. s




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a. pertainonly toovertbehavior.
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b. alwayshaverightorwronganswers.
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c. donot attempt tomeasuretraits.
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d. measurecharacteristicsofhumanbehavior.
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3. Thespecificstimulusonatesttowhichaperson
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respondsovertly is called a(n)
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a. overtevent. s




b. answer.
c. item.
d. scale.



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4. Anindividualtest
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a. involvesasingleexaminerfortwoormore subjects.
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b. involvesonlytestsofhumanability. s s s s s




c. canonly begiventoone personatatime.
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d. involvesmorethanoneexaminer forasinglesubject.
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5. A group test
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a. canbegiventomultiple peoplebyoneexaminer.
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b. canonlybegiventothreepeopleatatime.
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c. involvesagroup ofexaminers for asingle subject.
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d. involvesonlytestsofhumanability. s s s s s




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6. Previouslearning canbest be described as
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a. achievement.
b. aptitude.
c. intelligence.
d. ability.


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7. Thepotentialforlearningaspecificskillcanbestbedescribed
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as
a. achievement.
b. aptitude.

c. intelligence.
d. ability.


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8. One'sgeneralpotential,independentofpriorlearning,can
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best be described as
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a. achievement.
b. aptitude.
c. intelligence.
d. ability.


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9. Achievement,aptitude,andintelligencecanbe s s s s s




encompassedby the term
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a. humanpotential. s




b. humantraits. s




c. humanpersonality.
d. humanability.


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10. Structuredpersonalitytests s s




a. requireyoutoproducesomethingspontaneously.
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