GACE PART 1 SP QUESTIONS AND 100%
VERIFIED ANSWERS ( 2024/25) GRADED
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A California Supreme Court ruling in 1974 held that "public policy favoring protection of
the confidential character of patient-psychotherapist communications must yield to the
extent to which instances in which disclosure is essential to avert danger to others; the
protective privilege ends where the public peril begins." In a second ruling in 1976, the
same court held that a therapist must "exercise reasonable care to protect the
foreseeable victim." These rulings both reflect the concept of
- answers-DUTY TO WARN
The duty to warn is a psychologist's responsibility to inform the third party and/or the
authorities if a client poses a threat to himself or herself or to another person. The duty
to warn and protect was established in the case of Tarasoff v. Regents of the University
of California.
A high school psychologist is seeking a screening instrument for anxiety and depression
that has solid psychometric properties. Ideally, the lowest reliability coefficient for the
screening instrument is
- answers-Ideally the reliability of a screening instrument should be 0.80 or above.
A middle school principal has asked the school psychologist to develop a system for
evaluating a new curriculum that will be implemented in the following year. Which of the
following should the school psychologist do?
- answers-Find a nationally normed achievement test that has content similar to that of
the new and old curricula and recommend that the test be given at the end of this
school year and the next. That way student performance can be compared across
curricula
Collecting data the last year the old curriculum is in use and the first year the new
curriculum is in place will give the psychologist an opportunity to compare outcome data
from the two curricula. This is the most psychometrically sound approach to evaluating
the new curriculum.
, A researcher is asked to investigate the effectiveness of two different methods of
reading instruction used in two first-grade classes at an elementary school. Teacher A
uses phonics-based reading instruction and teacher B uses whole-language instruction.
Both teachers are using a universal-screening oral reading fluency measure to track
student progress in reading three times a year. The researcher should use which of the
following statistical procedures to analyze the differences between the performance in
the two classrooms?
- answers-The researcher should use a t test because the study will compare the mean
scores of the two classes.
A school psychologist receives the following computer-generated description of a
student's intelligence test results: "Karen's overall score is an estimate of her general
intellectual ability. This score indicates that her ability level falls in the average range,
and we can be 95% confident that her true overall score falls within the range of
standard scores 89-100 on any given day." This description is an example of
- answers-THE STANDARD ERROR OF MEASUREMENT
The standard error of measurement determines the confidence interval for the observed
score. The individual's true score is likely to fall in this range. The confidence interval
shows the precision of the test score.
A school psychologist wants to investigate the influence of a research-based, small-
group behavioral intervention on a moderately sized middle school of 1,500 students.
The psychologist uses race/ethnicity, free lunch status, gender, and three academic
performance categories based on state test results to select a stratified random sample
of students who might benefit from the intervention. The plan is to use a well-
researched behavioral measure before and after conducting the intervention. Which of
the following is true about the validity of the study?
- answers-The external validity is strong, but the internal validity is not, because
changes that occur over the course of the intervention cannot be attributed solely to the
intervention.
Threats to external validity are fairly well controlled in the experiment, as a stratified
random sample is used and the school population is large enough to allow for an
adequate sample. Because there is not a control group, factors such as maturation or
history could affect internal validity.
A school psychologist with little experience with English-language learners (ELLs) has
been assigned to reevaluate a ninth-grade student with a specific learning disability.
Upon reviewing the student's file, the school psychologist realizes that the student
originally received a bilingual evaluation. The school psychologist seeks advice from the
district's lead psychologist, asking about opportunities for professional continuing
education related to the case, and also asking if it would be more appropriate for the
VERIFIED ANSWERS ( 2024/25) GRADED
A+
A California Supreme Court ruling in 1974 held that "public policy favoring protection of
the confidential character of patient-psychotherapist communications must yield to the
extent to which instances in which disclosure is essential to avert danger to others; the
protective privilege ends where the public peril begins." In a second ruling in 1976, the
same court held that a therapist must "exercise reasonable care to protect the
foreseeable victim." These rulings both reflect the concept of
- answers-DUTY TO WARN
The duty to warn is a psychologist's responsibility to inform the third party and/or the
authorities if a client poses a threat to himself or herself or to another person. The duty
to warn and protect was established in the case of Tarasoff v. Regents of the University
of California.
A high school psychologist is seeking a screening instrument for anxiety and depression
that has solid psychometric properties. Ideally, the lowest reliability coefficient for the
screening instrument is
- answers-Ideally the reliability of a screening instrument should be 0.80 or above.
A middle school principal has asked the school psychologist to develop a system for
evaluating a new curriculum that will be implemented in the following year. Which of the
following should the school psychologist do?
- answers-Find a nationally normed achievement test that has content similar to that of
the new and old curricula and recommend that the test be given at the end of this
school year and the next. That way student performance can be compared across
curricula
Collecting data the last year the old curriculum is in use and the first year the new
curriculum is in place will give the psychologist an opportunity to compare outcome data
from the two curricula. This is the most psychometrically sound approach to evaluating
the new curriculum.
, A researcher is asked to investigate the effectiveness of two different methods of
reading instruction used in two first-grade classes at an elementary school. Teacher A
uses phonics-based reading instruction and teacher B uses whole-language instruction.
Both teachers are using a universal-screening oral reading fluency measure to track
student progress in reading three times a year. The researcher should use which of the
following statistical procedures to analyze the differences between the performance in
the two classrooms?
- answers-The researcher should use a t test because the study will compare the mean
scores of the two classes.
A school psychologist receives the following computer-generated description of a
student's intelligence test results: "Karen's overall score is an estimate of her general
intellectual ability. This score indicates that her ability level falls in the average range,
and we can be 95% confident that her true overall score falls within the range of
standard scores 89-100 on any given day." This description is an example of
- answers-THE STANDARD ERROR OF MEASUREMENT
The standard error of measurement determines the confidence interval for the observed
score. The individual's true score is likely to fall in this range. The confidence interval
shows the precision of the test score.
A school psychologist wants to investigate the influence of a research-based, small-
group behavioral intervention on a moderately sized middle school of 1,500 students.
The psychologist uses race/ethnicity, free lunch status, gender, and three academic
performance categories based on state test results to select a stratified random sample
of students who might benefit from the intervention. The plan is to use a well-
researched behavioral measure before and after conducting the intervention. Which of
the following is true about the validity of the study?
- answers-The external validity is strong, but the internal validity is not, because
changes that occur over the course of the intervention cannot be attributed solely to the
intervention.
Threats to external validity are fairly well controlled in the experiment, as a stratified
random sample is used and the school population is large enough to allow for an
adequate sample. Because there is not a control group, factors such as maturation or
history could affect internal validity.
A school psychologist with little experience with English-language learners (ELLs) has
been assigned to reevaluate a ninth-grade student with a specific learning disability.
Upon reviewing the student's file, the school psychologist realizes that the student
originally received a bilingual evaluation. The school psychologist seeks advice from the
district's lead psychologist, asking about opportunities for professional continuing
education related to the case, and also asking if it would be more appropriate for the
