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What is the Emperical criterion keying approach to objective tests? No assumptions are
made as to whether a patient is telling the truth or the response really corresponds to their
behaviour or feelings
What is a strength of objective testing? The emphasis it puts on an empirical demonstration
that items purporting to measure a variable or dimension of personality are highly related to
each other
What is the construct validity approach to objective testing? Scales are developed to
measure specific concepts from a given theory
- E.g. in a personality assessment, the intent is to develop measures anchored in a theory of
personality
What is the MMPI, MMPI-2? A personality inventory used to identify the psychiatric
diagnoses of individuals, using a test of 550 items
What was one of the original concerns of the MMPI-2? Said it was unrepresentative of the
general US population (original test was done in rural Minnesota, with all white, 35 yr old,
married individuals)
What 7 scales were introduced to detect malingering responses in the MMPI, MMPI-2? •L
(Lie) scale
• K (Defensiveness) scale
• ? (cannot say) scale
• F (infrequency) scale
• Fb (back-page infrequency) scale
• VRIN (variable response inconsistency) scale
• TRIN (true response inconsistency) scale
,What did the 7 scales provide? A means for understanding the test respondent's
motivations and test-taking attitudes
What is test bias? Refers to a situation in which different decisions or predictors are made
for members of two groups even when they obtain the same score
What is a neo-personality inventory? Self-report measure of personality features that
comprise of the five-factor model (FFM)
What factors are in the five-factor model (FFM)? Neuroticism
Extraversion
Openness to experience
Agreeableness
Conscientiousness
What are projective tests? Psychological testing techniques that use people's responses to
ambiguous test stimuli to make judgments about their adjustment-maladjustment
What is the Rorschach test? Consists of ten cards on which there are printed inkblots,
patient is asked to report what they see
Score based on
- Location: whole blot, large detail, small detail, etc.
- Content: The nature of the object seen
- Determinants: aspects of the card that prompted the patient's response
What is the Thematic Apperception Test (TAT)? 31 TAT cards (one is blank); most depict
people in a variety of situations, but a few contain only certain objects
, - Clinicians select 6-12 cards, tell patient to make up story about cards
What is the Rotter Incomplete Sentences Blank (ISB) sentence completion technique? 40
sentence stems, participant completes and can be scored on a 7-point scale to provide an index
of adjustment-maladjustment
- Scoring is objective and reliable, but also allows freedom of response
What is incremental validity? Refers to the degree to which a procedure adds to the
prediction obtainable from other sources
- For an assessment to be of real value, has to tell clinicians something of importance that they
cannot get from merely inspecting the base rates
What is the difference between sample test response and sign test response? Sample -
parallel to the way the person behaves outside the test
Sign - not how the person behaves outside the test
What is functional analysis? Exact analyses are made of the stimuli that precede the
behaviour and the consequences that follow it
What is the SORC method? Used for conceptualizing a clinical problem from a behavioural
perspective
S - Stimuli or antecedent conditions that bring on the problematic behaviour
O - Organismic variables related to the problematic behaviour
R - Response of problematic behaviour
C - Consequences of the problematic behaviour
What is a behavioural interview? Clinician looks for the problem that seems to be causing
the maladjusted behaviour
What is the Emperical criterion keying approach to objective tests? No assumptions are
made as to whether a patient is telling the truth or the response really corresponds to their
behaviour or feelings
What is a strength of objective testing? The emphasis it puts on an empirical demonstration
that items purporting to measure a variable or dimension of personality are highly related to
each other
What is the construct validity approach to objective testing? Scales are developed to
measure specific concepts from a given theory
- E.g. in a personality assessment, the intent is to develop measures anchored in a theory of
personality
What is the MMPI, MMPI-2? A personality inventory used to identify the psychiatric
diagnoses of individuals, using a test of 550 items
What was one of the original concerns of the MMPI-2? Said it was unrepresentative of the
general US population (original test was done in rural Minnesota, with all white, 35 yr old,
married individuals)
What 7 scales were introduced to detect malingering responses in the MMPI, MMPI-2? •L
(Lie) scale
• K (Defensiveness) scale
• ? (cannot say) scale
• F (infrequency) scale
• Fb (back-page infrequency) scale
• VRIN (variable response inconsistency) scale
• TRIN (true response inconsistency) scale
,What did the 7 scales provide? A means for understanding the test respondent's
motivations and test-taking attitudes
What is test bias? Refers to a situation in which different decisions or predictors are made
for members of two groups even when they obtain the same score
What is a neo-personality inventory? Self-report measure of personality features that
comprise of the five-factor model (FFM)
What factors are in the five-factor model (FFM)? Neuroticism
Extraversion
Openness to experience
Agreeableness
Conscientiousness
What are projective tests? Psychological testing techniques that use people's responses to
ambiguous test stimuli to make judgments about their adjustment-maladjustment
What is the Rorschach test? Consists of ten cards on which there are printed inkblots,
patient is asked to report what they see
Score based on
- Location: whole blot, large detail, small detail, etc.
- Content: The nature of the object seen
- Determinants: aspects of the card that prompted the patient's response
What is the Thematic Apperception Test (TAT)? 31 TAT cards (one is blank); most depict
people in a variety of situations, but a few contain only certain objects
, - Clinicians select 6-12 cards, tell patient to make up story about cards
What is the Rotter Incomplete Sentences Blank (ISB) sentence completion technique? 40
sentence stems, participant completes and can be scored on a 7-point scale to provide an index
of adjustment-maladjustment
- Scoring is objective and reliable, but also allows freedom of response
What is incremental validity? Refers to the degree to which a procedure adds to the
prediction obtainable from other sources
- For an assessment to be of real value, has to tell clinicians something of importance that they
cannot get from merely inspecting the base rates
What is the difference between sample test response and sign test response? Sample -
parallel to the way the person behaves outside the test
Sign - not how the person behaves outside the test
What is functional analysis? Exact analyses are made of the stimuli that precede the
behaviour and the consequences that follow it
What is the SORC method? Used for conceptualizing a clinical problem from a behavioural
perspective
S - Stimuli or antecedent conditions that bring on the problematic behaviour
O - Organismic variables related to the problematic behaviour
R - Response of problematic behaviour
C - Consequences of the problematic behaviour
What is a behavioural interview? Clinician looks for the problem that seems to be causing
the maladjusted behaviour
