FINAL EXAM PSYCH 309 DR. BRAITHWAITE
AND CORRECT ANSWERS
What care cthe caspects cof can cindividual cTest? c- cCORRECT cANS✔✔- cOne csubject cis ctested cat
- cexaminer crecords cresponses
- cscoring crequires cconsiderable cskill
- cexaminer cflexibility ccan celicit cmaximum cperformance cif cpermitted cby cstandardization.
What care cthe cadvantages cof can cindividual ctest? c- cCORRECT cANS✔✔- cProvides cinformation cb
- cAllows cthe cexaminer cto cobserve cbehavior cin ca cstandard csetting c(examiners cdevelop cinternal
- cAllows cindividual cinterpretation cof ctest cscores.
What care cthe caspects cof ca cgroup ctest? c- cCORRECT cANS✔✔- cMany csubjects ctested cat cone c
- csubjects crecord ctheir cown cresponses
- cscoring cis cstraightforward cand c(more) cobjective
- cThere cis clittle cflexibility.
What care cthe cadvantages cof ca cgroup ctest? c- cCORRECT cANS✔✔- cCost-efficient
- cMinimalizes cadministration cand cscoring
- cRequires cless cexaminer cskill cand ctraining
- cMore cobjective cand creliable cprocedure
- cBroad capplication
What cfour cthings cshould cone ctake cin cmind cwhen cusing cgroup ctests? c- cCORRECT cANS✔✔1) c
2) cBe csuspicious cof clow cscores
3) cConsider cwide cdiscrepancies cas cwarning csignals
4) cWhen cin cdoubt, crefer cfor cindividual ctesting
What care cthe caspects cof can cachievement ctest? c- cCORRECT cANS✔✔- cEvaluate cthe ceffects co
cexperiences
- cEvaluate cthe cproduct cof ca ccourse cof ctraining
- cRely cheavily con ccontent cvalidation cprocedures
, What care cthe cmajor cweaknesses cof cthe cSAT cand cACT? c- cCORRECT cANS✔✔ACT: cdoesn't ch
cconsistency cas cthe cSAT. cThe crest cis cthe csame cas cSAT
SAT: cRestricted crange con cGPA cpredictions, cpoor cpredictive cpower cin cmiddle cranges, cmay chav
caccount cfor crace cand cSES.
1. cWhat ceffect cdo ccoaching/preparation ccourses chave con ctests clike cthe cSAT cor cGRE? c(What c
cCORRECT cANS✔✔It cincreases cthe cscore cthat csomeone cis clikely cto cget.
What cis cstereotype cthreat? c- cCORRECT cANS✔✔a cself-confirming cconcern cthat cone cwill cbe ce
cstereotype. cStereotype cthreat cis ca csituational cpredicament cin cwhich cpeople care cor cfeel cthems
cconforming cto cstereotypes cabout ctheir csocial cgroup.
How cdoes cstereotype cthreat capply cto cintelligence cscores cand ccollege cadmissions? c- cCORREC
ccontributing cfactor cto clong-standing cracial cand cgender cgaps cin cacademic cperformance.
1. cHow cwell cdo cSAT cand cGRE cscores cpredict cundergraduate cand cgraduate cschool cperforman
cANS✔✔SAT cisn't ctoo cbad cin cits cpredictions, chowever; cthe cGRE conly ctakes cinto caccount c4-6%
cpoor.
What cis cthe cbest ccombination cof cpredictors cof cundergraduate cGPA? c- cCORRECT cANS✔✔Com
cand cSAT
What cis cthe cRaven cProgressive cMatrices ctest? c- cCORRECT cANS✔✔Best cknown cand cmost cp
cDeveloped cin cEngland cto ctest cmilitary crecruits cindependent cof ceducation cfactors. cUsed cin cedu
cculturally cdeprived, clanguage, cTBI.
What cis ca cmajor cadvantage cof cthe cRaven cProgressive cMatrices ctest? c- cCORRECT cANS✔✔St
cfrom c70s cto c80s. cInstructions care csimple cand cit ccan cbe cadministered cwithout clanguage c5-yea
cgeneral cintelligence cor cSpearman's cg. cMinimizes ceffects cof clanguage cand cculture c(1/2 cthe cse
What cis cthe crelationship cbetween csocioeconomic cstatus c(SES) cand cGPA/standardized ctest csco
cANS✔✔SES ceffects cGPA cand ctest cscores. cThere cis ca ccorrelation.
What cis cpersonality? c- cCORRECT cANS✔✔The crelatively cstable cand cdistinctive cpatterns cof cbe
cindividual cand chis cor cher creactions cto cthe cenvironment.
What cis cCharacteristics? c- cCORRECT cANS✔✔nonintellective caspects cof chuman cbehavior, ctypi
cmental cabilities.
What cis cTypes? c- cCORRECT cANS✔✔general cdescriptions cof cpeople; cfor cexample, cavoiding ct
cand clow cactivity cand ccope cby cavoiding csocial csituations.
What cis ctraits? c- cCORRECT cANS✔✔relatively cenduring cdispositions- ctendencies cto cact, cthink,
cin cany cgiven ccircumstance cand cthat cdistinguishes cone cperson cfrom canother.
What cis cstates? c- cCORRECT cANS✔✔emotional creactions cthat cvary cfrom cone csituation cto cano
What cis cself-concept? c- cCORRECT cANS✔✔a cperson's cself-definition cor, caccording cto cC. cR. cR
crelatively cconsistent cset cof cassumptions cthat ca cperson chas cabout chim cor cherself.
What care cthe ctwo cmajor cstrategies cfor cdevelopment cof ca cpersonality ctest? c- cCORRECT cANS✔
cProjective c(subjective)
Deductive c& cempirical
AND CORRECT ANSWERS
What care cthe caspects cof can cindividual cTest? c- cCORRECT cANS✔✔- cOne csubject cis ctested cat
- cexaminer crecords cresponses
- cscoring crequires cconsiderable cskill
- cexaminer cflexibility ccan celicit cmaximum cperformance cif cpermitted cby cstandardization.
What care cthe cadvantages cof can cindividual ctest? c- cCORRECT cANS✔✔- cProvides cinformation cb
- cAllows cthe cexaminer cto cobserve cbehavior cin ca cstandard csetting c(examiners cdevelop cinternal
- cAllows cindividual cinterpretation cof ctest cscores.
What care cthe caspects cof ca cgroup ctest? c- cCORRECT cANS✔✔- cMany csubjects ctested cat cone c
- csubjects crecord ctheir cown cresponses
- cscoring cis cstraightforward cand c(more) cobjective
- cThere cis clittle cflexibility.
What care cthe cadvantages cof ca cgroup ctest? c- cCORRECT cANS✔✔- cCost-efficient
- cMinimalizes cadministration cand cscoring
- cRequires cless cexaminer cskill cand ctraining
- cMore cobjective cand creliable cprocedure
- cBroad capplication
What cfour cthings cshould cone ctake cin cmind cwhen cusing cgroup ctests? c- cCORRECT cANS✔✔1) c
2) cBe csuspicious cof clow cscores
3) cConsider cwide cdiscrepancies cas cwarning csignals
4) cWhen cin cdoubt, crefer cfor cindividual ctesting
What care cthe caspects cof can cachievement ctest? c- cCORRECT cANS✔✔- cEvaluate cthe ceffects co
cexperiences
- cEvaluate cthe cproduct cof ca ccourse cof ctraining
- cRely cheavily con ccontent cvalidation cprocedures
, What care cthe cmajor cweaknesses cof cthe cSAT cand cACT? c- cCORRECT cANS✔✔ACT: cdoesn't ch
cconsistency cas cthe cSAT. cThe crest cis cthe csame cas cSAT
SAT: cRestricted crange con cGPA cpredictions, cpoor cpredictive cpower cin cmiddle cranges, cmay chav
caccount cfor crace cand cSES.
1. cWhat ceffect cdo ccoaching/preparation ccourses chave con ctests clike cthe cSAT cor cGRE? c(What c
cCORRECT cANS✔✔It cincreases cthe cscore cthat csomeone cis clikely cto cget.
What cis cstereotype cthreat? c- cCORRECT cANS✔✔a cself-confirming cconcern cthat cone cwill cbe ce
cstereotype. cStereotype cthreat cis ca csituational cpredicament cin cwhich cpeople care cor cfeel cthems
cconforming cto cstereotypes cabout ctheir csocial cgroup.
How cdoes cstereotype cthreat capply cto cintelligence cscores cand ccollege cadmissions? c- cCORREC
ccontributing cfactor cto clong-standing cracial cand cgender cgaps cin cacademic cperformance.
1. cHow cwell cdo cSAT cand cGRE cscores cpredict cundergraduate cand cgraduate cschool cperforman
cANS✔✔SAT cisn't ctoo cbad cin cits cpredictions, chowever; cthe cGRE conly ctakes cinto caccount c4-6%
cpoor.
What cis cthe cbest ccombination cof cpredictors cof cundergraduate cGPA? c- cCORRECT cANS✔✔Com
cand cSAT
What cis cthe cRaven cProgressive cMatrices ctest? c- cCORRECT cANS✔✔Best cknown cand cmost cp
cDeveloped cin cEngland cto ctest cmilitary crecruits cindependent cof ceducation cfactors. cUsed cin cedu
cculturally cdeprived, clanguage, cTBI.
What cis ca cmajor cadvantage cof cthe cRaven cProgressive cMatrices ctest? c- cCORRECT cANS✔✔St
cfrom c70s cto c80s. cInstructions care csimple cand cit ccan cbe cadministered cwithout clanguage c5-yea
cgeneral cintelligence cor cSpearman's cg. cMinimizes ceffects cof clanguage cand cculture c(1/2 cthe cse
What cis cthe crelationship cbetween csocioeconomic cstatus c(SES) cand cGPA/standardized ctest csco
cANS✔✔SES ceffects cGPA cand ctest cscores. cThere cis ca ccorrelation.
What cis cpersonality? c- cCORRECT cANS✔✔The crelatively cstable cand cdistinctive cpatterns cof cbe
cindividual cand chis cor cher creactions cto cthe cenvironment.
What cis cCharacteristics? c- cCORRECT cANS✔✔nonintellective caspects cof chuman cbehavior, ctypi
cmental cabilities.
What cis cTypes? c- cCORRECT cANS✔✔general cdescriptions cof cpeople; cfor cexample, cavoiding ct
cand clow cactivity cand ccope cby cavoiding csocial csituations.
What cis ctraits? c- cCORRECT cANS✔✔relatively cenduring cdispositions- ctendencies cto cact, cthink,
cin cany cgiven ccircumstance cand cthat cdistinguishes cone cperson cfrom canother.
What cis cstates? c- cCORRECT cANS✔✔emotional creactions cthat cvary cfrom cone csituation cto cano
What cis cself-concept? c- cCORRECT cANS✔✔a cperson's cself-definition cor, caccording cto cC. cR. cR
crelatively cconsistent cset cof cassumptions cthat ca cperson chas cabout chim cor cherself.
What care cthe ctwo cmajor cstrategies cfor cdevelopment cof ca cpersonality ctest? c- cCORRECT cANS✔
cProjective c(subjective)
Deductive c& cempirical
