PSYCH 309 - EXAM 1 QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
Define ctest cand citem c- cCORRECT cANS✔✔Test: ca cmeasurement cdevice cor ctechnique cused cto
cthe cunderstanding cand cprediction cof cbehavior. cItem: ca cspecific cstimulus cto cwhich ca cperson cre
ccan cbe cscored cor cevaluated c(e.g., cclassified, cgraded con ca cscale, cor ccounted). cIn csimple cterm
cquestions cor cproblems cthat cmake cup ca ctest.
Be cable cto cdefine, crecognize, cand cdifferentiate cbetween cstates cand ctraits c- cCORRECT cANS✔
ccharacteristics cor ctendencies cto crespond cin ca ccertain cmanner. c"Determination," csometimes cse
cexample cof ca ctrait; c"shyness" cis canother c(long-term) cState: cthe cspecific ccondition cor cstatus, co
Define cachievement, captitude, cand cintelligence ctesting. c- cCORRECT cANS✔✔Achievement: cRe
cspelling ctest) cAptitude: cRefers cto cpotential cfor clearning cor cacquiring ca cspecific cskill cIntelligenc
cpotential cto csolve cproblems, cadapt cto cchanging ccircumstances, cthink cabstractly, cand cprofit cfro
If ca ctest cis creliable cits cresults care cwhat? c- cCORRECT cANS✔✔Reliability crefers cto cthe caccura
cor crepeatability cof ctest cresults. cIn cmore ctechnical cterms, creliability crefers cto cthe cdegree cto cwh
cmeasurement cerrors. cAs cyou cwill clearn, cthere care cmany cways ca ctest ccan cbe creliable. cFor cex
creliable cover ctime, cwhich cmeans cthat cwhen cthe csame ctest cis cgiven ctwice cwithin cany cgiven ctim
cbe cthe csame cor chighly csimilar.
What care ctest cbatteries? c- cCORRECT cANS✔✔Two cor cmore ctests cused cin cconjunction
Define cstandardization. cWhy cis cit cimportant cto cobtain ca cstandardization csample c- cCORRECT cA
cproctoring cor csetting cup ctest cso cit's cthe csame cfor ceveryone cProvides ca creference csample cso
cWithout csuch cnorms, cthe cmeaning cof cscores cwould chave cbeen cdifficult, cif cnot cimpossible, cto c
cknowing csuch cthings cas cthe caverage cnumber cof ccorrect cresponses cfound cin cthe cstandardizat
cstate cwhether ca cnew csubject cwas cbelow cor cabove cit.
Define crepresentative csample cand cstratified csample. cKnow cwhen cand cwhy crepresentative cand
, Define cpsychological ctesting cand cpsychological cassessment. cHow care cthey cdifferent? c- cCORR
ctest cor ceducational ctest cis ca cset cof citems cthat care cdesigned cto cmeasure ccharacteristics cof chu
cbehavior. cThere care cmany ctypes cof cbehavior. cOvert cbehavior cis can cindividual's cobservable cac
ccovert—that cis, cit ctakes cplace cwithin can cindividual cand ccannot cbe cdirectly cobserved. cPsych cte
cinformation c. cPsych cassessment- cthe cgathering cand cintegration cof cpsych-related cdata cfor cthe
cpsychological cevaluation. cPsych ctesting: csimply cgiving ca ctest cto csomeone c- cprocess cof cobtain
cPsychological cassessment: ccan cinterpret cthe ctest, conly cpsychologists ccan cgive cassessments
What cis cpsychometry? cWhat care cthe ctwo cmajor cproperties cof cpsychometry? c- cCORRECT cANS
cof cpsych cdeal cwith cthe cproperties cof cpsychological ctests cValidity cand creliability
What care cnorm- cand ccriterion creferenced ctests? cHow cis ceach cunique? c- cCORRECT cANS✔✔C
cperformance cagainst can cestablished ccriterion, cpredicts cperformance coutcome coutside cof cthe ct
cNorm: cCompares ca ctest ctaker's cperformance cwith cothers, cquestion ccan cbe canswered cin cmany
cranking, cpercentile crank
What ctypes cof cquestions care canswered cby cpsychologists cthrough cassessment? c- cCORRECT cA
ctreatment cplanning, cmonitor ctreatment cprogress, cempirically csupported ctreatment, chelp cclients
cchoices/changes, chelp cthird cparties cmake cinformed cdecisions
In cwhat csettings cdo cpsychologists cassess cand cwhat cis ctheir cprimary cresponsibility cin ceach c- cC
chospital cand cclinics, cdiagnosis cof cpathologySchools c- cdiagnosis cof clearning cdisabilities, cmenta
cgiftedness, cbehavioral cproblems cForensic c(legal) csettings c- cinsanity cdefenses, ccompetency cto
cjustification cfor clawsuits, ccourt-ordered cevaluations cEmployment csettings c- cgood cmatch cfor ca c
ccounseling c- cinterests, cabilities, captitudes, ccareer cpath cPre-marital ccounseling c- cis ca ccouple cc
cmarry?
What care cthe cthree cproperties cof cscales cthat cmake cscales cdifferent cfrom cone canother? cDescr
cANS✔✔Magnitude: cthe cproperty cof c"more-ness," cwhen can cinstance cof cthe cattribute crepresent
camounts cof cthe cquantity cEqual cIntervals: cThe cdifference cbetween ctwo cpoints con ca cscale chas
cdifference cbetween ctwo cother cpoints cthat cdiffer cby cthe csame cnumber cof cunits. cAbsolute c0: cW
cproperty cexists, cextremely cdifficult cif cnot cimpossible cto cdefine can cabsolute c0 cpoint cfor cmany cp
Know cthe cfour cscales cof cmeasurement cand cbe cable cto cdifferentiate cbetween cthese cscales c- cC
cnot cscales cat call; ctheir conly cpurpose cis cto cname cobjects. cEx: cthe cnumbers con cthe cbacks cof c
cnominal. cNominal cscales care cused cwhen cthe cinformation cis cqualitative crather cthan cquantitative
cproperty cof cmagnitude cbut cnot cequal cintervals cor can cabsolute c0, cThis cscale callows cyou cto cra
cnot cto csay canything cabout cthe cmeaning cof cthe cdifferences cbetween cthe cranks. cInterval: cWhen
cof cmagnitude cand cequal cintervals cbut cnot cabsolute c0, cex: cFahrenheit cRatio: cA cscale cthat chas
c(magnitude, cequal cintervals, cand can cabsolute c0) cex: cKelvin cscale
Think cof cconcrete cexamples cof ceach cof cthe cdifferent cscales cof cmeasurement. c- cCORRECT cAN
cuniforms cOrdinal: c1st, c2nd, c3rd cInterval: cdistance c& ctemperature cRatio: cspeedometer, cweight,
Define cfrequency cdistribution cand chistogram? cWhat ckind cof cdata care cshown cin ceach? c- cCORR
cdistribution: cdisplays cscores con ca cvariable cor ca cmeasure cto creflect chow cfrequently ceach cvalu
cfrequency cdistribution, cone cdefines call cthe cpossible cscores cand cdetermines chow cmany cpeople
cscores. cShows cnominal cdata. cHistogram: ctells cus cthe cnumber cof ccases cfor ceach cvalue. cX-axi
cY-axis: chow cmany ctimes ceach cvalue cwas cobserved
Understand cthe cconcept cof cpercentiles. c- cCORRECT cANS✔✔Percentage cof ctest-takers cwhose
craw cscore, cex: cchild cdevelopment cheight/weight
Define ccentral ctendency. cKnow cthe cthree ctypes cof ccentral ctendency cand chow cto ccalculate ceac
cthe carithmetic caverage cscore cin ca cdistribution. cIt cis cthe cmost cappropriate cindex cof cCT cfor cinte
Define ctest cand citem c- cCORRECT cANS✔✔Test: ca cmeasurement cdevice cor ctechnique cused cto
cthe cunderstanding cand cprediction cof cbehavior. cItem: ca cspecific cstimulus cto cwhich ca cperson cre
ccan cbe cscored cor cevaluated c(e.g., cclassified, cgraded con ca cscale, cor ccounted). cIn csimple cterm
cquestions cor cproblems cthat cmake cup ca ctest.
Be cable cto cdefine, crecognize, cand cdifferentiate cbetween cstates cand ctraits c- cCORRECT cANS✔
ccharacteristics cor ctendencies cto crespond cin ca ccertain cmanner. c"Determination," csometimes cse
cexample cof ca ctrait; c"shyness" cis canother c(long-term) cState: cthe cspecific ccondition cor cstatus, co
Define cachievement, captitude, cand cintelligence ctesting. c- cCORRECT cANS✔✔Achievement: cRe
cspelling ctest) cAptitude: cRefers cto cpotential cfor clearning cor cacquiring ca cspecific cskill cIntelligenc
cpotential cto csolve cproblems, cadapt cto cchanging ccircumstances, cthink cabstractly, cand cprofit cfro
If ca ctest cis creliable cits cresults care cwhat? c- cCORRECT cANS✔✔Reliability crefers cto cthe caccura
cor crepeatability cof ctest cresults. cIn cmore ctechnical cterms, creliability crefers cto cthe cdegree cto cwh
cmeasurement cerrors. cAs cyou cwill clearn, cthere care cmany cways ca ctest ccan cbe creliable. cFor cex
creliable cover ctime, cwhich cmeans cthat cwhen cthe csame ctest cis cgiven ctwice cwithin cany cgiven ctim
cbe cthe csame cor chighly csimilar.
What care ctest cbatteries? c- cCORRECT cANS✔✔Two cor cmore ctests cused cin cconjunction
Define cstandardization. cWhy cis cit cimportant cto cobtain ca cstandardization csample c- cCORRECT cA
cproctoring cor csetting cup ctest cso cit's cthe csame cfor ceveryone cProvides ca creference csample cso
cWithout csuch cnorms, cthe cmeaning cof cscores cwould chave cbeen cdifficult, cif cnot cimpossible, cto c
cknowing csuch cthings cas cthe caverage cnumber cof ccorrect cresponses cfound cin cthe cstandardizat
cstate cwhether ca cnew csubject cwas cbelow cor cabove cit.
Define crepresentative csample cand cstratified csample. cKnow cwhen cand cwhy crepresentative cand
, Define cpsychological ctesting cand cpsychological cassessment. cHow care cthey cdifferent? c- cCORR
ctest cor ceducational ctest cis ca cset cof citems cthat care cdesigned cto cmeasure ccharacteristics cof chu
cbehavior. cThere care cmany ctypes cof cbehavior. cOvert cbehavior cis can cindividual's cobservable cac
ccovert—that cis, cit ctakes cplace cwithin can cindividual cand ccannot cbe cdirectly cobserved. cPsych cte
cinformation c. cPsych cassessment- cthe cgathering cand cintegration cof cpsych-related cdata cfor cthe
cpsychological cevaluation. cPsych ctesting: csimply cgiving ca ctest cto csomeone c- cprocess cof cobtain
cPsychological cassessment: ccan cinterpret cthe ctest, conly cpsychologists ccan cgive cassessments
What cis cpsychometry? cWhat care cthe ctwo cmajor cproperties cof cpsychometry? c- cCORRECT cANS
cof cpsych cdeal cwith cthe cproperties cof cpsychological ctests cValidity cand creliability
What care cnorm- cand ccriterion creferenced ctests? cHow cis ceach cunique? c- cCORRECT cANS✔✔C
cperformance cagainst can cestablished ccriterion, cpredicts cperformance coutcome coutside cof cthe ct
cNorm: cCompares ca ctest ctaker's cperformance cwith cothers, cquestion ccan cbe canswered cin cmany
cranking, cpercentile crank
What ctypes cof cquestions care canswered cby cpsychologists cthrough cassessment? c- cCORRECT cA
ctreatment cplanning, cmonitor ctreatment cprogress, cempirically csupported ctreatment, chelp cclients
cchoices/changes, chelp cthird cparties cmake cinformed cdecisions
In cwhat csettings cdo cpsychologists cassess cand cwhat cis ctheir cprimary cresponsibility cin ceach c- cC
chospital cand cclinics, cdiagnosis cof cpathologySchools c- cdiagnosis cof clearning cdisabilities, cmenta
cgiftedness, cbehavioral cproblems cForensic c(legal) csettings c- cinsanity cdefenses, ccompetency cto
cjustification cfor clawsuits, ccourt-ordered cevaluations cEmployment csettings c- cgood cmatch cfor ca c
ccounseling c- cinterests, cabilities, captitudes, ccareer cpath cPre-marital ccounseling c- cis ca ccouple cc
cmarry?
What care cthe cthree cproperties cof cscales cthat cmake cscales cdifferent cfrom cone canother? cDescr
cANS✔✔Magnitude: cthe cproperty cof c"more-ness," cwhen can cinstance cof cthe cattribute crepresent
camounts cof cthe cquantity cEqual cIntervals: cThe cdifference cbetween ctwo cpoints con ca cscale chas
cdifference cbetween ctwo cother cpoints cthat cdiffer cby cthe csame cnumber cof cunits. cAbsolute c0: cW
cproperty cexists, cextremely cdifficult cif cnot cimpossible cto cdefine can cabsolute c0 cpoint cfor cmany cp
Know cthe cfour cscales cof cmeasurement cand cbe cable cto cdifferentiate cbetween cthese cscales c- cC
cnot cscales cat call; ctheir conly cpurpose cis cto cname cobjects. cEx: cthe cnumbers con cthe cbacks cof c
cnominal. cNominal cscales care cused cwhen cthe cinformation cis cqualitative crather cthan cquantitative
cproperty cof cmagnitude cbut cnot cequal cintervals cor can cabsolute c0, cThis cscale callows cyou cto cra
cnot cto csay canything cabout cthe cmeaning cof cthe cdifferences cbetween cthe cranks. cInterval: cWhen
cof cmagnitude cand cequal cintervals cbut cnot cabsolute c0, cex: cFahrenheit cRatio: cA cscale cthat chas
c(magnitude, cequal cintervals, cand can cabsolute c0) cex: cKelvin cscale
Think cof cconcrete cexamples cof ceach cof cthe cdifferent cscales cof cmeasurement. c- cCORRECT cAN
cuniforms cOrdinal: c1st, c2nd, c3rd cInterval: cdistance c& ctemperature cRatio: cspeedometer, cweight,
Define cfrequency cdistribution cand chistogram? cWhat ckind cof cdata care cshown cin ceach? c- cCORR
cdistribution: cdisplays cscores con ca cvariable cor ca cmeasure cto creflect chow cfrequently ceach cvalu
cfrequency cdistribution, cone cdefines call cthe cpossible cscores cand cdetermines chow cmany cpeople
cscores. cShows cnominal cdata. cHistogram: ctells cus cthe cnumber cof ccases cfor ceach cvalue. cX-axi
cY-axis: chow cmany ctimes ceach cvalue cwas cobserved
Understand cthe cconcept cof cpercentiles. c- cCORRECT cANS✔✔Percentage cof ctest-takers cwhose
craw cscore, cex: cchild cdevelopment cheight/weight
Define ccentral ctendency. cKnow cthe cthree ctypes cof ccentral ctendency cand chow cto ccalculate ceac
cthe carithmetic caverage cscore cin ca cdistribution. cIt cis cthe cmost cappropriate cindex cof cCT cfor cinte
