PSY TESTING 461 EXAM QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
ANSWERS
Types of testing - Answers - Intelligence tests: Overall score from many areas
-Aptitude tests:More specific area or ability
-achievements tests: accomplishment or learning
-Personality tests: unique qualities or traits
-interest inventories: preference for certain activities
-behavioral procedures: objective measurements
-Neuropsychological tests: Brain damage or changes in brain functioning
Major uses of
Major uses of tests - Answers - -Classification: Ex) Placement screening, certification
-DX and TX planning
-Self knowledge
-Program evaluation
-Research
How examiner can influence test results - Answers - -Rapport is urged: bring a
comfortable, warm atmosphere that serves to motivate and demand cooperation. It is a
crucial aspect of valid testing.
-Most studies find little evidence on ethnicity, gender, or experience having an effect on
examinee. A contradicting study finds high-mistrust African American students did
perform better with an AA test administrator over a white administrator.
Effects of coaching and test Anxiety - Answers -
Rudimentary Forms of Testing in China 2200 B.C. - Answers - Every third year testing
for mental fitness for office would occur.
Han dynasty used written exams testing civil law, military affairs, agriculture, revenue,
and geography.
Did not validate their selection procedures.
Galton and the Brass testing Era - Answers - Assorted brass instruments were used to
measure sensory thresholds and reaction times, thinking that such abilities were a the
, heart of intelligence. Instruments could be adjusted and were thought to determine the
swiftness of thought of the observer.
Galton used this procedure cataloging thousands of people.
Cattell's testing in the US - Answers - Measure the fractions of a second required for
different mental reactions
Invented term "mental test".
Binet and Simon's Tests - Answers - Developed first modern intelligence test in 1905
Prolific researcher and author
Develop to help special educational placement for children. Purpose was for
classification, not measurement.
Stanford-Binet Test - Answers - For expressing test results
New scale was suitable for those with mental retardation, children, and both normal and
"superior" adults.
Had clear and well organized instructions for administration and scoring.
Popular alternative was the Wechsler scales score.
The Army Alpha and Army Beta Tests - Answers - Based on unpublished work of Otis.
Consisted of eight verbally loaded tests for average and high-functioning recruits.
1) Following oral directions
2) Arithmetical reasoning
3) Practical judement
4) Synonym-antonym pairs
5) Disarranged sentences
6) Number series completion
7)anologies
8)Inforamtion
Descriptive Stats (what they tell us and how they are used) (measures of central
tendency, variability) - Answers - Measures of central tendency- compute the mean by
adding all the scores up and dividing by N, the number scores. Another useful index of
cental tendency is the median, the middlemost score when all the scores have been
ranked. If the number of scores is even, the median is the average of the middlemost
two scores. The mode is simply the most frequently occurring score .
Measures of variability- Two or more distributions of test scores may have the same
mean, yet differ greatly in the extent of dispersion of the scores about the mean. The
most commonly used statistical index of varability in a group of scores is the std
deviation designated as s or SD
Normal distribution - Answers - The distribution of scores would more and more closely
resemble a symmetrical, mathematically defined, bell-shaped curve
ANSWERS
Types of testing - Answers - Intelligence tests: Overall score from many areas
-Aptitude tests:More specific area or ability
-achievements tests: accomplishment or learning
-Personality tests: unique qualities or traits
-interest inventories: preference for certain activities
-behavioral procedures: objective measurements
-Neuropsychological tests: Brain damage or changes in brain functioning
Major uses of
Major uses of tests - Answers - -Classification: Ex) Placement screening, certification
-DX and TX planning
-Self knowledge
-Program evaluation
-Research
How examiner can influence test results - Answers - -Rapport is urged: bring a
comfortable, warm atmosphere that serves to motivate and demand cooperation. It is a
crucial aspect of valid testing.
-Most studies find little evidence on ethnicity, gender, or experience having an effect on
examinee. A contradicting study finds high-mistrust African American students did
perform better with an AA test administrator over a white administrator.
Effects of coaching and test Anxiety - Answers -
Rudimentary Forms of Testing in China 2200 B.C. - Answers - Every third year testing
for mental fitness for office would occur.
Han dynasty used written exams testing civil law, military affairs, agriculture, revenue,
and geography.
Did not validate their selection procedures.
Galton and the Brass testing Era - Answers - Assorted brass instruments were used to
measure sensory thresholds and reaction times, thinking that such abilities were a the
, heart of intelligence. Instruments could be adjusted and were thought to determine the
swiftness of thought of the observer.
Galton used this procedure cataloging thousands of people.
Cattell's testing in the US - Answers - Measure the fractions of a second required for
different mental reactions
Invented term "mental test".
Binet and Simon's Tests - Answers - Developed first modern intelligence test in 1905
Prolific researcher and author
Develop to help special educational placement for children. Purpose was for
classification, not measurement.
Stanford-Binet Test - Answers - For expressing test results
New scale was suitable for those with mental retardation, children, and both normal and
"superior" adults.
Had clear and well organized instructions for administration and scoring.
Popular alternative was the Wechsler scales score.
The Army Alpha and Army Beta Tests - Answers - Based on unpublished work of Otis.
Consisted of eight verbally loaded tests for average and high-functioning recruits.
1) Following oral directions
2) Arithmetical reasoning
3) Practical judement
4) Synonym-antonym pairs
5) Disarranged sentences
6) Number series completion
7)anologies
8)Inforamtion
Descriptive Stats (what they tell us and how they are used) (measures of central
tendency, variability) - Answers - Measures of central tendency- compute the mean by
adding all the scores up and dividing by N, the number scores. Another useful index of
cental tendency is the median, the middlemost score when all the scores have been
ranked. If the number of scores is even, the median is the average of the middlemost
two scores. The mode is simply the most frequently occurring score .
Measures of variability- Two or more distributions of test scores may have the same
mean, yet differ greatly in the extent of dispersion of the scores about the mean. The
most commonly used statistical index of varability in a group of scores is the std
deviation designated as s or SD
Normal distribution - Answers - The distribution of scores would more and more closely
resemble a symmetrical, mathematically defined, bell-shaped curve
