EPPP Assessment Exam Questions With Correct Answers

EPPP Assessment Exam Questions With
Correct Answers

Psychological Assessment - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔--Process of using
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psychological tests, clinical interviews, behavioral observations, and
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other assessment tools to gather data on an individual's cognitive,
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social, and behavioral functioning for the purpose of description,
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classification, prediction, and intervention | | |




Examiner Qualifications - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔--Level A: may be
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administered and interpreted by a non-psychologist | | | | |




-Level B: require some technical knowledge of test construction and
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use, as well as completion of supporting educational and psychological
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subjects
-Level C: should be administered only by individuals with at least an MA
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in psychology and at least one year of supervised experience under a
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psychologist


Reliability vs Validity - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔--Reliability: degree to
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which test scores are free from the effects of measurement error
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Validity: degree to which a test measures what it was designed to
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measure

,Standardization - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔--The examinee's responses, | | | | | |



the apparatus, and the scoring have been fixed so the scores collected
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at different times and places are fully comparable; any deviations from
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standardized administration and scoring may result in invalid | | | | | | | |



conclusions
-The test has been administered under standard conditions to a
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representative sample for the purpose of establishing norms; the | | | | | | | | |



greater the discrepancy between the examinee and the norm group, the
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less likely the test results will be valid
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Types of Scoring - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔--Norm-Referenced:
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comparison between an examinee's scores and the scores of the norm
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group; percentile ranks, standard scores
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-Criterion-Referenced: domain or content referenced; scores based on | | | | | | | |



what the examinee can do or knows with regard to clearly defined
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content; percent correct | |




-Self-Referenced: ipsative; intra-individual comparison of scores; relative | | | | | |



strengths or weaknesses
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Behavioral Assessment - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔--Focuses on overt and
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covert behaviors that occur in specific circumstances
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-May utilize behavioral interviews, observation, cognitive assessment, or
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psychophysiological measures
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-Functional behavioral assessment (FBA): determines the purpose of a
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behavior by identifying antecedents and consequences
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,Dynamic Assessment - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔--Interactive approach and
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|deliberate deviation from standardized procedures to obtain additional
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information about the examinee | | |




-Associated with educational assessment | | |




-Testing the limits: involves providing examinees with additional cues,
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suggestions, or feedback; ordinarily done after standardized
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administration
-Graduated prompting: giving the examinee a series of verbal prompts
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that are graduated in terms of difficulty level
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-Test-teach-retest: following the initial assessment with an intervention
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designed to modify the examinee's performance, then re-assessing
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Computer-Assisted Assessment - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔--Computer | | | | |



Adaptive Testing (CAT): computer tailors the test to an individual
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examinee by choosing subsequent items based on previous answers
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-Increases precision and efficacy, as all examinees are tested with the
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same degree of reliability and reduced testing time
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-Computer-based interpretations should not be used to replaced clinical
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judgement
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Actuarial vs Clinical Predictions - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔--Actuarial:
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statistical; based on empirically validated relationship between test
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results and specific criteria
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, -Clinical: based on the decision-maker's intuition, experience, and
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knowledge; clinical judgement | | |




-Research has found that actuarial method alone is more accurate than
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clinical judgement alone
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Assessing Children - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔--Interviews can be used to
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obtain reliable and valid data from children as young as 6
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-Goals include establishing rapport and maintaining the child's
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cooperation, and can be accomplished by using descriptive statements,
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reflections, and open-ended questions; providing labeled praise; and
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avoiding critical statements and leading questions
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Assessing Members of Culturally Diverse Populations - CORRECT
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ANSWER✔✔--Considerations include acculturation, identity, language | | | | |



proficiency, availability of appropriate norms, cultural equivalence of
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content measured by the test, and availability of more culturally
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appropriate alternatives | |




-There are no truly culture-fair or culture-free tests
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-Research has found no consistent effect of match or mismatch between
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examiner and examinee in terms of race, ethnicity, or culture
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Self-Report - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔--One of the most common data
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collection methods |




-Advantages include quick production and scoring, and low cost
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