Psychological Testing: Final
Alfred Binet developed... -
✅an intelligence test to identify "mentally retarded" Paris school children
Psychological testing is... -
✅a process of measuring psychology-related variables by means of devices and procedures
designed to obtain a sample of behavior
Which of the following would NOT be an example of an excerpt from a behavioral observation
write-up:
a. Mr. X reported a family history of bipolar disorder (maternal grandfather), anxiety
(sister), and schizophrenia (paternal cousin)
b. Mr. X appeared to be a well-dressed, well-groomed male of average height and weight
c. Mr. X sat with a stooped posture, while rocking back and forth
d. Mr. X's speech was unintelligible, as he presented with a severe speech articulation
delay -
✅a. Mr. X reported a family history of bipolar disorder (maternal grandfather), anxiety
(sister), and schizophrenia (paternal cousin)
To find detailed information concerning the development of a test (such as normative data), a test
user would likely look to: -
✅A test manual
Establishing rapport with a testtaker prior to administering a test is important for creating and
establishing a working relationship: T/F -
✅TRUE
If a test must be administered in a language other than the language in which it was developed,
the use of a translator or interpreter during administration will remove all possible cultural bias. T/F -
✅FALSE
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,Factors that may affect testtaker's performance include: -
✅physical pain, alertness, coaching, test anxiety, fatigue (lack of sleep)
Psychological testing has been developed in part due to: -
✅Society's need to organize and systematize
A person may be referred for a psychological evaluation to determine ability to handle a certain type
of job. T/F -
✅TRUE
Who founded the first psychology laboratory at University of Leipzig in Germany? -
✅Wilhelm Max Wundt
In class, a video of an interpreter who is deaf was shown to help demonstrate the concept that: -
✅Cultural meaning may be lost by simply translating information
In class, a video of an individual who was determined to be unable to make sound decisions due to
the influence of "affluenza" demonstrated: -
✅An opinion formulated via psychological evaluation conducted by an expert witness
Testtakers have the right to a copy of the protocols used in their psychological evaluation. T/F -
✅FALSE
The launch of Sputnik influenced the use of federal money to identify gifted students using
ability testing. T/F -
✅TRUE
Which of the following had the biggest impact on today's Individuals with Disabilities Education Act?
-
✅Mills v. Board of Education of District of Columbia
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, You are engaged in research and you want to determine if blonde-haired people have more fun. You
administer a "fun rating scale" to 20 blondes and 20 brunettes. Blondes obtain an average score of
3.5 on the rating scale and brunettes obtain an average score of 2.5. In your research, which scale of
measurement does hair color represent; which scale of measurement do the scores on the rating
scale represent? -
✅nominal; ordinal
Money would be an example of a ratio scale. T/F -
✅TRUE
Choose __ to display categorial data, and choose __to display continuous data. -
✅bar graph; histogram
If a curve is skewed to the left because there are more values that are lower than the mean, than it is
__ skewed. Frequency in values go: mode, median, mean -
✅
If a curve is skewed to the left because there are more values that are higher than the mean, than it
is __skewed. Frequency in values go: mean, median, mode -
✅
Positively skewed data may indicate a test was "too easy". T/F -
✅FALSE; negatively skewed data indicates that a test was too easy because a relatively low
number of scores fall at the low end of the distribution
In a normal curve, the mean, median, and mode all have the same value. T/F -
✅TRUE
Standard deviation is a commonly used measure of variability that tells how spread out numbers
are in a distribution. T/F -
✅TRUE
Approximately 95% of all scores on a normal distribution lie between 1SD and -1SD. T/F -
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Alfred Binet developed... -
✅an intelligence test to identify "mentally retarded" Paris school children
Psychological testing is... -
✅a process of measuring psychology-related variables by means of devices and procedures
designed to obtain a sample of behavior
Which of the following would NOT be an example of an excerpt from a behavioral observation
write-up:
a. Mr. X reported a family history of bipolar disorder (maternal grandfather), anxiety
(sister), and schizophrenia (paternal cousin)
b. Mr. X appeared to be a well-dressed, well-groomed male of average height and weight
c. Mr. X sat with a stooped posture, while rocking back and forth
d. Mr. X's speech was unintelligible, as he presented with a severe speech articulation
delay -
✅a. Mr. X reported a family history of bipolar disorder (maternal grandfather), anxiety
(sister), and schizophrenia (paternal cousin)
To find detailed information concerning the development of a test (such as normative data), a test
user would likely look to: -
✅A test manual
Establishing rapport with a testtaker prior to administering a test is important for creating and
establishing a working relationship: T/F -
✅TRUE
If a test must be administered in a language other than the language in which it was developed,
the use of a translator or interpreter during administration will remove all possible cultural bias. T/F -
✅FALSE
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,Factors that may affect testtaker's performance include: -
✅physical pain, alertness, coaching, test anxiety, fatigue (lack of sleep)
Psychological testing has been developed in part due to: -
✅Society's need to organize and systematize
A person may be referred for a psychological evaluation to determine ability to handle a certain type
of job. T/F -
✅TRUE
Who founded the first psychology laboratory at University of Leipzig in Germany? -
✅Wilhelm Max Wundt
In class, a video of an interpreter who is deaf was shown to help demonstrate the concept that: -
✅Cultural meaning may be lost by simply translating information
In class, a video of an individual who was determined to be unable to make sound decisions due to
the influence of "affluenza" demonstrated: -
✅An opinion formulated via psychological evaluation conducted by an expert witness
Testtakers have the right to a copy of the protocols used in their psychological evaluation. T/F -
✅FALSE
The launch of Sputnik influenced the use of federal money to identify gifted students using
ability testing. T/F -
✅TRUE
Which of the following had the biggest impact on today's Individuals with Disabilities Education Act?
-
✅Mills v. Board of Education of District of Columbia
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, You are engaged in research and you want to determine if blonde-haired people have more fun. You
administer a "fun rating scale" to 20 blondes and 20 brunettes. Blondes obtain an average score of
3.5 on the rating scale and brunettes obtain an average score of 2.5. In your research, which scale of
measurement does hair color represent; which scale of measurement do the scores on the rating
scale represent? -
✅nominal; ordinal
Money would be an example of a ratio scale. T/F -
✅TRUE
Choose __ to display categorial data, and choose __to display continuous data. -
✅bar graph; histogram
If a curve is skewed to the left because there are more values that are lower than the mean, than it is
__ skewed. Frequency in values go: mode, median, mean -
✅
If a curve is skewed to the left because there are more values that are higher than the mean, than it
is __skewed. Frequency in values go: mean, median, mode -
✅
Positively skewed data may indicate a test was "too easy". T/F -
✅FALSE; negatively skewed data indicates that a test was too easy because a relatively low
number of scores fall at the low end of the distribution
In a normal curve, the mean, median, and mode all have the same value. T/F -
✅TRUE
Standard deviation is a commonly used measure of variability that tells how spread out numbers
are in a distribution. T/F -
✅TRUE
Approximately 95% of all scores on a normal distribution lie between 1SD and -1SD. T/F -
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