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Assessment Flashcards

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Norm-referenced vs criterion-referenced scores

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Norm-referenced scores provide info how a person performed relative to others in the group.

Criterion-referenced score provides information on how much of the content a person has mastered.

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2
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Spearman theory of intelligence

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Intelligence is a single factor, “G factor”.

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Thurstone

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There are seven distinct mental abilities: verbal comprehension, word fluency, numerical fluency, spatial visualization, associative memory, perceptual speed, and reasoning.

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Cattel

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G factor exists with 2 subtypes: fluid intelligence (capacity to acquire new knowledge and solve new problems) and crystallized intelligence (knowledge and learning gained over one’s lifetime).

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VCI

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Verbal comprehension abilities.

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PRI

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perceptual reasoning abilities, fluid abilities.

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Raven’s progressive matrices

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Non-verbal test of intelligence. Series of abstract patterns with one piece missing.

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Bayley tests

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For infants. Poor predictors of intelligence in later years for most; good predictors of intelligence for low scorers.

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MMPI2

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Measure of personality functioning.

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L scale

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Lie scale.

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F scale

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Infrequency or “fake bad” scale, includes items that are endorsed by less than 10% of ppl. High scores on this scale indicate malingering.

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K scale

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Guardedness. Suggests person is trying to make themself present better than they are.

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13
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If tests are more difficult what will happen

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Decreases false positives and increased true negatives

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14
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Primary mental abilities test

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Multifaceted test of intelligence

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Diff between traditional assessment and behavioral assessment

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Behavioral assessment is ongoing.

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16
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How to increase the sensitivity of a test

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Lower predictor cutoff

17
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TO observe on-task behavior, what method should you use?

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Event recording

18
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Item response theory/latent trait model

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Attempts to explain relationship between latent traits and their manifestations. when test content is of varying difficulty, uniform scales of measurement can be applied to persons of different ability levels.

19
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Test-retest reliability is most appropriate for what type of analysis?

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Measuring enduring trait.

20
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Description of TAT

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Personality/projective test

21
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Diagnosis that has the lowest level of interrater reliability?

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G.A.D.

22
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Biggest issue related to diagnosing anorexia

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Denial of a problem

23
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Criterion contamination occurs when?

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Raters of the criterion measure know subjects’ scores on a predictor measure.

24
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What is most likely to trigger bipolar I episodes?

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environmental stressors are more likely to trigger the first/second episodes than later episodes.

25
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Person who has a first-degree relative with schizophrenia is how many more times likely to develops schizophrenia than someone in the general population?

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10-12x more likely

26
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Cataplexy - what is it? and what is it included for in the diagnosis?

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Strong emotion or laughter causes a person to suffer sudden physical collapse though remaining conscious.

Narcolepsy.

27
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Empirical criterion-keying is used for what?

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Developing a scoring key in terms of external standards.

28
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If someone is complaining of memory deficits, what would suggest malingering?

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Intact attention.

29
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Best prognosis for someone with schizophrenia?

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Female

30
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Taylor-russell tables give you information about what?

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Base rate, selection ratio, criterion related validity.

31
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Multitrait multimethod design establishes

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Discriminant validity

32
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How to control for the halo effect

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Utilize relative methods

33
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Raven’s progressive matrices is a good test of

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Spearman’s g factor

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