Assessment and Testing

Question 1

Projective Tests

Answer 1

Test takers PROJECT own thoughts and ideas onto stimuli to complete answers.

Shown NEUTRAL STIMULI

EX:
-Rorschach Test (inkblot)
-TAT/Thematic Apperception Test (storytelling)
-Rotters (Incomplete sentences)

Question 2

Addiction Severity Index (ASI)

Answer 2

Includes questions about socioeconomic status, psychological needs, and the use of addictive substances.

Question 3

Minnesota Importance Questionnaire

Answer 3

Vocational counseling
-psychological needs
-underlying values related to work satisfaction

Question 4

Abnormal Involuntary Movement Scale (AIMS)

Answer 4

Used to evaluate tardive dyskinesia (repetitive, involuntary movements) in individuals taking antipsychotic medications

Question 5

Regression toward the mean

Answer 5

Individuals scoring very high or very low on a pretest are likely to score closer to the mean on the posttest.

Question 6

A bivariate correlation

Answer 6

When there are 2 measurements/variables for each individual item in a study

Question 7

Solomon 4 Group Design

Answer 7

Population divided into four samples

Two treatment groups
Two control groups

Two groups pretest and posttest
Two groups posttest

Can be used if worried about effect of the pretest

Question 8

Ipsative measures

Answer 8

Compare traits within the same individual

do NOT compare a person to other persons who took the test

Sometimes referred to as “forced choice” scale

Question 9

Thematic Apperception Test (TAT)

Answer 9

Murray

projective test in which client is shown a series of pictures and asked to tell a story

Question 10

normative measures

Answer 10

each item is independent of all other items

individual scores can be compared to others who have taken the test

Question 11

cyclical test

Answer 11

you have several sections that are spiral in nature

Question 12

test battery

Answer 12

several measures are used to produce results that could be more accurate than those derived from using a single source

a horizontal test

Question 13

construct validity

Answer 13

refers to the extent that a test measures an abstract trait or psychological notion (ex: ego strength)

Question 14

concurrent validity

Answer 14

how well a test stacks up against a well-established instrument that measures the same behavior, construct, or trait

Question 15

true variance /coefficient of determination

Answer 15

the percentage of shared variance or the level of the same thing measured in both

.70 x .70 = .49 x 100 = 49%

Question 16

Kuder-Richardson coefficients of equivalence

Answer 16

best when needing to measure the internal consistency reliability (ie homogeneity) of a test but not dividing the test in halves

Question 17

IQ test

Answer 17

Simon and Benet first IQ test (1905)

standardized measure

stands for intelligence quotient = MA/CA X 100

current IQ formula now SAS (standard age score)

Question 18

aptitude vs achievement

Answer 18

aptitude=potential
achievement= what has been learned

Question 19

reliability

Answer 19

increasing a test’s length raises reliability

shortening a test lowers reliability