Assessment Measures Flashcards
What is validity?
The extent to which a test measures what it set out to measure.
What is reliability?
the extent to which the measure is consistent
What is the WISC-V?
Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children - Fifth Edition
Used to assess the cognitive skills of children
What is the reliability of the WISC-5?
Internal Consistency:
Average subtest reliability from good to excellent, r = .80-.96
What is the validity of the WISC-5
Intercorrelations between subtest, process, composite, and complementary scores:
All intersubtest are significant
Process scores correlate highly with their corresponding subtest scores
What’s the citation for the WISC-5?
Wechsler, 2010
What is the WAIS-IV?
Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale
Assesses cognitive functioning
What is the age range for the WISC-5?
ages 6 years through 16 years and 11 months
What is the citation for WAIS-IV?
Wechsler, 2008
What is the reliability for the WAIS-IV?
FSIQ internal consistency: .97-.98
What is the validity for the WAIS-IV?
WAIS-IV and WIAT-III concurrent validity strong for FSIQ and WIAT-III composites: ranging from .59-.82
What do intelligence tests measure?
Measures an individual’s potential (i.e., ability)
What do achievement tests measure?
Measures what an individual has learned (i.e., skill)
What is the underlying assumption of the Rorcshach?
People perceive their environments according to their defensive functioning, affect, and cognitive processes
What is the citation or the Rorschach?
Rorschach, 1921
What does the Rorschach measure?
Provides information about ability for reality testing, relatedness to others, perceptions of self and other affect, coping styles and abilities, and defensive functioning
What is the R-PAS?
Rorschach Performance Assessment System
A scoring system for the Rorshach
Evidenced based
What is the R-PAS citation?
Meyer et al., 2011
what is the TAT?
Thematic Apperception Test
What is the citation for the TAT?
Murray and Morgan, 1943
What is the reliability of the TAT?
.37-.90 per Groth-Marnat, 2009
What is the validity of the TAT?
.45 per Groth-Marnat, 2009
What are the pros of the TAT?
Access to covert and deeper structures of personality
Rich interpersonal and personal description
Less susceptibility to faking
Good for rapport building
What is the SCORS-G?
Social Cognition and Object Relations Scale Global rating method
Scoring system for the TAT
What is the citation for the SCORS-G?
Stein et al., 2011
What is the reliability of the SCORS-G?
acceptable at .70
What is the MMPI-2?
Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory - Second Edition
Personality measure
What is the citation for the MMPI-2?
Hathaway and McKinley, 1989
What is the age range for the MMPI-2?
Ages 18 years through 85
What is the reliability for the MMPI-2?
Test re-test reliability is moderate for median range for psychiatric patients at .80 and median for normal population at .70 (Hunsley et al., 1988)
What is the MACI?
Millon Adolescent Clinical Inventory
Personality measure
What is the MACI citation?
Millon, 1993
What is the age range for the MACI?
Ages 13 years through 19
What is the VMI-6?
Beery-Buktenica Developmental Test of Visual-Motor Integration - 6th Edition
Visual motor test
What is the citation for the VMI-6?
Beery, Buktenica, and Beery, 2010
What does the VMI-6 measure?
Measures the extent to which individuals can integrate their visual and motor abilities
What is the age range for the VMI-6?
Ages 2 years through 100
What is the Brown ADD?
An measure of ADHD appropriate for ages 12-18 and adult
What is the Brown ADD citation?
Brown, 1996
WRAT-5 ages
5-85+
WRAT-5 citation
Wilkinson and Robertson, 2017
WRAT-5 reliability
.80-.90
ABAS-III citation
Harrison and Oakland, 2015
WJ-IV validity
with WIAT-III: .57-.82
WJ-IV reliability
.88-.91
WJ-IV citation
Schrank, McGrew, and Mather, 2014
WJ-IV ages
2-90+