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Basic concepts in Psych Assessment Flashcards

1
Q

This person published a test designed to
help place Paris school children in inappropriate
classes

A

Alfred Binet

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2
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It refers to everything administration of the test to the interpretation of the test scores

A

testing

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3
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A process of gathering and integrating of psychology-related data for the
purpose of making a psychological evaluation

A

Psychological Assessment

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4
Q

process of measuring psychology-related variables using devices or procedures designed to obtain a sample of behavior

A

Psychological testing

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5
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This is the subject matter of the test

A

content

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6
Q

This is the form, plan, structure,
arrangement, layout of the test

A

Format

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7
Q

a specific stimulus to which a person
responds overtly and this response is being
scored or evaluated

A

item

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8
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This term is a process of administering a test. It could be one-to-one or group

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Administration Procedures

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9
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code or summary of statement, usually but not necessarily numerical in nature, but reflects an evaluation of performance on a test

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score

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10
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the process of assigning scores to
performances

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scoring

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11
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reference point derived by
judgement and used to divide a set of data
into two or more classification

A

cut score

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12
Q

It is the science of psychological
measurement

A

▪ Psychometrics

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13
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refer to a professional who uses, analyzes, and
interprets psychological data

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Psychometrist or Psychometrician

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14
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A type of test that measures previous learning

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Achievement test

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A type of test that measures the potential for learning or acquiring a specific skill

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Aptitude test

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16
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refers to a person’s general
potential to solve problems, adapt to changing
environments, abstract thinking, and profit from
experience

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intelligence

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17
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it is the considerable overlap of
achievement, aptitude, and intelligence test

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Human Ability

18
Q

______ provide a statement, usually self-report, and require the subject to choose between two or more alternative responses

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Structured Personality tests

19
Q

A type of personality test. It is unstructured, and the stimulus or response is ambiguous

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Projective Personality Tests

20
Q

A method of gathering information through direct communication involving
reciprocal exchange

A

Interview

21
Q

A type of interview where more
than one interviewer participates in the
assessment

A

Panel Interview (Board Interview)

22
Q

A type of interview used by counselors
and clinicians to gather information about
some problematic behavior, while
simultaneously attempting to address it
therapeutically

A

▪ Motivational Interview

23
Q

A tool for assessment that contains samples of one’s ability and accomplishment

A

Portfolio

24
Q

It refers to records, transcripts, and other accounts in writing, pictorial, or other form that preserves archival information, official and informal accounts, and other data and items relevant to an assessee

A

Case History Data

25
Q

a report or illustrative account
concerning a person or an event that was
compiled based on case history data

A

case study

26
Q

result of the varied forces that
drive decision-makers to reach a consensus

A

Groupthink

27
Q

A process of monitoring of actions
of others or oneself by visual or electronic
means while recording quantitative and/or
qualitative information regarding those actions

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Behavioral Observation

28
Q

A process of observing humans in natural setting

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Naturalistic Observation

29
Q

It is defined as acting in an improvised or
partially improvised part in a stimulated
situation

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Role Play

30
Q

A process in which assesses are directed to act
as if they are in a particular situation

A

Role Play Test

31
Q

They create tests or other methods of assessment

A

Test Developers

32
Q

_____is one of the most valuable tools of research on completed suicide. The method involves collecting all available information on the deceased via structured interviews of family members, relatives or friends as well as attending health care personnel.

A

Psychological Autopsy

33
Q

A type of test that evaluates accomplishment
or the degree of learning that has taken place

A

Achievement Test

34
Q

It refers to a tool of assessment
used to help narrow down and identify areas of
deficit to be targeted for intervention

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Diagnostic Test

35
Q

A description or conclusion
reached based on evidence and opinion

A

Diagnosis

36
Q

nonsystematic assessment that leads to the formation of an
opinion or attitude

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Informal evaluation

37
Q

refers to the form or sheet or booklet
on which a test taker’s responses are entered

A

Protocol

38
Q

A working relationship between the
examiner and the examinee

A

Rapport

39
Q

An evaluative or diagnostic procedure or
process that varies from the usual, customary, or standardized way. A measurement is derived, either by virtue of some special accommodation made to the assessee or by means of alternative methods designed to measure the same variables

A

Alternate Assessment

40
Q

adaptation of a test, procedure, or situation of one test for another, to make the assessment more suitable for an
assessee with exceptional needs

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Accommodation

41
Q

contain only a brief description of the test and seldom contain the kind of detailed technical information that a prospective user might require

A

Test Catalogues

42
Q

It contains detailed information concerning the development of a particular test and technical information

A

Test Manuals

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