Ch.3 - Assessment, Effect Size, Ethics Flashcards

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Omnibus Inventory

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Personality tests that assess multiple personality traits in one test

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Major Omnibus Inventories

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  • Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI)
  • Big Five Inventory
  • California Psychological Inventory
  • Hogan Personality Inventory
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What types of data do personality tests measure?

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S-data, B-data

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What are projective tests?

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Tests where there is no right answer, and the test taker projects their thoughts into ambiguous tests

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Examples of Projective Tests

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  • Rorschach Test
  • Draw A Person Test
  • Thematic Apperception Test (TAT)
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Rorschach Inkblot Test

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Inkblot stimulus where clients interpret what they see

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Rational Test Construction

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Four conditions of validity

  • items mean the same to test creator and taker
  • capability for self-assessment
  • willingness to make an accurate self report
  • items must be valid indicators of the construct
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Acquiescene Response Set

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Putting the same answer for all questions

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Social Desirability Response Set

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Picking the socially acceptable answers

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Reducing the Problems of response sets

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  • reverse code items
  • use neutral wording
  • include lie scales
  • use different assessment methods
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Factor Analytic Test Construction

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After generating a long list of objective items, administer to many people and consider what items the group have in common, naming the factor

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Empirical Test Construction

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Gather many items, administer to people divided into groups, compare answers by different groups, and cross validate

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Cross Validate

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Smaller groups being used to validate and confirm a initial analysis

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Statistical Significance

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A result that would occur by chance less than 5% of the time

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P-Level

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Probability level of obtaining a result from a statistical test if there is no relationship (p<0.05)

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Issues with Significance Testing

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Arbitrary criteria for significance, with high variation of significance depending on sample size

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Effect Size

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The size of the difference between groups

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Type I Error

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Deciding that one variable has an effect on another when it doesnt

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Type II Error

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Deciding that one variable does not have an effect on another when it really does

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Publication Bias

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  • Occurs when the outcome of an experiment influences the decision to publish
  • Bias towards positive results
  • Bias towards extreme findings
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Quasi-experimental

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Compares people in different situations

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Ethical Issues of Personality Testing

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Fields may not evolve and profiling may become an issue. People may not be honest