Chapter 1-2 (Textbook)

Question 1

What was the first psychological test/assessment?

What was the purpose of creating it?

Answer 1

The Binet & Simon (Alfred & Theodore) intelligence test, which was used to test for intellectually disabled children who needed additional help in school.

Question 2

Who developed the Intelligence Quotient?

Answer 2

William Stern (refined Binet’s test).

Question 3

Assessment vs. Test

Answer 3

Psychological Assessment: gathering data for the purpose of psychological evaluation through the use of tools like tests, interviews, case studies, specially designed apparatuses and measurement procedures, etc.

Psychological Testing: the process of measuring psychology-related variables by devices or procedures designed to obtain a sample of behavior.

Question 4

Retrospective Assessment

Answer 4

Draws conclusions about someone as they existed at some point prior to the assessment

Question 5

Remote Assessment

Answer 5

Draws conclusions about someone who is not in physical proximity to the one conducting the evaluation.

Question 6

Ecological momentary assessment (EMA)

Answer 6

“In the moment” evaluation of specific problems. ‘daily diary’

Question 7

Collaborative Psychological Assessment

Answer 7

Accessor and assessee are partners, establishes goals.

Question 8

Therapeutic Psychological Assessment

Answer 8

Psychological assessment with the goal of benefits for examinee throughout the assessment process. (contrasts to at end for traditional psychological evaluations)

Question 9

Dynamic assessment

Answer 9

Interactive assessment approach where there’s evaluation, intervention, then evaluation again.

Question 10

Test (definition)

Answer 10

A measuring device or procedure to measure a variable

Question 11

Psychological test

Answer 11

device or procedure to measure variables related to psychology

Question 12

For a same topic, like personality, would different tests have similar content?

Answer 12

Could be very different because they have different definitions of personality

Question 13

Score vs Scoring

Answer 13

Score: a code or summary statement (eg. 1, agree, etc.)

Scoring: process of assigning codes or statements to a performance on tests/tasks/other behaviors

Question 14

Cut score

Answer 14

Cutoff point to divide a set of data into 2+ classifications

Question 15

Psychometrics

Answer 15

Science of psychological measurement

Question 16

Psychometric soundness

Answer 16

How well a psychological test measures what it claims to measure

Question 17

Interview in Psychology

Answer 17

Method of gathering information through direct communication with reciprocal change.

Non-verbal is also important for in-person interviews

Question 18

Panel interview (pros?)

Answer 18

More than one interviewer.

Might remove idiosyncratic biases.

Question 19

Motivational interviewing

Answer 19

Therapeutic dialogue, listening skills, combined with cognition-altering techniques.

Question 20

Behavioral Observation

Answer 20

Monitoring and recording information about actions of oneself or others

Question 21

role-play test

Answer 21

assessment where assessees are told to act as if they were in a situation.

Question 22

Psychological autopsy

Answer 22

Reconstructing the psychological profile of a deceased individual based on records.

Question 23

Diagnostic test

Answer 23

An assessment with purpose of identifying areas in need for intervention

Question 24

Informal evaluation

Answer 24

A non-systematic assessment that leads to formation of an opinion (eg. “he behaved well in class”)

Question 25

Pseudodementia

Answer 25

Severe depression that produces impairment in cognitive functioning, mimicking dementia.

Question 26

Health psychololgy

Answer 26

Understanding role of psychology in the onset, course, treatment, etc. of illness, disease, and disability

Question 27

Rapport (in psychological test administration)

Answer 27

The working relationship between examiner and examinee

Question 28

Accommodation (in psychological test administration)

Answer 28

The adaptation of a test, procedure, etc. to suit an assessee with exceptional needs

Question 29

CAPA

Answer 29

computer-assisted psychological assessment