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Chapter 1: Introduction Flashcards

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In 1905, he designed a test to help place Paris schoolchildren in appropriate classes.

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Alfred Binet

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In 1917, it used psychological testing to screen large numbers of recruits quickly for intellectual and emotional problems.

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World War 1

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Why is assessment better than testing?

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Assessment acknowledges that tests are only one type of tool used by professionals, and that the value of a test is intimately linked to the knowledge, skill, and expertise of the assessor.

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It is the use of evaluative tools to draw conclusions about psychological aspects of a person as they existed at some point in time prior to the assessment.

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Retrospective Assessment

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What are the three varieties of assessment?

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  1. Retrospective assessment
  2. Remote assessment
  3. Ecological momentary assessment (EMA)
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It refers to the use of tools of psychological evaluation to gather data and draw conclusions about a subject who is not in physical proximity to the person/people conducting the evaluation.

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Remote Assessment

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It refers to the “in the moment” evaluation of specific problems and related cognitive and behavioral variables at the very time and place that they occur.

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Ecological Momentary Assessment (EMA)

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It is the gathering and integration of psychology-related data for the purpose of making a psychological evaluation that is accompanied through the use of tools such as tests, interviews, case studies, behavioral observation, and specifically designed apparatuses and measurement procedures.

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Psychological Assessment

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The process of measuring psychology-related variables by means of devices or procedures designed to obtain a sample behavior.

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Psychological Testing

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It is an approach to assessment wherein the assessor and assessee may work as partners from initial contact through final feedback.

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Collaborative Psychological Assessment

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It is an interactive approach to psychological assessment that usually follows a model of evaluation-intervention of some sort-evaluation.

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Dynamic Assessment

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This approach to assessment provides a means for evaluating how the assesse processes or benefits from some type of intervention.

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Dynamic Assessment

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It is a measuring device or procedure designed to measure a variable related to that modifier.

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Test

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It is a device or procedure designed to measure variables related to psychology and it almost always involves analysis of a sample behavior.

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Psychological Test

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It refers to the code or summary statements that reflects the evaluation of performance on a test.

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Score

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The process of assigning such evaluative codes or statements to performance on tests, tasks, interviews, or some other behavior samples.

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Scoring

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It is a reference point, usually numerical, derived by judgment and used to divide a set of data into two or more classification.

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Cut Score (Cutoff)

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It refers to how consistently, how accurately a psychological test measures what it purports to measure, and the usefulness or practical value that a test or other tool of assessment has for a particular purpose.

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Psychometric Soundness or Technical Quality

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It is the science of psychological measurement.

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Psychometrics

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It refers to the usefulness or practiced value that a test or other tool of assessment has for a particular purpose.

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Psychometric Utility

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It is the method of gathering information through direct communication involving reciprocal exchange.

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Interview

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It is a therapeutic dialogue that combines person-centered listening skills with the use of cognition-altering techniques designed to positively affect motivation and effect therapeutic change.

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Motivational Interviewing

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It includes a sample of one’s ability and accomplishment or work products.

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Portfolio

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

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Case History Data

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A report or illustrative account concerning a person or an event that was compiled on the basis of case history data.

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Case Study or Case History

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It includes monitoring the 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

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It involves observing behavior of humans in a natural setting in which the behavior would typically be expected to occur.

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Naturalistic Observation

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It is a tool of assessment wherein assessees are directed to act as if they were in a particular situation; they were then evaluated with regard to their expressed thoughts, behaviors, abilities, and other variables.

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Role-play Tests

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It is a scoring report that contains a mere listing of scores.

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Simple Scoring Report

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It is a type of scoring report that includes statistical analyses of the testtaker’s performance.

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Extended Scoring Report

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It is a type of scoring report that includes numerical or narrative interpretative statements in the report.

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Interpretative Report

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It is a type of scoring report that is usually written in language appropriate for communication between assessment professionals and may provide expert opinion concerning analysis of the data.

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Consultative Report

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It is a type of scoring report that integrates data from sources other than the test itself into the interpretative report. It also employs previously collected data into the test report.

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Integrative Report

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It refers to the assistance computers provide to the test user, not the testtaker.

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Computer-Assisted Psychological Assessment (CAPA)

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It refers to the computer’s ability to tailor the test to the testtaker’s ability or test-taking pattern. It provides score feedbacks as the test proceeds.

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Computer Adaptive Testing (CAT)

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They create tests or other methods of assessment.

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Test Developer

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It covers issues related to test construction and evaluation, test administration and use, and special applications of test.

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Standards for Educational and Psychological Testing (the Standards)

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It includes anyone who is the subject of an assessment or an evaluation. It can even be a deceased individual.

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Testtaker

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It is the reconstruction of a deceased individual’s psychological profile on the basis of archival records, artifacts, and interviews previously conducted with the deceased or people who knew him or her.

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Psychological Autopsy

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It is a type of test that evaluates accomplishment or the degree of learning that has taken place.

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Achievement Test

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It is 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

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It is defined as a description or conclusion reached on the basis of evidence and opinion.

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Diagnosis

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

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Informal Evaluation

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It is an assessment setting where tests and many other tools are used to help screen for or diagnose behavior problems.

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Clinical Setting

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It is the hallmark of testing in clinical settings.

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The test is employed with only one individual at a time.

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It is an assessment setting where the ultimate objective is the improvement of the assesse in terms of adjustment, productivity, or some related variable.

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Counseling Setting

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It is a loss of cognitive functioning (which may affect memory, thinking, reasoning, psychomotor speed, attention, personality) that occurs as the result of damage to or loss of brain cells.

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Dementia

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It is a condition when severe depression in the elderly can contribute to cognitive functioning that mimics dementia.

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Pseudodementia

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It is a discipline that focuses on understanding the role of psychological variables in the onset, course, treatment, and prevention of illness, disease, and disability.

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Health Psychology

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It typically refers to the form or sheet or booklet on which the testtaker’s responses are entered. It is also used to refer to a description of a set of test- and assessment-related procedures.

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Protocol

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It is defined as a working relationship between the examiner and the examinee.

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Rapport

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It is a form of assessment which includes an accommodation made to the assessee. It often includes translating measurement procedures from one format to another or substituting one assessment tool for another.

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Alternate Assessment

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It is 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.

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Alternate Assessment

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It is defined as the adaptation of a test, procedure, or situation, or the substitution of one test for another, to make the assessment more suitable for an assessee with exceptional needs.

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Accommodation

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It is one of the most readily accessible sources of information as it usually contain only a brief description of the test and seldom contain the kind of detailed technical information that a prospective user might require. Its objective is to sell the test.

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Test Catalogues

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It is where detailed information concerning the development of a particular test and technical information is found. It is the most detailed source available for information; contain useful information regarding the theory the test is based on; and typically contains at least some information regarding psychometric soundness of the test. It may however, be difficult to obtain because its distribution is restricted to qualified professionals.

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Test Manuals

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It is available to supplement, re-organize, or enhance the information typically found in the manual; it can provide in-depth discussion, contains a one-of-a-kind authoritative insights including practical insights regarding the administration, scoring, and interpretation of the test.

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Professional Books

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It contains descriptions and critical reviews of a test written by third parties.

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Reference Volumes

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It is compiled by Oscar Buros in 1938 and it provides a “one-stop shopping” for a great deal of test-related information.

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Mental Measurements Yearbook

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It includes up-to-date source of reviews and studies of psychometric soundness and can even provide practical examples of how an instrument is used in research or applied contexts.

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Journal Articles

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It is one of the most widely used bibliographic database for test-related publications.

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Educational Resources Information Center (ERIC)

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It is the world’s largest private measurement institution.

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Educational Testing Service (ETS)

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It is a source for exploring the world of unpublished tests and measures.

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Directory of Unpublished Experimental Mental Measures

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They created a series of tests designed to forecast which students would likely fall ever further behind their peers without additional support.

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Alfred Binet and Theodore Simon

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It does not measure intelligence in its totality, rather, it was designed for the narrow purpose of identifying intellectually disabled children who need additional help.

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Binet-Simon Test or Intelligence Test

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He developed a refined method of scoring Binet’s test— the Intelligence Quotient (IQ)

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William Stern

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It refers to the use of tests and other tools to evaluate abilities and skills relevant to success or failure in a school context.

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Educational Assessment

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It is the subject matter or the focus of the particular test.

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Content

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It pertains to the form, plan, structure, arrangement, and layout of test items.

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Format

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