CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION TO PSYCH ASSESSMENT Flashcards
Introduction to Psych Assessment
What is Test?
Measurement device used to quantify behavior or aid in understandinh behavior.
What is Item?
Questions that make up a test
What is psychological test?
Set of items that measure human characteristics
What is overt behavior?
Directly observed behavior
What is covert behavior?
Indirectly observed behavior
What is Individual test?
Administer to a one person only
What is group test?
Administer to one or two more people
What is achievement test?
Refers to previous learning
What is aptitude test?
Refers to specific skill
What is intelligence test?
Refers to a person ability in solving problem
What is ability test?
Refers to speed and accuracy or both.
What is personality test?
Overt and overt dispositions
Measures typical behavior like traits, temparaments and dispositions
What is objective personality test?
Structured test
With choices like true or false
What is projective test?
Unstructured test
Ambiguous stimulus
Example:
Rorscach inkblot test and TAT
Who started the psychological test?
Chinese people
In what dynasty did they use battery test?
Hans Dynasty
In what dynasty did they improve test?
Ming Dynasty
Who wrote the book “The origin of species?”
Charles Darwin
Who wrote the book “Heredity Genius?”
Sir Francis Galtaon
Who coined the word mental test?
James Mckeen Cattell
Who used the mathematical models of the mind?
J. E Herbart
John Friedrich Herbart
Who demonstrated psychological threshold?
E. H Weber
Ernst Heinrich Weber
Who devised the law that strength of a sensation grow as algorithm of stimulus intensity?
G. T Fechner
Gustav Theodor Feshner
Who is the father of experimental psych?
Wilhum Wundt
Who is the successor of Wilhum Wundt?
E. B Titchner
Edward Bradford Tishner
What is the test designed for mentally handicupped or disabled?
Seguin Form Based Test
Who developed first major general intelligence test?
Albert Binet and Theodore Simon
What year was the Binet - Simon Scale developed?
1905
How many items did Binet Simon Scale have when it was first used?
30 items
What is the purpose of Binet Simon Scale?
Identify intellectually subnormal individuals
When did the Binet Simon Scale revised?
What is the name then?
1909
Revised Binet Simon Scale
In its revision, How many people added in the test?
200 people
What is the biggest contribution of the revised B-S Scale?
Mental Age Concept
Who made the american version of BS Scale?
L. M Terman
Lewis Madison Terman
What is the name of the B-S scale after its revision on 1916?
Standford Binet Intelligence Scale
How many people added in the SBIS in its revision?
1000 people
Who is the president of APA during WWI?
Robert Yekes
What are the two structured grouped test of human abilities during WWI?
Army alpha
Army beta
What is army alpha?
Required ability to read
What is army beta?
Measures intelligence of illiterrate adults
What ability test was developed after WWI?
Standardized achievement test
When was the 2nd revision of SBIS?
1937
Who developed the WISC?
David Weschler
What is the original name of WISC?
W-B or Weschler Bellevue Intelligence Scale
What year was the W-B version developed?
1939
What is the difference of SBIS and WISC?
SBIS - Single score (IQ)
WISC - Several Scores
What is traits?
Relatively enduring disposition in any given circumstances
Example: optimism
What is the first structured personality test?
Woodworth Personal Data Sheet
What is the underlying motivation of personality test during WWI?
To screen military recruits
What are the two famous unstructured personality test?
Rorschach Inkblot Test
Thematic Apperception Test
What is Rorscach Inkblot test?
What year it was developed?
It’s unstructured test that a person will say any images from the inkblot
It was developed on 1921
Who made the Rorschach Inkblot test?
Herman Rorschach
Who made the Rorschach popular in USA?
Sam Beck made it more popular due to his investigation that it can be used scientifically
What is TAT?
When was it developed?
Henry Murray - Thematic Apperception Test is unstructured personality test that uses pictures to create seen and scenarios. It has ambiguous stimulus.
It was developed on 1939
What is MMPI?
Minnoseta Multiphasic Personality Inventory is structured personality test
What is factor analysis?
It is a method to find a minimum number of dispositions called factors
Who is J. R Guilford?
He first used the factor analysis technique
Who is Raymond Bernard Cattell?
He made a 16PF ( 16 Personality Factor Questionnaire)
