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CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION TO PSYCH ASSESSMENT Flashcards

Introduction to Psych Assessment

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1
Q

What is Test?

A

Measurement device used to quantify behavior or aid in understandinh behavior.

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What is Item?

A

Questions that make up a test

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3
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What is psychological test?

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Set of items that measure human characteristics

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4
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What is overt behavior?

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Directly observed behavior

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What is covert behavior?

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Indirectly observed behavior

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What is Individual test?

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Administer to a one person only

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What is group test?

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Administer to one or two more people

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What is achievement test?

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Refers to previous learning

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What is aptitude test?

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Refers to specific skill

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What is intelligence test?

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Refers to a person ability in solving problem

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What is ability test?

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Refers to speed and accuracy or both.

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What is personality test?

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Overt and overt dispositions

Measures typical behavior like traits, temparaments and dispositions

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13
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What is objective personality test?

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Structured test

With choices like true or false

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What is projective test?

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Unstructured test
Ambiguous stimulus

Example:
Rorscach inkblot test and TAT

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15
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Who started the psychological test?

A

Chinese people

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16
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In what dynasty did they use battery test?

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Hans Dynasty

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17
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In what dynasty did they improve test?

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Ming Dynasty

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18
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Who wrote the book “The origin of species?”

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Charles Darwin

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19
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Who wrote the book “Heredity Genius?”

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Sir Francis Galtaon

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20
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Who coined the word mental test?

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James Mckeen Cattell

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21
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Who used the mathematical models of the mind?

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J. E Herbart

John Friedrich Herbart

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22
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Who demonstrated psychological threshold?

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E. H Weber

Ernst Heinrich Weber

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Who devised the law that strength of a sensation grow as algorithm of stimulus intensity?

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G. T Fechner

Gustav Theodor Feshner

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24
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Who is the father of experimental psych?

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Wilhum Wundt

25
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Who is the successor of Wilhum Wundt?

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E. B Titchner

Edward Bradford Tishner

26
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What is the test designed for mentally handicupped or disabled?

A

Seguin Form Based Test

27
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Who developed first major general intelligence test?

A

Albert Binet and Theodore Simon

28
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What year was the Binet - Simon Scale developed?

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1905

29
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How many items did Binet Simon Scale have when it was first used?

A

30 items

30
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What is the purpose of Binet Simon Scale?

A

Identify intellectually subnormal individuals

31
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When did the Binet Simon Scale revised?

What is the name then?

A

1909

Revised Binet Simon Scale

32
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In its revision, How many people added in the test?

A

200 people

33
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What is the biggest contribution of the revised B-S Scale?

A

Mental Age Concept

34
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Who made the american version of BS Scale?

A

L. M Terman

Lewis Madison Terman

35
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What is the name of the B-S scale after its revision on 1916?

A

Standford Binet Intelligence Scale

36
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How many people added in the SBIS in its revision?

A

1000 people

37
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Who is the president of APA during WWI?

A

Robert Yekes

38
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What are the two structured grouped test of human abilities during WWI?

A

Army alpha

Army beta

39
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What is army alpha?

A

Required ability to read

40
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What is army beta?

A

Measures intelligence of illiterrate adults

41
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What ability test was developed after WWI?

A

Standardized achievement test

42
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When was the 2nd revision of SBIS?

A

1937

43
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Who developed the WISC?

A

David Weschler

44
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What is the original name of WISC?

A

W-B or Weschler Bellevue Intelligence Scale

45
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What year was the W-B version developed?

A

1939

46
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What is the difference of SBIS and WISC?

A

SBIS - Single score (IQ)

WISC - Several Scores

47
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What is traits?

A

Relatively enduring disposition in any given circumstances

Example: optimism

48
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What is the first structured personality test?

A

Woodworth Personal Data Sheet

49
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What is the underlying motivation of personality test during WWI?

A

To screen military recruits

50
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What are the two famous unstructured personality test?

A

Rorschach Inkblot Test

Thematic Apperception Test

51
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What is Rorscach Inkblot test?

What year it was developed?

A

It’s unstructured test that a person will say any images from the inkblot
It was developed on 1921

52
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Who made the Rorschach Inkblot test?

A

Herman Rorschach

53
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Who made the Rorschach popular in USA?

A

Sam Beck made it more popular due to his investigation that it can be used scientifically

54
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What is TAT?

When was it developed?

A

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

55
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What is MMPI?

A

Minnoseta Multiphasic Personality Inventory is structured personality test

56
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What is factor analysis?

A

It is a method to find a minimum number of dispositions called factors

57
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Who is J. R Guilford?

A

He first used the factor analysis technique

58
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Who is Raymond Bernard Cattell?

A

He made a 16PF ( 16 Personality Factor Questionnaire)

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