CHAPTER 2: Basic Testing Concepts

Question 1

Procedures for determining (or indexing) the amount or quantity of some constructor entity;

Answer 1

MEASUREMENT

Question 2

What makes a Good Psychological test?

Answer 2

1. It sticks to standards.

2. PSYCHOMETRICS

Question 3

To judge the merit or value of an examinee’s behavior from a composite of test scores, observations, reports.

Answer 3

EVALUATION

Question 4

Represents only one source of information used in the assessment process.

Answer 4

TESTS/ TESTING

Question 5

It is essentially an objective and standardized measure of a sample of behavior

Answer 5

TESTS/ TESTING

Question 6

A test that has been carefully constructed by professionals and administered with standard directions.

Answer 6

STANDARDIZED TEST

Question 7

•PSYCHOMETRICS• reflects the goal of finding the most suitable tests for the psychological variables of interest to the researcher and clinician.

Answer 7

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Question 8

It refers to the entire process of compiling information about a person and using it to make inferences about characteristics and to predict behavior.

Answer 8

ASSESSMENT

Question 9

The examiner compares and combines data from different sources.

Answer 9

ASSESSMENT

Question 10

Includes observations and interviews

Answer 10

NON-TEST TECHNIQUES/ AUTHENTIC MEASURES

Question 11

•PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTING helps in decision making •

Question 12

Concern of information in BTC

*BEAPI

•THESE INFO REFLECT LIFESTYLE OR INTEREST•

Answer 12

BEHAVIOR
EMOTIONAL STRESS
ATTITUDES
PERSONALITIES
INTELLECTUAL ABILITIES