Exam review notes

Question 1

purposes for testing

Answer 1

1. daignostic
2. selection
3. classification
4. research
5. predictive
6. verification

Question 2

do a pretest and a posttest, what is the posttest for?

Answer 2

to see if your treatment worked

Question 3

why testing has been successful

Answer 3

1. brings up results that you can use to come to conclusions
2. can be used in groups or individually
3. uses the science of psychology

Question 4

different ways to categorize tests

Answer 4

1. inventories
2. projectives
3. subjective
4. objective
5. impressionistic
6. concrete
7. max performance
8. typical performance

Question 5

some tests want maximum performance some want typical this is to see you at your best or at your average

Answer 5

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Question 6

contrast assessment and testing

Answer 6

assessment: diagnoses and defines a problem
testing: a standardized group of questions or situation in which a person will perform to collect data on them to assess later

Question 7

a person giving an assessment should be at the A level B level or C level?

Answer 7

C level

Question 8

how to establish rapport

Answer 8

1. create a comfortable environment with the person
2. set the tone by being calm and patient with them
3. ensure that the environment does not foster anxiety

Question 9

how to motivate clients

Answer 9

1. establish rapport
2. offer some reward/give them a reason
3. don’t prolong things
4. say “no one is expected to get every answer correct” this is for IQ tests

Question 10

definition of a test

Answer 10

a standardized measure of a sample of behavior

Question 11

define standardization

Answer 11

a conformed basis for testing that everyone in a group will use to compare the average

Question 12

current testing issues

Answer 12

1. messed up scores
2. uses the wrong test for the wrong people
3. a person taking a test they are not qualified to take
4. giving dishonest answers for social desirability

Question 13

classification tests inventory vs projectives

Answer 13

inventories: look at results
projectives: look at the process

Question 14

APA guidelines for testing

Answer 14

1. secure place
2. examiner confident
3. understand psychometrics
4. keep secure
5. establish rapport
6. know how to score tets
7. proper training and qualification

Question 15

test administration issues

Answer 15

1. directions are not read clearly
2. incoherent questions
3. no test bias
4. make sure each person gets the same materials
5. environment should be comfortable and not noisy either in visual or auditory concepts

Question 16

year psychology started as an academic era and credited to who?

Answer 16

1879

Wundt at university of Leipzig

Question 17

mental measurement yearbook

Answer 17

Buros

Question 18

American philosopher psychologist who made a lab at his home

Answer 18

James

Question 19

inkblots

Answer 19

Rorschach

Question 20

first American experimental psychology lab at Johns Hopkins

Answer 20

Stanley hall

Question 21

prominent British psychologist measuring differences with children and adults and men and women

Answer 21

Galton

Question 22

the first standardized IQ test

Answer 22

Binet

Question 23

expanded IQ at Stanford

Answer 23

Terman

Question 24

used Binet test to discriminate against immigrants

Answer 24

Goddard

Question 25

coined the phrase mental testing

Answer 25

Cattell

Question 26

came up with a way to assess ww1 recruits

Answer 26

Yerkes

Question 27

a controversial psychologist who said the differences between black and whites was genetics

Answer 27

Jensen

Question 28

the national defense education act was made why

Answer 28

because the Russians got to space first