Finals Exam

Question 1

True or False: The purpose of gathering integration of psychology-related data is to make a “psychological assessment.”

Answer 1

False - “psychological evaluation”

Question 2

True or False: “Testing” typically answer the referral question, solve a problem or arrive at a decision through the use of tools of evaluation.

Answer 2

False - “Assessment”

Question 3

True or False: Tests differ in their administration, scoring, and interpretation procedures.

Answer 3

True

Question 4

True or False: Modifications (accommodations) may need to be made in a psychological test (or measurement procedure) in order for an evaluation to proceed.

Answer 4

True

Question 5

True or False: “Common language” between assessor and assessee is a most basic part of the assessment.

Answer 5

False - “Communication”

Question 6

Generally refers to every process from administration to the interpretation of the scores.

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Testing

Question 7

A concept that generally focuses on processes rather than simply the results of those processing.

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Assessment

Question 8

A collaborative approach to assessment that encourage self-discovery and new understanding throughout the assessment process.

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Therapeutic Psychological Assessment

Question 9

An approach to a psychological assessment that usually follows an evaluation-intervention-evaluation assessment process.

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Dynamic Assessment

Question 10

The process of assigning evaluative codes or statements to functioning on tests, tasks, interviews, and other behavioral samples.

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Scoring

Question 11

Tools of psychological assessment in gathering information through reciprocal exchange.

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Interview as tool

Question 12

Tool of psychological assessment in gathering information through preserved archival information, official and informational accounts and other data and items relevant to a client.

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Case History Data

Question 13

Tool of psychological assessment in gathering information through actions from simulated situation.

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Role-play

Question 14

A party in the assessment enterprise which refers to the client-subject of an assessment or evaluation.

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Test Taker

Question 15

Settings wherein achievement assessments are conducted.

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Educational settings

Question 16

To know the improvement of the client in terms of adjustment, productivity, etc.

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Counseling Settings

Question 17

A part of an alternative assessment tools are used to help screen or diagnose behavior problems.

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Clinical settings

Question 18

A part of an alternate assessment process that is provided to cater or suitably meet people with disabilities or those with exceptional needs.

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Accommodation

Question 19

Every phrase below is a general type of accommodation needed for a psychological test (or measurement procedure) evaluation to proceed, EXCEPT; a. The form of the test as presented to the test-taker, b. Modification of the environment wherein test is conducted, c. The way responses to the test were obtained, d. Practicality and flexibility of the test users.

Answer 19

The way responses to the test were obtained

Question 20

Reference source (about published tests and assessment related issues) that pertains to a brief description of a test’s technical information for a prospective user.

Answer 20

Test manual

Question 21

Reference source about the detail information of a particular test development and its technical information.

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Test catalogue

Question 22

Developed the product-moment correlation technique.

Answer 22

Karl Pearson

Question 23

A significant individual in the field of measurement who first quantified individual differences between people, contributing to the development of many contemporary tools of psychological assessment.

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Sir Francis Galton

Question 24

A significant individual in the field of measurement who pioneered the use of the statistical concept central to psychological experimentation and testing.

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Sir Francis Galton

Question 25

Coined the term, "mental test," and brought statistics for mental testing.

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James McKeen Cattell

Question 26

In the language of research, this refers to the collective influences of all factors on a test core that are beyond those specifically measured by the test.

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Error

Question 27

Continuous scale measures the following EXCEPT: a. GPA, b. Temperature, c. Birth Order, d. Level of Anxiety

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Birth Order

Question 28

Scale of measurement which has no absolute zero point.

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Interval Scale

Question 29

Class intervals replace the actual test scores.

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Grouped Frequency Distribution

Question 30

Scores are listed alongside the number of times each score occurred.

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Simple Frequency Distribution

Question 31

Is a straightforward, unmodified accounting of performance that is usually numerical.

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Raw Score

Question 32

A set of test scores arrayed for recording or study.

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Distribution

Question 33

A measure of Central Tendency that is denoted by the symbol X

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Arithmetic mean

Question 34

It is determined by ordering the scores in a list of magnitude, ascending or descending order.

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Median

Question 35

An indication of how scores in a distribution are scattered or dispersed.

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Variability

Question 36

This describes the steepness of a distribution with reference to its center.

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Kurtosis

Question 37

This is equal to the square root of the variance.

Answer 37

Standard deviation

Question 38

A type of distribution showing relatively few scores falling at the high end of the distribution.

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Positively skewed

Question 39

A type of distribution showing relatively few scores falling at the low end of the distribution.

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Negatively skewed

Question 40

A portion of the pool of people deemed to be representative of the whole population.

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Sample

Question 41

The process of administering a test to a representative sample of test-taker for the purpose of establishing norms.

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Standardization

Question 42

A number that provides an index of the strength of the relationship between two things.

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Correlation coefficient

Question 43

Most widely used measure of correlation.

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Pearson r

Question 44

The following are sources of error variance EXCEPT: a. Construction of test, b. Test Responses, c. Test administration, d. Test Scoring and Interpretation

Answer 44

Test Responses

Question 45

The estimate of test-retest reliability when the interval between testing is greater than 6 months.

Answer 45

Coefficient of stability

Question 46

A reliability estimate gained by correlating pairs of scores from the same people, on the same test on two different administrations.

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Test-retest reliability

Question 47

A judgment that concerns how relevant the test items appear to be.

Answer 47

Face Validity

Question 48

Describes a judgment of how adequately a "test samples behavior representative" of a wide-ranging behavior that the test was designed to measure.

Answer 48

Content Validity

Question 49

A judgment that concerns the appropriateness of inferences drawn from test scores.

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Construct validity

Question 50

A factor inherent in a test that systematically prevents accuracy.

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Bias

Question 51

A judgment resulting from the intentional and international misuse of a rating scale.

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Rating Error

Question 52

An approach that focuses on the relationship between the test-takers answer to an individual test item.

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Item Response Theory

Question 53

Discrete variables are measured by:

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Nominal Scale

Question 54

This is equal to the mean of the squares of the difference between the scores in a distribution.

Answer 54

Variance