Multiple Choice Questions Flashcards
In Australia, registered psychologists are bound to adhere to the ethical guidelines endorsed by the
a) Psychology Board of Australia
b) Australian Association of Behavioural Neurologists
c) Association of Evidence-Based Phrenologists.
d) The Society for the Scientific Study of Farnarckling
A
Ethical guidelines for psychological assessment and test use apply to
a) Scores from published psychological tests
b) Information gathered in structured clinical interviews
c) Information gathered in informal interviews and behavioural assessment
d) All of the above.
D
Test development experts recommend that once a test is published construct validation studies examining convergent and discriminant validity are best conducted using:
a) Principle-components analysis
b) Eye-balling correlation matrices
c) Confirmatory-factor analysis
d) Multiple-likelihood ratios
C
Which of the following is (are) examples of the family of standard errors of measurement for interpretation of test scores
a) standard error of prediction
b) standard error of judgment
c) standard error of guestimation
d) predicted true score
A
Sensitivity and specificity are examples of what kind of validity?
a) content
b) face
c) criterion
d) ecological
C
If the Negative Predictive Power of a (negative) test result is .75, this means that
the probability of a person with a negative test result having the diagnosis of interest is:
a) .75
b) .25
c) 0
d) equal to the base rate
B
In diagnostic validity studies, pre-test probability is a synonym for:
a) prevalence
b) base-rate
c) the probability that a person drawn at random from the clinical population (prior to any testing or assessment) has the diagnosis of interest
d) all of the above
D
In
diagnostic validity studies, post-test probability is a synonym for
a) the probability that the patient has the diagnosis
b) the probability that the patient does not have the diagnosis
c) the probability that a person drawn at random from the clinical population
(prior to any testing or assessment) has the diagnosis of interest
d) overall correct classification
A
The Cattell-Horn-Caroll (CHC) model of cognitive ability describes how many Stratum II cognitive abilities?
a) 1
b) 5-6
c) 8-10
d) Several hundred
C
Carroll’s development of his model of cognitive abilities relied primarily on what kind statistical methods
a) single case experimentation
b) ideographic methods
c) analysis of variance
d) factor analysis
D
Which adult intelligence/cognitive ability battery(ies) refer to the CHC model for theoretical justification?
a) Stanford-Binet-V
b) Woodcock-Johnson-III
c) Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale-IV
d) all of the above
D
The definitions of “executive function” provided by Lezak and of “general intelligence” provided by Wechsler
a) overlap
b) differ
c) describe different clinical assessment tasks
d) question provides too little information
A
A typical brief “mental status” test such as the MMSE, to cite just one example, provides assessment of . . . . . . . . . CHC cognitive constructs and each construct is sampled . . . . . . . in terms of optimal test development
a) several, comprehensively
b) several, poorly
c) one, comprehensively
d) one, poorly
B
Contemporary factor analytic studies of the Wechsler Memory Scale (-III or –IV) suggest that the immediate and delayed recall of auditory-verbal or visuo-spatial stimuli are best represented by typical brief “mental status” test such as the Mini-Mental Status Examination,
a) One, general anterograde or long-term retrieval ability.
b) Two factors, auditory-verbal and visuo-spatial memory.
c) Two factors, immediate memory and delayed memory.
d) Four factors, immediate and delayed auditory-verbal and visuo-spatial
memory, respectively
B
