Psych Ass (Prof. Jehn) Flashcards
Spearman Brown formula is usually used in which of the following?
a) Establishing Split-half reliability.
b) Establishing Parallel forms reliability.
c) Establishing reliability for heterogeneous tests.
d) Establishing reliability for speed tests.
a) Establishing Split-half reliability.
A study reveals that the higher a person’s food intake is in the evening, the lesser his sleep quality gets. This kind of results show
a) Negative relationship
b) Positive relationship
c) Significant difference
d) No significant relationship
a) Negative relationship
The Children Personality Questionnaire-R (CPQR) is an example of what kind of test?
a) Unstructured test
b) Projective test
c) Structured test
d) Intelligence test
c) Structured test
The test taker neglected to have breakfast before the test. As he proceeds with the examination, his stomach starts to growl. What type of challenge to internal validity does this situation pose?
a) Testing
b) Instrumentation
c) History
d) Selection
c) History
Which of the following elements must be present before an experiment can be called as a true experiment?
a) Random assignment
b) Control group
c) Any of the above
d) All of the above
d) All of the above
The Draw-A-Person test is developed by:
a) Lewis Terman
b) John Buck
c) R.B. Cattell
d) Florence Goodenough
d) Florence Goodenough
When the distribution of scores includes outliers, it is better not to use
a) Mean
b) Median
c) Mode
d) All of the above
a) Mean
This is the test used to determine the current developmental level of infants.
a) Apgar test
b) Kaufman Assessment Battery
c) Woodcock-Johnson III
d) Bayley Scale
d) Bayley Scale
In order to determine the concurrent validity of a test, the statistical tool to be employed is
a) Spearman-brown formula
b) Kuder-Richardson 20
c) Point-biserial correlation
d) Pearson r
d) Pearson r
When testing for reliability of your newly made test, you divided the total number of items in two and correlated them. You took this step to determine which of the following?
a) the factors within the test and confirm other underlying. factors if present
b) If all the items in the test measures the same dimension
c) the validity of the items by using the first half of the
items as criterion to validate the second then computing the validity of the first half using the second half as criterion afterwards.
d) All of the above
b) If all the items in the test measures the same dimension
The 16-PF is a personality test that could also determine unusual responses. Specifically, which of the following?
a) Impression Management
b) Infrequency
c) Acquiescence
d) All of the above
d) All of the above
When our code of ethics conflicts with the law, what is the best step to do?
a) Maintain our stance regardless of the law as our ethical code is formulated to protect the safety of our clients
and patients
b) Adhere to the law, but at the same time try to minimize the inconvenience it might inflict to the people involved
c) Obey the law as it is the highest order of the land.
d) Resolve the conflict while being committed to the code of ethics
d) Resolve the conflict while being committed to the code of ethics
For individuals who are legally incapable of providing consent, we must
a) Nevertheless explain appropriately to the client
b) Obtain informed assent from them
c) Obtain appropriate permission from their legally authorized person
d) All of the above
d) All of the above
Kuromi and Cinnamoroll are trying to build a wooden table.
They lack the necessary tools for the project so they decided to use a rubber band to measure the length of every plank of wood. This situation can lead to which of the following?
a) Having a systematic error. (fixed error)
b) Having a random error. (changing error)
c) Mark ate more than Arvin did the night before
d) None of the above
b) Having a random error. (changing error)
When releasing test data, we divulge which of the following?
a) Release raw and scaled scores
b) Release client’s responses to the test questions
c) Observation notes
d) None of the above
d) None of the above
In creating a research, which one of the following types of
statements is always false?
a) Analytical statement
b) Falsifiable statement
c) Contradictory statement
d) Hypothetical statement
c) Contradictory statement
One of the primary objectives in developing this scale was to provide an intelligence test suitable for adults, as previously available tests were all designed for school children.
a) Weschler-Bellevue Intelligence Scale
b) Raven’s Progressive Matrices
c) Stanford-Binet Intelligence Scale
d) Culture Fair Intelligence Test
a) Weschler-Bellevue Intelligence Scale
States that measurement error is always random, and advocates standardization of tests.
a) Domain Sampling Model
b) Classical Test Score Theory
c) Item Discriminability Analysis
e) Item Response Theory
b) Classical Test Score Theory
A company, in order to determine whether the new computer system will significantly reduce the amount of time spent in data processing, divided their Finance department into two groups. The first group used the new system, while the second group used the old one. However, upon learning of this set-up, the workers in the second group worked
overtime to make sure that they would finish processing their data faster. This is an example of
a) Reactivity
b) Pygmalion effect
c) Rosenthal effect
d) John Henry effect
d) John Henry effect
How do you establish Alternate Forms reliability?
a) You administer the form A of your personality inventory to your sample. After they are finished, you administer the form B.
b) You administer the form A to your sample, wait a couple of weeks, and then administer the form B to the same
sample.
c) All of the above
d) None of the above
c) All of the above
Makibao, hailed as the swiftest tortoise of his time, boasts a remarkable speed of 50 mph even without footwear. Curious to test whether he could accelerate further with shoes, he experimented with three distinct shoe brands. If Makibao is a research subject in this scenario, we can say the study being made has _____ design.
a) Between-subjects
b) Within-subjects
c) Mixed
d) Factorial
b) Within-subjects
Michelle developed a test with two sets. In order to identify its reliability, she should employ what statistical tool?
a) Pearson r
b) Kuder-Richardson 20
c) Cronbach’s alpha
d) Kappa statistics
a) Pearson r
If you, as a certified psychometrician, are devising a psychological assessment aimed at gauging symptoms of ability Major Depressive Disorder (MDD), which of the following statements is accurate?
a) The acceptable range of reliability for Psychological Test is .70 and above
b) You must use Test-retest in measuring reliability to
ensure the consistency of symptoms.
c) You must first ascertain that the test will measure MDD symptoms.
d) The reliability of the test must be at least .95
d) The reliability of the test must be at least .95
Henry wants to increase the reliability of his 35-item test. In order to do so, what should he do?
a) Conduct pilot testing
b) Add more items
c) find experts to validate the test
d) correlate it to similar tests
not part of the study but affect
b) Add more items
In this type scale, all respondents who agree with the stronger statements of the attitude will also agree with milder statements.
a) Likert scale
b) Paired comparisons
c) Multiple choice
d) Guttman scale
d) Guttman scale
According to the code of ethics, which of the following is true when it comes to disclosing information?
a) We disclose information only when the client provides permission to do so
b) We disclose information to the source of referral even without the consent of the client
c) When the people need to be protected from harm
d) All of the above
d) All of the above
Bruce asked his professor for help regarding a sensitive
case of a research subject he is currently handling in his study. He gave his professor the necessary information about the case, but not the name of the subject. Bruce is protecting his subject’s
a) Anonymity
c) Obscurity
b) Confidentiality information
d) Privacy
a) Anonymity
Alice was given an intelligence test on Monday and she obtained a score of 100, She took the same test on
Wednesday, and she obtained a score of 130. Based on this, the intelligence test is therefore
a) Reliable but not valid
b) Valid but not reliable
c) Not reliable and not valid
d) Reliable and valid
c) Not reliable and not valid
Which of the following personality tests does not score
ambiguous responses?
a) Sack’s Sentence Completion Test
b) Rotter Incomplete Sentence Blank
c) Purpose in Life test
d) None of the above
d) None of the above
If there is evidence that the association between two variables is not significantly different from 0, then we
a) Reject the null hypothesis
b) Reject the alternative hypothesis
c) Accept the alternative hypothesis.
d) Both a and b
b) Reject the alternative hypothesis
At the very least, what should be the item difficulty of a multiple-choice item with four choices for it to be reasonable?
a) .25
b) .30
c) .20
d) .15
b) .30
When creating an achievement test, you need to make sure that the item difficulty index must be
a) .30
b) Equal to the value in percentage when 100% is divided by the number of distractors.
c) Greater than or equal to the difficulty index of standardized intelligence tests.
d) Greater than the level of success expected by chance alone.
d) Greater than the level of success expected by chance alone.
This is developed when the classical test score theory is deemed inadequate in identifying the true ability of the test takers.
a) Domain Sampling Model
b) Item discriminability
c) Item Response Theory
d) Item Analysis
c) Item Response Theory
Test-retest reliability only applies to
a) Overt behaviors
b) Covert traits
c) Stable traits
d) Dominant traits
c) Stable traits
The researchers are in the middle of the experiment seeking to identify if noise affects concentration when suddenly the aircon turned off. If the experiment continues, what could be an extraneous variable in this case?
a) Noise
b) Concentration
c) Volume of the sound
d) Temperature
d) Temperature
Jovie is a newly-hired psychometrician in a company. Just before her scheduled employee testing, her boss spoke to her and asked if she could finish the assessment, which normally takes 2 hours, within 30 minutes justifying that the testing procedures are just formality and the employee would be accepted no matter what. What should Jovie do?
a) Finish the assessment within 30 minutes, as apparently the test would not be used as a basis for hiring selection
b) Compromise with the boss to give her at least 30
minutes more
c) Agree, but inform the applicant about the change
d) Do not agree and explain the testing procedures to the boss
d) Do not agree and explain the testing procedures to the boss
Establishing this psychometric property requires good logical
skills and intuition.
a) Construct validity
b) Content validity
c) Face validity
d) Interrater Reliability
b) Content validity
He recognized the need for the rapid classification of recruits
with respect to general intellectual level during World War I.
a) Alfred Binet
b) Robert Yerkes
c) Karl Pearson
d) Sir Francis Galton
b) Robert Yerkes
The more items a test has, the higher the reliability it will possess. The concept behind this is called
a) Domain Sampling Model
b) Item Response Theory
c) Classical Test Score Theory
d) Item Bank Analysis
a) Domain Sampling Model
In test retest, carryover effects do not harm the reliability when
a) The changes in score happened on only a proportion of the test takers
b) The changes in score happened on all of the test takers
c) The changes in score affected only few test items
d) The changes in score affected all the test items
b) The changes in score happened on all of the test takers