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Psych Assessment Flashcards

1
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_______ is an instrument or a tool to provide a description of an observed phenomenon.

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Test

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It involves the assignment of numerical values to whatever is being tested.

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Measurement

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It is a process of documenting certain data. Involving gathering, interpreting, and utilizing.

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Assessment

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Is concerned with a whole range of contexts, in and beyond the variables such as observation, test report, and feedback.

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Evaluation

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5
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Ancient China

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Civil Service

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6
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Charles Darwin

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Variation in species according to adaptivity and survival

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7
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Francis Galton

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Classify people according to their natural gifts

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8
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Karl Pearson

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Product moment correlation technique

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9
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Wilhelm Max Wundt

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Relating similarities not differences

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10
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James Mckeen Catell

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Mental test

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11
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Charles Spearman

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Test Reliability and Factor Analysis

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12
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Emil Kraepelin

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DSM

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13
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Alfred Binet

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Measure of intelligence

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14
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Robert Woodworth

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Personal Data Sheet

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15
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Raymond Cattell

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Personality dimensions

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16
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Tests or aids that can adequately be administered, scored and interpreted with the aid of the manual and general orientation.

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Level A

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17
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Tests or aids that require some technical knowledge of test construction and use and of supporting psychological and educational fields

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Level B

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18
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Tests and aids that require a substantial understanding of testing and supporting psychological fields together with supervised experience in the use of these devices.

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Level C

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19
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Test that measures previous learning.

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Achievement Test

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20
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Refers to a person’s general skills and ability to solve problems

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Intelligence Test

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21
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_______ variability means that the values are less consistent, so it’s harder to make predictions.

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High

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22
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The _______ tells you the spread of your data from the lowest to the highest value in the distribution.

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Range

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23
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____ is the 25th percentile rank

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Q1

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24
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What quartiles belong is the 75 percentiles?

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Q3

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25
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The _______ is the average amount of variability in your dataset. It tells you, on average, how far each score lies from the mean.

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Standard Deviation

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26
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A high standard deviation shows that the data is widely spread means ____11_____and a low standard deviation shows that the data are clustered closely around the mean means _____12_____

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Less reliable, More reliable

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27
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______ distinguish one person from another but are relatively less enduring

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State

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28
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_______ any distinguishable, relatively enduring way in which one individual varies from another

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Traits

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29
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Being flexible, patient, and compassionate is an example of a?

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Traits

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30
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______ behavior refers to an observable action or the product of an observable action, including test- or assessment-related responses.

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Overt

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31
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What is NOT a correct Psychological Testing assumption?

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Test-Related Behavior Cannot Predicts Non-Test-Related Behavior

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32
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Establishing a frame of reference or a point of comparison to compare the attributes of two or more individuals in a common setting is what we called ____.

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Test Norm

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33
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Uniform parameters are one characteristic of _______.

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Standardization

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34
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The manner such that no bias is the main target of ______.

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Objective

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35
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Assessment is considered _____ if it shows consistency.

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Reliability

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36
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Assessment is considered _____ if it measures what is intended to measure.

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Validity

37
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. Which is NOT a Characteristic of a good test?

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Subjective

38
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_______ the process of selecting the portion of the population deemed to be representative of the whole.

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Sampling

39
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A technique where the population is divided into homogeneous groups before getting random samples from each group.

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Stratified random sampling

40
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A technique where every individual in the population has an equal chance of being selected.

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Simple Random Sampling

41
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A technique where participants are recruited through referrals from other participants.

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Snowball Sampling

42
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A technique where every nth individual in the population is selected for inclusion in the sample.

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Systematic Sampling

43
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A technique where individuals are selected based on their availability and willingness to participate in the study.

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Convenience Sampling

44
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An eight-year-old kid test may be compared to the average score for other children of the same age. This is a form of what Norm type?

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Age Norm

45
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What type of norming is based on the expectations and behaviors associated with different social groups within a society?

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Social Norm

46
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A type of reliability that assesses the consistency of a measure over time.

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Test-retest

47
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The Test-retest reliability involves administering the same test or measure to the same group of individuals at the same points in time.

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Incorrect

48
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This type of reliability assesses the consistency of a measure when it is used by different raters or observers.

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Inter-rater reliability

49
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If Cronbach’s alpha is to determine the degree of correlation between the different items while KR 20 is for?

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Dichotomous

50
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It involves administering two or more different forms of the same test or measure to the same group of individuals and correlating the scores from the different forms.

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Alternate-form

51
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This type of validity assesses the extent to which a measure adequately covers all the aspects of the construct being measured.

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Content

52
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This type of criterion validity assesses the extent to which a measure is related to an external criterion that is assessed at the same time.

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Concurrent

53
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This type of criterion validity assesses the extent to which a measure is related to an external criterion that is assessed at a future point in time.

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Predictive

54
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This type of validity refers to the degree to which a measure is related to other measures that are theoretically related to the same construct.

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Convergent

55
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This type of validity refers to the degree to which a measure is not related to other measures that are theoretically unrelated to the construct being measured.

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Divergent

56
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If a test appears to be measuring what it is supposed to, it has _____ validity

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High Face Validity

57
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A _____ rate refers to a correct positive prediction, where the test correctly identifies a positive case.

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Hit

58
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If 1000 people are tested and 50 of them have the disorder, but the test incorrectly identifies 20 of the healthy people as having the disorder, this indicates?

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False Positive

59
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If 1000 people are tested and 50 of them have the disease, but the test incorrectly identifies 2 of the diseased people as healthy, then there are 2 ___

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False-negative

60
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A false positive is what type of error?

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Type 1 Error

61
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A false negative is what type of error?

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Type 2 Error

62
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Find what is incorrect: Type of Validity: Content, Criterion. Construct, Consistency

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4

63
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Find what is incorrect: Type of Reliability: Criterion, Construct, Internal Consistency, Inter-rater

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1

64
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If False is actually true

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Type 2 Error

65
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Psychological tests are used to assess the following context:

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All of the above

66
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According to Catell _____ is the capacity to acquire new knowledge and solve new problems, and is partially determined by biological and genetic factors.

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Fluid

67
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Tasks such as solving abstract puzzles, identifying patterns, or figuring out unfamiliar relationships between objects is an examples of intelligence according to Catell.

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Fluid

68
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Type of intelligence that focuses on knowledge and learning gained over one’s lifetime through an interaction between fluid intelligence and environment.

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Crystalized

69
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Vocabulary, general knowledge, or factual information in a particular subject area are examples of intelligence according to Catell.

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Crystalized

70
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Who is the proponent of General cognitive ability (g factor)

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Charles Spearman

71
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Binet’s fundamental assumption was that intellectual capacities in children decrease with age on average so older children were expected to perform better than younger children on the same items.

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False

72
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_______ is the person’s actual age in years

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CA

73
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As defined by Alfred Binet, reflects a person’s level of intellectual functioning.

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MA

74
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What is the correct equation for IQ?

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IQ = MA/CA x 100

75
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A child is tested and found to have a mental age of 8 years. The child’s chronological age is 15 years. What is the IQ of this child?

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53

76
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Normal or average IQ is in the range of ______.

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90 – 109

77
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The standard deviation in IQ scores is _____.

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15

78
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If the IQ <70, means

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With intellectual disability

79
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IQ more than two standard deviations above the mean or a Superior intelligence is ______

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IQ>130

80
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The proponent of the Theory of Multiple Intelligences

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Howard Gardner

81
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Ability to imagine and form pictures and transform them into ideas & expressions

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Visual

82
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What is not an example of Interpersonal Intelligence

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Writing journal entry

83
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The Minnesota Multiphasic is to self-report inventories as the

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Cattell’s 16 Personality Factor Questionnaire

84
Q

The most controversial use of personality assessment is in:

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personnel selection

85
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You have just taken a test that involved answering pages of questions about your characteristic behavior. You probably responded to a(n):

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self-report personality inventory

86
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If you needed a personality inventory capable of measuring a person’s degree of psychopathology, you would probably use:

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the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory

87
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A friend tells you that he recently responded to a personality inventory with about 550 items that indicated that his level of depression was above normal. He probably took:

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the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory

88
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In order to identify clusters of closely related personality traits and the factors underlying them, Raymond Cattell used:

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factor analysis

89
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The personality inventory developed by Raymond Cattell that describes an individual in terms of a limited number of personality source traits is the:

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16 Personality Factor Questionnaire

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