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Psychological Testing and Assessment Flashcards

1
Q

Published a test designed to help place Paris school
children

A

Alfred Binet

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2
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Assessor and
assessee work as partners from initial contact through final feedback

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COLLABORATIVE PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSESSMENT

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3
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Self-discovery and
new understandings are encouraged throughout the assessment
process

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THERAPEUTIC PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSESSMENT

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4
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Follows a model (a)
evaluation (b) intervention (a) evaluation. Provide a means for
evaluating how the assessee processes or benefits from some type of
intervention during the course of evaluation.

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DYNAMIC PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSESSMENT

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5
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A measuring device or procedure

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Test

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6
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A device or procedure designed to measure
variables related to psychology (intelligence, personality,
aptitude, interests, attitudes, or values)

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Psychological Test

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7
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Refers to the form, plan, structure, arrangement, and
layout of test items as well as to related considerations such as
time limits

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Format

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8
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A code or summary statement,
usually (but not necessarily) numerical in
nature, that reflects an evaluation of
performance on a test, task, interview, or
some other sample of behavior

A

Score

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9
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Process of assigning such
evaluative codes/ statements to
performance on tests, tasks, interviews, or
other behavior samples

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Scoring

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10
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Reference point,
usually numerical, derived by
judgement and used to divide
a set of data into two or more
classifications

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Cut Score

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11
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The science of
psychological measurement

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Psychometrics

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12
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Refers to the usefulness or practical
value that a test or other tool of
assessment has for a particular purpose

A

Utility

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13
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Method of gathering information through direct
communication involving reciprocal exchange

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Interview

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Files of work products: paper, canvas, film, video, audio, etc.
Samples of ones abilities and accomplishments

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Portfolio

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Records, transcripts, and other accounts in written,
pictorial or other form that preserve archival information, official and
informal accounts, and other data and items relevant to assesses

A

Case History Data

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16
Q

A report or illustrative account concerning
person or an event that was compiled on the basis of case
history data

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Case History Study

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17
Q

Work on a social psychological
phenomenon: contains rich case history material on
collective decision making that did not always result
in the best decisions.

A

Groupthink

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18
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Monitoring the actions of others or oneself by
visual or electronic means while recording quantitative and/or qualitative
information regarding those actions

A

Behavioral Observation

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19
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Behavioral observation that takes place
in a naturally occurring setting (as opposed to a research laboratory) for the purpose of evaluation and information-
gathering.

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Naturalistic Observation

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20
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Acting an improvised or partially improvised part in a
simulated situation.

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Role Play

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21
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Tool of assessment wherein assessees are
directed to act as if they were in a particular situation. Assessees
are then evaluated with regard to their expressed thoughts,
behaviors, abilities, etc.

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Role-Play Test

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22
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On site computerized scoring, interpretation, or
other conversion of raw test data

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Local Processing

23
Q

Computerized scoring, interpretation, or
other conversion of raw data that is physically transported from
the same or other test sites

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Central Processing

24
Q

Computerized scoring, interpretation, or other
conversion of raw test data sent over telephone lines by modem
from a test site to a central location for computer processing

A

Teleprocessing

25
Q

A type of scoring report that provides only a
listing of scores

A

Simple Score Report

26
Q

A type of scoring report that provides a
listing of scores AND statistical data

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Extended Scoring Report

27
Q

A formal or official computer-generated
account of test performance presented in both numeric and
narrative form and including an explanation of the findings

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Interpretive Report

28
Q

A type of interpretive report
designed to provide expert and detailed analysis of
test data that mimics the work of an expert
consultant

A

Consultative Report

29
Q

A form of interpretive report of psychological assessment, usually computer-generated, in which data from behavioral, medical, administrative, and/or other sources are integrated

A

Integrative Report

30
Q

CAPA
(assistance
to the test user not the test taker)

A

CAPA - computer assisted psychological assessment

31
Q

an interactive, computer-
administered test taking process wherein items presented to the test taker are based in part on the test taker’s performance on
previous items

A

CAT - computerized adaptive testing

32
Q

 They are the one who create tests.
 They conceive, prepare, and develop tests. They also find a way to
disseminate their tests, by publishing them either commercially or
through professional publications such as books or periodicals.

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TEST DEVELOPER

33
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They select or decide to take a specific test off the shelf and use it for some purpose. They may also participate in other roles, e.g., as examiners or scorers.

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TEST USER

34
Q

Anyone who is the subject of an assessment

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TEST TAKER

35
Q

Reconstruction of a deceased individual’s
psychological profile on the basis of archival records, artifacts, &
interviews previously conducted with the deceased assessee

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PSYCHOLOGICAL AUTOPSY

36
Q

Evaluation of accomplishments or the
degree of learning that has taken place, usually with regard
to an academic area.

measures previous learning

A

ACHIEVEMENT TEST

37
Q

a description or conclusion reached on the basis
of evidence and opinion though a process of distinguishing
the nature of something and ruling out alternative
conclusions

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DIAGNOSIS

37
Q

a tool used to make a diagnosis, usually to
identify areas of deficit to be targeted for intervention

A

DIAGNOSTIC TEST

38
Q

A typically non systematic, relatively
brief, and “off the record” assessment leading to the
formation of an opinion or attitude, conducted by any
person in any way for any reason, in an unofficial context
and not subject to the same ethics or standards as
evaluation by a professiomal

A

INFORMAL EVALUATION

39
Q

the form or sheet or booklet on which a testtaker’s
responses are entered

term might also be used to refer to a description of a set of
test- or assessment- related procedures

A

PROTOCOL

40
Q

working relationship between the examiner and the
examinee

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RAPPORT

41
Q

adaptation of a test, procedure or situation or the
substitution of one test for another to make the assessment more
suitable for an assesee with exceptional needs

A

ACCOMMODATION

42
Q

evaluative or diagnostic procedure or process
that varies from the usual, customary, or standardized way a measurement is derived either by virtue of some special
accommodation made to the assessee by means of alternative
methods

A

ALTERNATE ASSESSMENT

43
Q

contains brief description of the test

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TEST CATALOGUE

44
Q

detailed information of tests

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TEST MANUALS

45
Q

one stop shopping, provides detailed
information for each test listed, including test publisher, author,
purpose, intended test population and test administration time

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REFERENCE VOLUMES

46
Q

contain reviews of the test

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JOURNAL ARTICLES

47
Q

most widely used bibliographic databases

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ONLINE DATABASES

48
Q

test given to only one person at a time

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INDIVIDUAL TEST

49
Q

Administered to more than one person at a time by
single examiner

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GROUP TEST

50
Q

refers to the potential for
learning or acquiring a specific skill

A

APTITUDE / PROGNOSTIC TESTS

51
Q

Refers to a person’s general
potential to solve problems

A

INTELLIGENCE TESTS

52
Q

usually self-report,
require the subject to choose between two or more
alternative responses

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OBJECTIVE / STRUCTURED TESTS

53
Q

refers to all possible
uses, applications and underlying concepts of psychological
and educational tests

A

PROJECTIVE / UNSTRUCTURED TESTS

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