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1
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What are some evaluator characteristics?

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Flexibility
Vigilance
Self-awareness
Body language
Eye contact
Professional appearance (184-187)
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Flexibility?

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Adjust pace, scheduling more than one session, take breaks

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Vigilance?

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Observe if the child is making their best effort, speech patterns they are struggling with, is their vision and hearing good

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Self-awareness?

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Knowing what irritates us and focus on the child’s needs

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Body language?

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Knowing your body language and not allowing the child to know you are uncomfortable

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Expectancy effects?

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Overgeneralizations based on a limited amount of information (187-188)

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How to reduce expectancy effects?

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Look for evidence that might confirm or disconfirm your hypothesis.
Formulate alternate hypothesis.
Use available statistical information.
Seek feedback regarding the accuracy and usefulness of your judgments.

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How to select tests?

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Select tests and subtests based on the referral question.
Select tests and subtests based on the child’s physical abilities and language proficiency.
Consider time constraints. (208)

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How to arrange the physical environment?

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Select a room with minimal distractions
Control your test materials
Control the physical environment
Make sure the child is comfortable

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When do you test the limits?

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Conduct testing the limits only after the entire test has been administered using standard procedures, and typically on only those items on which you suspect that the child could perform better with some additional assistance.

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Who is the father of psychometrically based testing movement?

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Sir Francis Galton

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What did Sir Francis Galton develop?

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Developed the statistical concepts of regression to the mean and correlation

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What did Karl Pearson develop?

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product-moment correlation formula for linear correlation
multiple correlation coefficient
partial correlation coefficient
phi coefficient
chi-square test
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Who founded the first psychological laboratory in 1879?

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Wilhelm Wundt

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Who developed tests of mental functioning?

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Emil Kraepelin

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What tests did Herman Ebbinghaus develop?

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Developed tests of memory, computation, and sentence completion

17
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What is Carl Wernicke known for?

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Well known for his investigations of brain localization

18
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What did Theodore Ziehen develop?

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Developed test of conceptual thinking

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What did James McKeen Cattell do?

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Studied under Wundt and Galton
Focused on the study of individual differences in behavior
Established a psychological laboratory at the University of Pennsylvania
Compiled a battery of tests for evaluation of various skills

20
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Binet and Simon collaborated in 1905 to create what?

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30-item 1905 Binet-Simon Scale after being asked by the French government to find a way to identify school-aged children with intellectual disability

21
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What is considered the first practical and psychometrical based intelligence test?

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Binet-Simon Scale

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Who introduced the Binet-Simon scale to the US?

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Henry H. Goddard

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What did Lewis M. Terman and Hubert Childs publish?

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Stanford Revision and Extension of the Binet-Simon Scale (also known as the Stanford-Binet).

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What did Robert M. Yerkes publish?

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Published the Yerkes-Bridges Point Scale in collaboration with James Bridges and Rose Hardwick in 1915

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What did Yerkes research?

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Leading researcher opposing the age-scale format

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Revisions of the Stanford-Binet:

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Revised by Terman and Maud Merrill in 1937 and again in 1960
Point-scale revision by Robert Thorndike, Elizabeth Hagen, and Jerome Sattler in 1986
The Fifth Edition of the Stanford-Binet was published in 2003 by Gale H. Roid

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Weschler tests?

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Published the Wechsler-Bellevue Intelligence Scale, Form I in 1939
Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale–Fourth Edition
Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children– Fifth Edition
Wechsler Preschool and Primary Scale of Intelligence–Fourth Edition

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What is Binet’s definition of intelligence?

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A collection of faculties: judgment, practical sense, initiative, and the ability to adapt to circumstances

29
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What is Terman’s definition of intelligence?

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The ability to carry on “abstract thinking”

30
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What is Weschler’s definition of intelligence?

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Composed of qualitatively different abilities–not a mere sum of abilities because intelligent behavior is also affected by the way the abilities are combined and by the individual’s motivation

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