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Sample Test V Flashcards

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Process of measuring psychology-related variables by means of devices or procedures designed to obtain a sample of behavior

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Psychological testing

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Gathering and integration of psychology-related data for the purpose of making psychological evaluation

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Psychological Assessment

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Device or procedure designed to measure

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Psychological Assessment

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Subject matter

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Content

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Form,plan, structure, arrangement,layout

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Format

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A specific stimulus to which a person responds overtly and this response is being scored or evaluated

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Item

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One-to-one basis or group administration

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Administration procedures

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Code or summary of statement

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Score

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The process of assigning scores to performances

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Scoring

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Reference point derived by judgement and used to divide a set of data into two or more classification

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Cut-score

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Technical quality

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Psychometric soundness

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Science of psychological measurement

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Psychometrics

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Refer to professional who uses, analyzes, and interprets psychological data

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Psychometrician

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Used to measure general knowledge in a specific period of time

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Achievement test

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Refers to the potential for learning or acquiring a specific skill

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Aptitude test

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Refers to the potential for learning or acquiring a specific skill

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Intelligence test

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Considerable overlap of achievement, aptitude, and intelligence test

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Human Ability Test

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Measure usual or habitual thoughts, feelings, and behavior

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Typical performance test

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Measures individual dispositions and preferences

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Personality test

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A type of personality test which provide statement, usually self-report, and require the subject to choose between two or more alternative responses

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Structured Personality tests

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A type of personality test which are unstructured self-report, and the stimulus or response are ambigous

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Projective Personality Tests

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A type of personality test which consists of elicit personal beliefs and opinions

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Attitude test

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A type of personality test which measures likes and dislikes as well as one’s personality orientation towards the world of work

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Interest Inventories

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Method of gathering information through direct communication involving reciprocal exchange

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Interview

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Type of interview which questions are prepared

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Standardized

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Type of interview which pursue relevant ideas in depth

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Non-standardized

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Type of interview which may probe further on specific number of questions

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Semi-Standardized

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Type of interview which subject is allowed to express his feelings without fear of disapproval

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Non-Directive

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Determines the mental status of the patient

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Mental Status Examination

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Determine why the client came for assessment; chance to inform the client about the policies, fees, and process involved

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Intake Interview

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Biographical sketch of the client

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Social Case

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Determine why the client came for assessment; chance to inform the client about the policies, fees, and process involved

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Intake Interview

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Determine whether the client is suitable for hiring

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Employment Interview

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More than one interviewer participates in the assessment

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Panel interview

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Used by counselors and clinicians to gather information about some problematic behavior, while simultaneously attempting to address it therapeutically

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Motivational Interview

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Sample of one’s ability and accomplishment

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Portfolio

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Refers to 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 an assessee

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Case History Data

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A report or illustrative account concerning a person or an event that was compiled

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Case study

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

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Behavioral Observation

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Observe humans in natural setting

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Naturalistic Observation

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Assesses are directed to act as if they are in a particular situation

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Role Play Test

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An informed, scientific concept developed or constructed to explain a behavior, inferred from overt behavior

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Construct

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A proportion that indicates the ratio between the true score variance on a test and the total variance

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Reliability Coefficient

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Useful in describing sources of test score variability

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Variance

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An estimate of reliability obtained by correlating pairs of scores from the same people on two different administrations of the test

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Test-Retest Reliability

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Established when at least two different versions of the test yield almost the same scores

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Parallel Forms Reliability

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It is when all items measures the same construct

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Internal Consistency (Inter-Item Reliability)

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Used when two halves of the test have unequal variances and on tests containing non-dichotomous items, unequal variances

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Cronbach’s Coefficient Alpha

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Obtained by correlating two pairs of scores obtained from equivalent halves of a single test administered once

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Split-Half Reliability

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Designed to provide an indication of where a test taker stands with respect to some variable

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Criterion-Related Tests

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Estimate the extent to which specific sources of variation under defined conditions are contributing to the test scores

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Domain Sampling Theory

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A system of assumption about measurement and the extent to which item measures the trait

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Latent-Trait Theory

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Degree to which the measurement procedure measures the variables to measure

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Validity

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Degree of control among variables in the study (increased through random assignment)

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Internal Validity

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Generalizability of the research results (increased through random selection)

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External Validity

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Means of evaluating and integrating test data so that the clinician’s conclusions make accurate statements about the examinee

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Conceptual Validity

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A test appears to measure to the person being tested than to what the test actually measures

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Face Validity

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Designed to identify factors or specific variables that are typically attributes, characteristics, or dimensions on which people may differ

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Factor Analysis

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Who developed Factor Analysis?

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Charles Spearman

60
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Usefulness or practical value of testing to improve efficiency

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Utility

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Shed light on the relationship between identified variables and two naturally occurring groups

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Discriminant Analysis

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The average of all the raw scores

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Mean

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The middle score of the distribution

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Median

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Most frequently occurring score in the distribution

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Mode

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Equal to the difference between highest and the lowest score

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Range

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Interquartile range divided by 2

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Semi-Quartile Range

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Equal to the square root of the average squared deviations about the mean

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Standard Deviation

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Equal to the arithmetic mean of the squares of the differences between the scores in a distribution and their mean

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Variance

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Expressed in terms of the percentage of persons in the standardization sample who fa

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Percentile

70
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Dividing points between the four quarters in the distribution

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Quartile

71
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An example of this is a testing of people in different socio-economic status

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One-Way ANOVA

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An example of this is measuring the focus level of board reviewers during morning, afternoon, and night sessions of review

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One-Way Repeated Measures

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An example of this is people in different socio-economic status and the differences of their salaries and their eating habits

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Two-Way ANOVA

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Stage in the process that entails writing test items, revisions, formatting, setting scoring rules

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Test Construction

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A type of scale which involve classification or categorization based on one or more distinguishing characteristics

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Nominal scale

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A type of scale which is rank ordering on some characteristics is also permissible

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Ordinal Scale

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A type of scale which contains equal intervals, has no absolute zero point (even negative values have interpretation to it)

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Ratio Scale

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A type of scale which has true zero point

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Interval Scale

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A type of scale which indicate their own attitudes by checking how strongly they agree or disagree with carefully worded statements that range from very positive to very negative towards attitudinal object

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Likert Scale

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A type of scale which involves the collection of a variety of different statements about a phenomenon which are ranked by an expert panel in order to develop the questionnaire

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Thurstone Scale

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The type of statistics wherein methods are used to provide concise description of a collection of quantitative information

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Descriptive Statistics

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A type of statistics wherein methods are used to make inferences from observations of a small group of people known as sample to a larger group of individuals known as population

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Inferential Statistics

83
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The property of “moreness”

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Magnitude

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The difference between two points at any place on the scale has the same meaning as the difference between two other points that differ by the same number of scale units

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Equal Intervals

85
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A set of numbers who properties model empirical properties of the objects to which the numbers are assigned

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Scale

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Defined as a set of test scores arrayed for recording or study

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Distribution

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All scores are listed alongside the number of times each score occurred

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Frequency Distribution

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Nonmanipulated variable to designate groups

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Quasi-Independent Variable

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Bell-shaped, smooth, mathematically defined curve that is highest at its center

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Normal Curve

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Results from the conversion of a raw score into a number indicating how many SD units the raw score is below or above the mean of the distribution

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Z-Scores

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Used when two variables being correlated are continuous and linear

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Pearson Correlation Coefficient

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Presentation of a list of stimulus words, assessee responds verbally or in writing the first thing that comes into their minds

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Word Association Test

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