TOOLS OF PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSESSMENT

Question 1

Tools of Psychological Assessment

Answer 1

Test
Interview
Portfolio
Case History Data
Behavioral Observation
Role-Play Tests
Computers as Tools

Question 2

measuring device or procedure.

Answer 2

Test

Question 3

device or procedure designed to measure
variables related to psychology (such as intelligence, personality, aptitude, interests, attitudes,
or values).

Answer 3

psychological test

Question 4

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.

Answer 4

score

Question 5

process of assigning
such evaluative codes or statements to performance on tests, tasks, interviews, or other behavior
samples.

Answer 5

Scoring

Question 6

(also referred to as a cutoff score or simply a
cutoff) is a reference point, usually numerical, derived by judgment and used to divide a set of
data into two or more classifications.

Answer 6

cut score

Question 7

Tests differ with respect to their

Answer 7

psychometric soundness or technical quality

Question 8

e science of psychological

measurement

Answer 8

psychometrics

Question 9

measurement that is psychological in nature

Answer 9

adjective psychometric

Question 10

professional who uses, analyzes, and interprets psychological test data

Answer 10

nouns psychometrist and psychometrician

Question 11

usefulness or practical value that a test or other tool of assessment has for a
particular purpose.

Answer 11

utility

Question 12

method of gathering

information through direct communication involving reciprocal exchange.

Answer 12

Interview

Question 13

board interview

more than one interviewer participates in the assessment.

Answer 13

panel interview

Question 14

therapeutic dialogue that combines person-centered listening skills such as openness and
empathy, with the use of cognition-altering techniques designed to positively affect motivation
and effect therapeutic change.

Answer 14

Motivational interviewing

Question 15

work products—whether retained on paper, canvas, film,

video, audio, or some other medium—constitute

Answer 15

Portfolio

Question 16

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.

Answer 16

Case history data

Question 17

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

Answer 17

case study (or case 
history)

Question 18

contains rich
case history material on collective decision making that did not always result in the best decisions

arises as a result of the varied forces that drive decision-makers to reach 
a consensus (such as the motivation to reach a compromise in positions).

Answer 18

Groupthink

Question 19

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

Answer 19

Behavioral observation,

Question 20

observe behavior of humans in a

natural setting—that is, the setting in which the behavior would typically be expected to occur.

Answer 20

naturalistic observation

Question 21

acting an improvised or partially improvised part in a simulated
situation.

Answer 21

Role play

Question 22

tool of assessment wherein assessees are directed to act as if
they were in a particular situation.

Answer 22

role-play test

Question 23

can serve as test administrators

(online or off) and as highly efficient test scorers.

Answer 23

Computers as Tools

Question 24

Scoring may be done on-site (____) or

conducted at some central location (____)

Answer 24

local processing

central processing

Question 25

If processing occurs at a central 
location, test-related data may be sent to and returned from this central facility by means of 
phone lines (\_\_\_\_)

Answer 25

teleprocessing

Question 26

mere listing of a score or scores

Answer 26

simple scoring report

Question 27

more detailed listing of a score or scores

Answer 27

extended scoring report

Question 28

numerical or narrative interpretive statements
in the report.

contain relatively little interpretation and simply call
attention to certain high, low, or unusual scores that need to be focused on.

Answer 28

interpretive

report

Question 29

usually written in language appropriate for communication between assessment
professionals, may provide expert opinion concerning analysis of the data.

Answer 29

consultative report

Question 30

employ previously collected data

(such as medication records or behavioral observation data) into the test report.

Answer 30

integrative report

Question 31

assisted typically refers to the assistance computers provide to the test user, not
the testtaker.

Answer 31

CAPA

computer-assisted psychological assessment

Question 32

from Pearson

Assessments, this technology allows test users to administer tests by means of two iPads connected 
by bluetooth (one for the test administrator and one for the testtaker).

Answer 32

Q-Interactive

Question 33

adaptive in this term is a reference to the computer’s ability to tailor the test to the testtaker’s
ability or test-taking pattern.

Answer 33

CAT

computer adaptive testing