Unit 2

Question 1

Father of Psychoanalysis

Answer 1

Sigmund Freud

Question 2

has an interest in individual differences

Answer 2

Darwin

Question 3

“Father of Psychometrics”

Answer 3

Francis Galton

Question 4

“Father of Testing Movement”

Answer 4

Francis Galton

Question 5

“Father of Eugenics”

Answer 5

Francis Galton

Question 6

started 1st experimental psychology laboratory in Germany

Answer 6

Wilhelm Max Wundt

Question 7

“Father of Modern Psychology”

Answer 7

Wilhelm Max Wundt

Question 8

coined & introduced the term “mental test” in 1980 America and was responsible for introducing mental testing in America

Answer 8

James McKeen Cattell

Question 9

developed the 1st intelligence test to identify intellectually disabled Paris schoolchildren in 1905

Answer 9

Theodore Simon & Alfred Binet

Question 10

a test used in the educational setting to screen students with intellectual disabilities in Europe, & was translated by Lewis Terman so that it can be used in America

Answer 10

SB-5

Question 11

1st widely used self-report personality test

Answer 11

Woodworth Psychoneurotic Inventory (WPI)

Question 12

Woodworth Psychoneurotic Inventory (WPI) also called

Answer 12

Personal Data Sheet

Question 13

Advantages - respondents are arguably the best-qualified people to provide answers about themselves (rich descriptions)

What is this?

Answer 13

Woodworth Psychoneurotic Inventory (WPI)

Question 14

a test in which individual is assumed to “project” onto some ambiguous stimulus their own unique needs, fears, hopes, & motivation

a personality test in which subjects are shown ambiguous images and asked to interpret them

Answer 14

Projective Test

Question 15

Eaxmple of Projective Test

Answer 15

Rorschach Inkblot Test

Question 16

Psychological assessment has proceeded along 2 distinct threads

Answer 16

Academic Tradition, Applied Tradition

Question 17

socially transmitted behavior patterns, beliefs, & products of work of a particular population, community, or group of people

Answer 17

culture

Question 18

used an intelligence test on immigrant populations & found out that they were feebleminded

Answer 18

Henry Goddard

Question 19

this research sparked a nature-nurture debate

Answer 19

Henry Goddard’s intelligence test on immigrants

Question 20

This pays particular attention to the symbolic meaning of nonverbal behavior

Answer 20

psychoanalysis

Question 21

value traits such as conformity, cooperation, interdependence, & striving toward group goals

Answer 21

Collectivist Cultures

Question 22

value traits such as self-reliance, autonomy, independence, uniqueness, & competitiveness

Answer 22

Individualist Cultures

Question 23

an APA Committee on Ethical Standards for Psychology, published a report called “Ethical Standards for the Distribution of Psychological Tests & Diagnostic Aids”

Answer 23

Test User Qualifications

Question 24

What level of test user qualification

tests/aids that can adequately be administered, scored, & interpreted, with the aid of the manual

Answer 24

Level A

Question 25

What level of test user qualification

can be proctored by people with no training required and w just adequate instruction

Answer 25

Level A

Question 26

What level of test user qualification

tests/aids that require some technical knowledge of test construction & supporting psychological & educational fields

Answer 26

Level B

Question 27

What level of test user qualification

tests/aids that require substantial understanding of testing & supporting psychological fields, ogether with supervised experience in the use of these devices

Answer 27

Level C

Question 28

Some challenges in testing people with disabilities may include

Answer 28

(1) Transforming the test into a form that can be taken by the test taker
(2) Transforming the responses of the test taker so that they are scorable
(3) Meaningfully interpreting the test data

Question 29

The rights of test takers (4)

Answer 29

Informed Consent
The right to be informed of test findings
The right to privacy & confidentiality
The right to the least stigmatizing label

Question 30

utilizing psychological tests that are relevant to the purpose of the assessment & communicating the results to the client & third party that’s only relevant to the referral question

Answer 30

relevancy

Question 31

there may be some things disclosed in your assessment where you need to break confidentiality, in instances where there may be harm to self & others (to police or to guardians)

Answer 31

“limits of confidentiality”

Question 32

Anticipated psychology as a science and
psychological measurement as a specialty within
that science

Answer 32

Christian von Wolff

Question 33

Aspired to classify people “according to their natural gifts” and to ascertain their “deviation from an average”

Answer 33

Francis Galton

Question 34

Credited with devising or contributing to the development of many contemporary tools of psychological assessment, including questionnaires, rating scales, and self-report inventories

Answer 34

Francis Galton

Question 35

Pioneered the use of a statistical concept central
to psychological experimentation and testing: the
coefficient of correlation

Answer 35

Francis Galton

Question 36

Developed the product-moment correlation
technique,

Answer 36

Karl Pearson

Question 37

attempted to control all extraneous variables in an
effort to reduce error to a minimum

Answer 37

Wilhelm Max Wundt

Question 38

Credited with originating the concept of test
reliability as well as building the mathematical
framework for the statistical technique of
factor analysis

Answer 38

Charles Spearman

Question 39

The Frenchman who collaborated with Alfred
Binet on papers suggesting how mental tests
could be used to measure higher mental
processes

Answer 39

Victor Henri

Question 40

Early experimental with the word association
technique as a formal test

Answer 40

Emil Kraepelin

Question 41

Cited as the “little-known founder of clinical
psychology”

Answer 41

Lightner Witmer

Question 42

Founded the first psychological clinic in the
United States

Answer 42

Lightner Witmer

Question 43

founded the journal
Psychological Clinic. The first article in that
journal was entitled “Clinical Psychology”

Answer 43

Lightner Witmer

Question 44

Published several articles in which they argued
for the measurement of abilities such as memory
and social comprehension. 2 people and one of themis Alfred Binet

Answer 44

Victor Henri

Question 45

Introduced a test designed to measure adult
intelligence

Answer 45

David Wechsler

Question 46

The test was subsequently revised and
renamed the Wechsler Adult
Intelligence Scale (WAIS)

Answer 46

Wechsler-Bellevue Intelligence Scale

Question 47

a theory of personality and
psychological treatment, symbolic significance is assigned to many nonverbal acts

Answer 47

Psychoanalysis

Question 48

He questioned the value of timed tests of ability,
particularly those tests that employed multiple-
choice items

Answer 48

Hoffman

Question 49

Refers to voluntary and mandatory efforts undertaken by federal, state, and local governments, private employers, and schools to combat discrimination

Answer 49

Affirmative action

Question 50

A body of principles of right, proper, or good
conduct

Answer 50

Ethics

Question 51

recognized and accepted by members of a profession, it defines the standard of care expected of members of that profession

Answer 51

Code of professional ethics

Question 52

the level at which the average, reasonable, and prudent professional would provide diagnostic or therapeutic services under the same or similar conditions

Answer 52

Standard of care

Question 53

Information protected by law from disclosure in a
legal proceeding

Answer 53

Privileged informstion

Question 54

[..] Concerns matters of communication outside the courtroom, [..] protects clients from disclosure in judicial proceedings

Answer 54

confidentiality, privilege