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W5 - Chapter 10 (DN) Flashcards

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adaptive testing

A
  • examination method
  • presentation items are individually tailored to testtaker

also referred to as tailored testing, sequential testing, branched testing, and response-contingent testing

p.326

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AFQT

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  • Armed forces Qualification Test
  • measure of general ability
  • used in selecting recruits
  • accept/reject decisions made by cut off scores
    • also consider preset quotas for demographic groups e.g., females
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age scale

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  • test where items are organised by the age at which most testtakers are believed capable of responding correctly

contrast with point scale

p.324

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alternate item

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  • test item administered only under certain conditions
    • to replace an existing item

p.323

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Army Alpha test

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  • intelligence & ability test
  • developed by military psychologists for use in WW1
  • to screen literate recruits

contrast with Army Beta test

p.347-348

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Army Beta test

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  • non-verbal intelligence & ability test
  • developed by military psychologists fort use in WW1
  • to screen illiterate recruits

contrast with Army Alpha test

p.347-348

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ASVAB

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  • Armed Services Vocational Apptitude Battery
  • administered to prospective recruits
  • includes 10 subtests
  • available to high-school students & young adults for career guidance
  • most widely used mutiple aptitude test in the US
  • helps testtakers learn about interests, abilities & personal preferences in relation to career opportunities (military & civilian)
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basal level

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  • stage in a test
  • establishes a “base” to continue testing from
    • i.e., testtaker meets some set criterion-point which determines whether to continue to be tested

p.327,328

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ceiling

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  • in intelligence testing
  • the highest-level item on a subtest

p.327

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ceiling level

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  • stage in a test
  • achieved by testtaker by meeting some preset criterion to discontinue testing
  • this may establish a presumed “ceiling” on the testtakers ability

contrast with basal level & testing the limits

p.328

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cognitive style

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  • a psychological dimension
  • charcterises an individuals consistency with acquiring nd processing information

p.353

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convergent thinking

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  • a deductive reasoning process

involves

  • recall & consideration of facts
  • logical judgements narrowing down solutions
  • arriving at a solution

contrast with divergent thinking

p.355

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core subtest

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  • one of a test’s subtests
  • routinely administered

contrast with supplemental or optional subtest

p.332

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deviation IQ

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  • used to report IQ
  • M=100 / SD=15
  • involves comparing a testtaker’s performance with other testtakers of the same age in the standardized sample
  • also referred to as test composite in the Stanford-Binet

p.323

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divergent thinking

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  • a reasoning process

Involves

  • flexibility of thought
  • originality
  • imagination
  • making several different solutions possible

contrast with convergent thinking

p.355

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extra-test behaviour

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observations by examiner

  • what the testtaker does
  • how the testtaker reacts
  • how much support required
  • anxiety, fatigue, distractibility, cooperative

these observations - may be indirectly related to test content, but may be significant to interpretation of results.

p.329

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floor

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  • in intelligence testing
  • the lowest level of items on a subtest

p.327

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IQ (intelligence quotient)

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  • short hand reference to Intelligence
  • echoes back to a time when mental age (determined by test) was divided by chronological age & multiplied by 100

p.323

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optional subtest

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  • also known as supplemental subtest
  • may be used for additional information or
  • in place of a core subtest (if issues with the core)
  • contrast with core subtest

p.332

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point scale

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  • a test with items organised into subtests by category of item

contrast with age scale

p.324

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process score

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  • a score on a test
  • helps understand how a testtaker processes information

p.337

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RAT

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  • Remote Associates Test
    p. 355
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ratio IQ

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  • an index of intelligence
  • mental age (determined by test) divided by chronological age & multiplied by 100

p.323

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routing test

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  • subtest used to direct the testtaker to a suitable level of items
    p. 326
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screening tool

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  • instrument used to identify a trait or group of traits at a broad level
    p. 348
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short form

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  • an abbreviated version of a test
  • usually to reduce time taken in
    • administration
    • scoring
    • interpretation

p.341-42

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Stanford-Binet

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The first Intelligence test to

  • provide detailed scoring instructions
  • employ the concept of IQ
  • Introduce concept of an alternate item
  • currently in 5th revision SB-5

1905 - Binet & Theodore Simon created for Paris school children to test for developmental delay

1908 - Goddard used in the US

1912 - modified to extend age downward

1916 - Terman

  • published translation & “extension”
  • new items based on normative data
    p. 321-329
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supplemental subtest

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  • also known as supplemental subtest
  • may be used for additional information or
  • in place of a core subtest (if issues with the core)

contrast with core subtest

p.332

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teaching item

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  • test item designed to illustrate the required task
  • assures examiner the task is understood

p.326

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test composite

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  • a test score or index
  • derived from the combination &/or
  • mathematical transformation of one or more test scores

p.324

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testing the limits

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in ability testing

  • continued administration of items beyond the level dictated to discontinue (by the test manual)
  • usually only when believed testtaker can “pass” the higher-level items

in rorschach

  • optional interview
  • questions asked to yield additional insights into assessees thought processes & personality
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visual-object ability

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  • ability to process information about how objects appear visually as well as
  • objects pictorial properties
    • shape, colour & texture

p.354

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WAIS-IV

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  • Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scalen (WAIS-IV)
    p. 278
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WASI

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  • Wechsler Abbreviated Scale of Intelligence (WASI)
    p. 342
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WISC-IV

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  • Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children (WISC)
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WPPSI-III

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  • Wechsler Preschool and Primary Scale of Intelligence (WPPSI III)
    p. 338-341

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