Week 1 (chapter 1 - 2) Flashcards
APS Guideline 2. Conduct:
1 Duty of _____
2 Com_______
3 Continuing _______
Care; competence; Education
The process of p__________ a__________ encompasses multiple sources of data, such as psychological tests, observation, structured interviews, questionnaires, rating scales, checklists, and other forms of data collection
psychological assessment
Clients language and cultural background influence in uences psychologists’:
a) choice of __________ methods;
b) interpretation of _______;
c) compilation of their reports; and
d) communication to their clients regarding the assessment.
assessment; results
A psychological assessment may be undertaken as a foundation for:
a) d________
b) planning and intervention
c) d_______-making
d) monitoring interventions
e) development of individuals, or groups in ___________.
diagnosis ; decision; organisations
Psychologists specify the p_______s and uses of their assessment techniques and clearly indicate the l_____s of the assessment techniques’ applicability.
purposes; limits
Psychologists ensure that they choose, administer and interpret a__________ procedures appropriately and accurately.
assessment
Psychologists explain clearly to their client:
a) the p_______ of the psychological assessment;
b) what is involved in the assessment process;
c) to whom any client information will be d________, particularly the distribution of any reports; and
d) how reports will be stored and the duration of storage.
purpose; disclosed
Psychologists avoid __________ unfairly against people on the basis of age, religion, sexuality, ethnicity, gender, disability, or any other basis proscribed by law.
discriminating
A __________ ____ is a set of items that has accepted levels of reliability and validity, and allows measurement of some attribute of an individual, for example, intelligence, aptitudes or personality traits
psychological test
Psychological tests are characterised by standardised administration and scoring, the use of a m______ and usually the availability of population n____s to assist interpretation.
manual; norm
When psychologists __________ tests, they take full ethical responsibility for the use of the tests. This may include their use by supervisees or students who are being trained in testing.
purchase
The interpretation of test results and preparation of the psychological report is the full responsibility of the ___________.
psychologist
Psychologists do not support the use of a single __ score as a rationale for clients’ access to or withdrawal of services.
IQ
Three keys of psychometric testing:
1 Pr______
2 Pr________
3 Is_______
Principles; Practice; Issues
What do we need for our purpose of psychological measurement? (We do it ourselves if it isn’t previously given)
Referral question.
Duty of care compromises of C_____ and C__________
consent and confidentiality
What is needed for duty of care?
Consent. And that files are secure and locked away
A ____ is a measurement device or technique used to quantify behaviour of aid in the understanding and prediction of behaviour
test
Tests only measure a _______ of behaviour, and error is always associated with a sampling process
sample
An ______ is specific stimulus to which a person responds overtly; this response can be scored or evaluated.
Item
_____ relate to raw scores on test items to some defined theoretical or empirical distribution
Scales
What are the three major test areas?
Achievement; Aptitude; Intelligence
A________ relates to previous learning
Achievement
A_______ refers to the potential of learning or acquiring a specific skill
Aptitude
I________ refers to a person’s general potential to solve problems, adapt to changing circumstances, think abstractly and profit from experience
Intelligence
Test b________ (two or more tests used in conjunction)
Batteries
James Cattlel came up with the term M_____ test
mental
The Binet-Simon intelligence test was given to 50 children under S_______ C_________ to examine standardization
standard conditions
The is currently the most popular personality test used?
The MMPI and MMPI 2
___________ statistics are methods used to provide a concise description of a collection of quantatative information
Descriptive statistics
_________ statistics are methods used to make inferences from observations of small groups of people known as a sample to larger groups
Inferential
One may define ___________ as the application of rules for assigning numbers to objects
measurement
M_________ is the property of “morons”
Magnitude
The scale of m_______ represents if someone has more or less than another (taller; fatter)
magnitude
When a scale has the properties of magnitude and equal intervals but not an absolute 0, we refer to it as an _________ scale
interval
_________ are points that divide the frequency distribution into equal fourths
Quartiles
________ are similar to quartiles except that they use points that mark 10% rather than 25%
Deciles
JENKINSON REPORT: The implications of these three approaches are dis- cussed, and it is concluded that s_____ and c__________ in test use provide the only justifiable basis for restricting tests
skills; competencies
