Psych Assessment Review (Compre) PDF

1) It is the process of assigning number (e.g., tests scores) to persons in such way that some attributes of the person being numbers (Murphy & Davidshofer, 1998). In short terms, this is the process of transforming psychological concept or phenomenon into numbers. -Psychological Measurement 2) In...

1) It is the process of assigning number (e.g., tests scores) to persons in such way that some attributes of the person being numbers (Murphy & Davidshofer, 1998). In short terms, this is the process of transforming psychological concept or phenomenon into numbers. -Psychological Measurement 2) In administering this type of test, it is important to remember that the utmost goal is to observe or assess the optimal or maximum performance of the adolescent for an instance. -Intelligence Test such as WAIS 3) An important step in standardization of a test is the establishment of a norm which defined as the normal or average performance of the representative sample. Based on this consideration evaluate the following statements: -Only II and III are correct. 4) It is logically simpler to regard all tests as fundamentally dependent on the measurement of _____. -behavior samples 5) Miko, 13 years old, Filipino, male, who is currently on his 7th grade level of schooling, completed 12 out of 50 problems correctly on a particular achievement test. We can conclude that: -nothing, suitable interpretive data is needed. 6) A student was administered the OLSAT. He obtained a score equivalent to 60%ile. It means that his mental ability as measured by OLSAT with High School Students as the local norm is -Average 7) A 13 year old grade schooler scored a T score of 68 in Brown ADD scale. This means that, he/she is -Above average 8) A 13 year old grade schooler scored a T score of 68 in Brown ADD scale. This means that, he/she is -Valid 9) In arousing the interest and cooperation of older school children, the most effective way is _____. -appeal to the competitive spirit and desire to do well on test 10) If it was found out that Ada Vox had a mental level of seven, her performance according to the Binet test______ -matched that of the average seven-year-old 11) The items on this test are more difficult and time limit is ample for most applicants. -Power Test 12) The college admissions office of a certain school developed norms based on the performance of its own student population. This allowed for prediction of subsequent job performance or college achievement, and for many purposes. The norm used by the office is known as -local norm 13) The Item Response Theory is fundamentally derived from _____. -statistical observations 14) A correlation coefficient of +0.30 indicates a stronger relationship between the correlated variables than a correlation coefficient of -0.67. -False. The correspondence of variables with coefficient of -.67 is stronger, this negative correlation usually a result from the way in which the scores are expressed. 15) A correlation of – 1.34 means ________. -an error has been made 16) A correlation 0f +0.48 is found to be significant at the.01 level. This means that _________. -chances are no greater than one out of 100 that true r is zero 17) The length of interval between retesting sessions for the test-retest reliability should be ____________. -reported along with the obtained coefficient 18) Alternate-Form reliability measures __________; Its administration in immediate succession will show reliability ___________. -both temporal stability and consistency of response to different item samples (or test forms); across forms only, not across occasions 19) Consistency or variability of scores for the following types of reliability may be influenced by content sampling as a source of error variance, EXCEPT for _____ -Split-half reliability 20) A test has reliability coefficient of.82. This means that approximately _________. -82% of the variance is true 21) Concurrent and predictive validation are two aspects of ______ validation that differ in terms of the time relation between criterion and the test. In addition, a distinction between these two aspects of validation – based on their objectives – is that _____ validation is relevant to tests used to diagnose existing status whereas in _____ validation interest is centered on a future outcome. -criterion/ concurrent/ predictive 22) The _____ validity of a test is essentially the correlation of the test with whatever is common to a group of tests or other indices of behavior that have been subjected to _____ analysis. -factorial (validity)/ factor (analysis) 23) Content validation is most appropriate for _____. -achievement tests 24) Test A has been in use for many years. It is highly respected as a test of intelligence. Test B is a new intelligence test which is much shorter and easier to administer than Test A. The use of Test A to validate Test B would constitute _____validation. -concurrent 25) The ultimate criterion for most tests would be _____. -actual performance in real life or on the job 26) A new reading test is found to correlate very highly with an intelligence test, but near zero with a personality test. This information is important for _____. -convergent and discriminant validation 27) If two or more traits are measured by two or more different techniques, all of which claim to measure the traits, validity is established through _____. -the multitrait-multimethod approach 28) If a thermometer measured the temperature in an oven as 400 F five days in a row when the temperature was actually 397 F, this measuring instrument would be considered: -Reliable but not valid 29) _____ validity has come to be recognized as the fundamental encompassing validity concept. Not observable and directly measurable -Construct 30) Assume the military drafts 1000 people. They are all tested to determine their best roles in the service. Which of the following types of decisions are being made? -Placement 31) A test is given to a fifth grade class primarily to identify the bottom third of the class for special instruction. The average difficulty (p) for the test items should be approximately _____. -.70 32) A television producer hires a director for a new show after viewing samples of the director’s work on other television shows. Using the language of psychometrics, we could say that the director was hired on the basis of -a portfolio assessment. 33) Differential item functioning is an aspect of item analysis that seeks to identify _____. -items on which equally able persons from different groups have different probabilities of success 34) The basal level of the SB is _________. -reached when four items on two consecutive levels are passed 35) Nicole obtained a Full Scale IQ of 118 on the SB-5. Considering the standard error of measurement of the scale, which is approximately 2.5, there is a 95% chance that Nicole true score differs by approximately ________ points from his obtained score. - ± 2.5 36) In Piagetian terminology, the concept of ______ refers to the child’s realization that properties of objects – such as weight, volume, or number – remain unchanged when objects undergo transformations in shape, position, or form. -Conservation 37) The Gesell Developmental Schedules, a pioneering technique for the assessment of young children, consist mostly of __________. -behavioral data gathered through observation 38) This a test presented to the test taker wherein he or she needs to identify a relationship within a pair of pictures and complete a second pair exhibiting the same relationships; includes scene, people, animals, objects, or graphic symbols -Analogies 39) Which of the following does not belong to the group? -Spatial Subtest 40) Spearman’s behavioral data gathered through observation two-factor theory, Thurtsone’s multiple-factor theory, and Guilford’s SI model are examples of three different theories of _____. -trait organization 41) At present, the most widely accepted model of intelligence, for both practical and theoretical purposes is _____. Originally proposed by P.E. Vernon, among others, which starts with “g” factor at the top and progresses downward to increasingly narrower factors. -hierarchical 42) Research has shown that IQs are most reliable when they are obtained at ages _____. -10 - 25 years 43) Which of the following is NOT a use of clinical assessment? -All of these are uses 44) Which of the following is NOT a way an assessment report should be used? -To provide feedback for the courts in making difficult decisions 45) Which of the following is suggested when writing reports? -Points out only the weaknesses of your client; his or her strengths are unimportant for the report. 46) The HR Officer talked to his assistant to readminister the SRA Verbal to an applicant. He says: "This applicant has enough working experience for this job and I like him. Too bad, he failed our SRA Verbal Test. Can you give the test to him again so he can pass the test. Give him more time. We really need to hire this person. We cannot afford to spend too much money on recruitment." What is the most appropriate consideration that should be given? -An interval of time must be allowed to elapse before the second administration 47) A student currently enrolled in your school manifested bizarre behavior. She was referred to your office and you thought it wise to refer her immediately for psychiatric treatment. To facilitate the treatment, you included whatever test results you have which happened to be on academic performance together with the referral letter. Did you do right thing in making a referral? Why? Or why not? -NO. Assessment of the condition of client should first be done by the Counselor. If counselor's assessment points to a definite need for a referral, then she should do so. 48) You reach, an impasse in a case you are handling. You wanted to consult a colleague but you are hesitant because you will release information about the client without his consent. It might be construed as tsismis (gossip) in the midst of this quandary, you decide to make an abstract of the case, change the identity and other circumstances of the case, and present these to your colleague to get some leads as to how to proceed with the case. Were you right in hesitating to consult a colleague about your client? Did you do right in changing the circumstances of the case and presenting it in your colleague? -YES. There are limits to confidentiality and one among these limitations is consulting another professional. In this case, the welfare of the client is at stake and therefore, there is no need to obtain consent from the client to release information to another professional. 49) Guided by the Principle of Confidentiality, Counselor C denies the request of a student to know his test results in an admission to the University. Is she right in upholding the principle? Did the Counselor do right in denying the request of the student to know? Which among the following statements is LEAST ethical? -A school may release how the applicant fared in all the subtests because of the time required to do so. 50) A client was referred to your office. Your director wants you to administer the Draw a Person Test and the Rotter Incomplete Sentence Blanks to the client: You inform your director that you have not taken the tests, nor have you had Projective Tests in your curriculum. The Director assures you that she has materials (photocopied handouts and copy of the RISB) which you can administer and refer to for the interpretation. What is your position regarding this situation? What ethical provision will you invoke? The following statements are issues that psychometrician should be confronted with, which is NOT or the LEAST? -Client consent for the administration of assessment tools for her/his case.