TEST BANK FOR Psychological Testing Principles Applications and Issues 8th Edition By Kaplan

TEST BANK FOR Psychological Testing Principles Applications and Issues By Kaplan Test Bank for Psychological Testing Principles Applications and Issues 8th Edition by Kaplan (Sections 1) According to a study (Espenshade & Chung, 2010; Jaschik, 2006), growing numbers of four-year colleges are not relying on the SAT test partly because of • • a. budget constraints. d. scale. An individual test • c. do not attempt to measure traits. • d. measure characteristics of human behavior. The specific stimulus on a test to which a person responds overtly is called a(n) • a. overt event. • b. answer. • c. item. • b. diversity concerns. a. involves a single examiner for two or more subjects. • c. reliability issues. • d. quality control. Psychological tests • a. pertain only to overt behavior. • b. always have right or wrong answers. • b. involves only tests of human ability.lOMoARcPSD| • • c. can only be given to one person at a time. • d. involves more than one examiner for a single subject. A group test • b. aptitude. • c. intelligence. • d. ability. The potential for learning a specific skill can best be described as a. can be given to multiple people by one examiner. • • b. can only be given to three people at a time. • c. involves a group of examiners for a single subject. • d. involves only tests of human ability. Previous learning can best be described as • a. achievement. • a. achievement. One's general potential, independent of prior learning, can best be described as a. achievement. • b. aptitude. • c. intelligence. • d. ability.lOMoARcPSD| • b. aptitude. response. • c. intelligence. The main purpose of psychological testing is to evaluate • • d. ability. • Achievement, aptitude, and intelligence can be encompassed by the term • • a. human potential. • • b. human traits. Projective personality tests • c. human personality. • d. human ability. Structured personality tests • a. require you to produce something spontaneously. • b. require you to choose between two or more alternative responses. • c. involve an ambiguous test stimulus about which the response is structured.. • d. involve an ambiguous test d. overt behavior. c. personality traits. b. individual differences. a. covert behavior.lOMoARcPSD| • a. provide a statement, usually of the self-report variety. • • b. require the subject to choose between two or more alternative responses • c. are unstructured. • d. are structured. • Tests that measure an individual's typical behavior are called • a. ability tests. • b. personality tests. • c. intelligence tests. • d. group tests. Tests that provide a statement, usually of the self-report variety, and require the subject to choose between two or more alternative responses, are called • a. group tests. • b. individual tests. • b. structured personality tests. • c. unstructured personality tests. • d. achievement personality tests. a. projective personality tests. • d. projective personality tests. Personality tests in which the test stimulus and/or required response are ambiguous are called c. structured personality tests.lOMoARcPSD| Which of the following is true of tests? profit from experience is called • a. Tests produce explicit data that are subject to scientific study. • b. Tests are successful in separating prior learning from potential for learning. • • c. Very few tests can actually predict behavior. • d. intelligence • d. Tests can provide insight into overt but not covert behavior. Which of the following relates raw test scores to • theoretical or empirical distributions? • a. transforms • b. reliability • c. scales • d. theories The general potential to solve problems, adapt, and Which of the following is the most important function of testing? • a. To determine what sort of treatment or other intervention is appropriate b. To develop accurate portraits of individuals c. prediction • a. ability • b. achievementlOMoARcPSD| • c. To discriminate among related constructs • d. reliable. • d. To differentiate among individuals taking the test When you gather information through verbal interaction, you are using a(n) A test that yields dependable and consistent results is . • a. meaningful • b. objective • • a. individual test. • • b. interview. The validity of a psychological test refers to its • c. group test. • • d. brainstorming. If one can depend upon the results of a particular test to be consistently accurate, the test can be said to be • a. valid. • b. structured. • c. unambiguous. a. dependability. d. valid c. reliablelOMoARcPSD| • b. meaning. • d. act of giving a test. • c. objectivity. • d. fairness. If a particular test "X" has been shown to accurately predict success in a particular job, then the test is said to be • a. valid. • b. structured. • c. ambiguous. The origins of testing can be traced to • d. reliable. • What evolutionary constructs did Galton apply in his book “Hereditary Genius? • a. genetics and epigenetics b. survival of the fittest and individual differences • c. random differences and population variation • d. evolution and selective breeding Test Bank for Psychological Testing Principles Applications and Issues 8th Edition by Kaplan (Sections 2) Test administration refers to the • a. construction of the test. • b. validation of the test. • c. act of taking a test.lOMoARcPSD| • a. Egypt. • d. portfolios. Sir Francis Galton set out to show • b. England. • • c. China. • d. Russia. • The use of test batteries was common by the time of the • a. Ling Dynasty. • b. Han Dynasty. • c. Tam Dynasty. • d. Nam Dynasty. Two or more tests that are given together and relate seemingly diverse topics are called • a. structured. • b. unstructured. • c. batteries. • b. that humans did not differ significantly from each other. a. that some humans possessed characteristics that made them more fit than other humans. c. that life evolved on this planet partially because of individual differences among individual forms of life within a species or type of animal.lOMoARcPSD| • d. that the concept of survival of the fittest was essentially incorrect. founding the science of psychology? • The term "mental test" was coined by • • a. Charles Darwin. • • b. Sir Francis Galton. • • c. Alfred Binet. The first version of the Binet-Simon scale was published in • d. James M. Cattell. • The work of Weber and Fechner represent which • foundation of psychological testing? • a. individual differences • b. psychophysical measurement • c. survival of the fittest • d. Darwinian evolution Which of the following scientists is credited with b. 1905. a. 1896 d. Cattell c. Weber b. Wundt a. HerbartlOMoARcPSD| • c. 1908. subnormal from the normal individual. • • d. 1911. Which test represented a major breakthrough in the measurement of cognitive ability? • a. Binet-Simon Scale • • b. Seguin Form Board Test • c. Strong Vocational Interest Bank • • d. Carnegie • Interest Inventory It is important to obtain a standardization sample d. identifying intellectually subnormal individuals. In order to establish norms, a large group of people is being given a test under the same conditions in which the test will actually be used. This group is called a(n) group. • a. to prevent bias in the development and scoring of the test. • b. to provide a reference sample to which the results of a new subject can be compared. • c. to separate the intellectually c. measuring emotional instability. d. to ensure the representativeness of a sample. The first intelligence tests were developed for the purpose of a. identifying gifted children. • b. finding the most suitable candidates for the U.S. Army.lOMoARcPSD| • a. reliability random fashion. • b. standardization • c. random • • d. experimental A standardization sample is representative if the sample • c. represents all segments of the population in proportion to their numbers. d. is comprised of a great many individuals. Administering a test with precisely the same instructions and format is giving it under • • a. has been subjected to rigorous experimental control. • b. consists of individuals that are similar to the group to be tested. • c. consists of a great many individuals. • d. is administered in the same way as the actual test group will be. When a test is administered to the general population, norms should be established using a representative sample that a. normative conditions. • b. standard conditions. • c. facilitative conditions. • a. has been administered the test under standard conditions. • b. has been chosen in a completelylOMoARcPSD| • d. group administration. • Dr. Johnson is trying to establish norms for his new test. He determined that 50% of the people in the standardization sample should be Hispanic, 20% Caucasian, 15% Asian, and 15% African American. He is creating a • a. normalization group. • b. representative sample. • c. random sample. • d. population statistics. • The Stanford-Binet developed by • intelligence scale was a. outcome measure. Eight-year-old Daniel was administered the Binet- Simon Scale that suggested he was functioning at the same level as a senior in high school. This is an example of a(n) a. 1905. • b. 1908. • c. 1911. • d. 1916. a. A. Binet. • b. T. Simon. • c. A. Binet and T. Simon. • d. L. M. Terman. The concept of mental age was introduced inlOMoARcPSD|