Psychological Testing Quiz

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301 Online Quiz items - 2011 1 One of the major achievements of psychology in the twentieth century was 1 the application of tests during the First World War 2 the development of the deviation IQ 3 the development of projective techniques 4 the development of psychological tests 2. Projective tests are not objective because 1 they are scored using simple and straightforward processes 2 scoring is heavily dependent on the judgment of the scorer 3 different scorers are likely to produce the same test score from the same test performance 4 they are based on responses to ambiguous stimuli 3. Projective tests originated from 1 Freud’s idea that all behaviour was caused by unconscious motivational forces 2 Jung’s theory of psychological types 3 the attempt to develop tests that do not require verbal processing 4 Hermann Rorschach accidentally spilling ink on a test booklet 4. A psychological test is 1 a measure of personality or ability 2 an objective procedure for sampling and quantifying human behaviour 3 a set of questions or items whose answers can be tallied to yield a total score 4 a method of tapping into someone’s unconscious

5. A test designed to decide whether or not students have mastered the ability to multiply two three-digit numbers together would be referred to as 1 a norm referenced test 2 a criterion referenced test 3 standardised test 4 self-report test 6. Select the norm referenced test from the following list: 1 Driving test 2 Random breath test 3 Pregnancy test 4 Personality test

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7. The main advantage of psychological tests over personal judgement is: 1 Psychological tests use standardised procedures and materials 2 Psychological tests are infallible 3 Psychological tests allow the evaluation of behaviour 4 Psychological tests provide deeper insights into personal problems 8. Compared to psychological testing, psychological assessment usually 1 uses manipulative tasks as part of the process 2 refers to clinical situations only 3 takes less sessions to complete 4 answers hypotheses about the client’s condition

9. The Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale is an example of a(n) _____ administered and _____ referenced test 1 individual, norm 2 group; norm 3 computer; norm 4 individual; criterion 10 Which of the following is not a major psychological construct appropriate for psychological testing? 1 reaction time 2 emotions 3 psychological disorders 4 personality

11. Which of the following statements is correct? 1 Test developers do not always follow guidelines relating to psychological testing published by the American Psychological Association 2 The Mental Measurements Yearbook reviews both published and unpublished psychological tests 3 Test developers always follow guidelines relating to psychological testing published by the American Psychological Association 4 The Mental Measurements Yearbook only reviews psychological tests not published in the mainstream media

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12. If we found that the correlation between self-esteem and risk-taking behaviour was negative, we would infer that 1 people with high-self-esteem tend to be high risk-takers 2 people with low-self-esteem tend to be high risk-takers 3 people who are low risk-takers tend to have low self-esteem 4 The two constructs are unrelated

13. Scores from psychological tests 1 should never be released 2 always reveal the true nature of the person being assessed 3 should always be interpreted with allowance for measurement error 4 are always better interpreted by a computer

14 If a psychologist violates the ethical guidelines of the Australian Psychological Society, he/she 1 may be deregistered by the Psychology Board of Australia 2 may be fined by the Australian Psychological Society 3 may be prosecuted in a court of law 4 may be prosecuted by the Psychology Board of Australia

15. Concern about informed consent and confidentiality come under _____ in the APS 2007 Code of Ethics 1 Propriety 2 Integrity 3 Respect for rights and dignity 4 Beneficence

16. Concern about competence and psychological assessment come under ____ in the APS 2007 Code of Ethics 1 Respect for rights and dignity 2 Propriety 3 Integrity 4 Beneficence

17. According to the textbook, the Psychologists Registration Board of New South Wales was established 1 before the Royal Commission into Deep Sleep Therapy 2 at about the same time as the Royal Commission into Deep Sleep Therapy 3 after the Royal Commission into Deep Sleep Therapy 4 at about the same time as the establishment of the Australian Psychological

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18. Transforming scores on psychological tests is done primarily to 1 make use of z-scores 2 aid interpretation of the scores 3 make the scores available for research 4 make use of the normal curve

19. A T score transformation 1 gives rise to a distribution of scores with a mean of 50 and a standard deviation of 10 2 gives rise to a distribution of scores with a mean of 0 and a standard deviation of 1 3 is a non-linear transformation 4. is named after Terman, who was the first to use the transformation 20. A percentile 1 is only used for non-normal distributions 2 expresses a score in relation to the whole distribution of scores 3 expresses a score in relation to the normal curve 4 are linear transformations

21. What percentile corresponds to a z score of -1.13? 1 10th percentile 2 50th percentile 3 13th percentile 4 37th percentile

22. Julie scored 80 on her English test (where the class mean = 66 and sd = 6) whereas John scored 76 on his Maths test (where class mean = 56 and sd = 7). Who has done better in relation to their class? 1 Julie 2 John 3 Both are equivalent 4 Impossible to tell

23. Wechsler, in developing the norms for his first test of intelligence, used a stratified sampling plan because 1 the factors on which he stratified were known to relate to intelligence 2 this was all that was available to him at the time 3 intelligence was thought to be normally distributed 4 sample size was known to be an issue

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24. A sten score of 9.5 1 represents a transformation of z = .95 2 corresponds to a percentile of 84 3 is equivalent to a z-score of 2 4 is obtained by more than 95% of test takers

25. Because normalised standard scores follow a normal distribution, they 1 preserve the differences among the original raw scores 2 are more easily understood 3 are attractive to test constructors 4 do not require the use of the normal curve for interpretation

26. According to classical test score theory, a test score is made up of 1 true score variance and error variance 2 observed score variance and true score variance 3 observed score variance and error variance 4 observed score variance and systematic variance

27. Systematic error in a test exerts what kind of effect on test scores? 1 random 2 consistent 3 unknowable 4 inconsistent

28. According to your textbook, the domain sampling model as originally conceived, could not deal well with 1 split-half reliability 2 internal reliability 3 equivalent forms reliability 4 test-retest reliability

29. The reliability of ratings from a panel of judges could be determined by 1 correlating their judgements over a number of instances 2 counting the frequency of judgements in which they disagree 3 finding the proportion of judgements that were wrong 4 correlating the number of correct judgements with their true scores

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30. The standard error of measurement of a test score 1 increases as the reliability increases 2 decreases as the reliability increases 3 is equal to zero when the reliability equals zero 4 is equal to 1 when the reliability equals 1

31. The reliability coefficient for a particular test was r = .78. The Standard Error of Measurement is therefore 1 0.78 2 0.22 3 0.88 4 0.47 32. The Spearman-Brown prophecy formula is so called because it purports to 1 predict the validity of the test 2 predict what the individual’s true score on the test is 3 predict what an individual’s score would be at some future time 4 predict what the reliability of the test would be if the test were lengthened

33. A value of .83 for Cronbach’s alpha would indicate 1 the items in the test were significant 2 the items in the test were valid 3 the items in the test were consistent 4 the items in the test were robust

34. In a situation in which a recently brain injured patient was required to be repeatedly assessed on cognitive functioning, which type of reliability would be required to be high in the test? 1 internal reliability 2 inter-rater reliability 3 test-retest reliability 4 both internal and test-retest reliability

35. The Nuremberg code is comprised of ____ principles 1. 6 2. 8 3. 10 4. 12

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36. Deception is an ethical research strategy if: 1. the potential benefits outweigh the potential risks 2. the researchers can get away with it 3. the participants sign a consent form 4. there are no legal implications 37. “Distributive justice” refers to 1. an even spread of legal liability 2. fair distribution of the risks of research 3. fair distribution of the benefits and burdens of research 4. prosecution if the APS Code of Ethics is violated

38. Which of the following sections, according to the National Statement on Ethical Conduct in Human Research, includes recognition of the intrinsic value of human beings? 1. Justice 2. Beneficence 3. Research Merit & Integrity 4. Respect

39. Registered psychologists who do not base their services on the established knowledge of the discipline and profession of psychology, could be accused of unethical conduct under 1. standard A.2. 2. standard B.1. 3. standard B.3. 4. standard C.1. 40. For what period of time after providing psychological services to a client, must the psychologist not engage in sexual activity with that client? 1. 1 year 2. 2 years 3. 3 years 4. 4 years