Duplicate of Psychological Testing

The ability of a test to measure what it is intended to measure is its

The purpose of   a ______ inventory is to determine an individuals preferences and attitudes

This is an example of an interest inventory

when taking a ________ a person must select one of a small number of possible responses

This is an example of an objective personality test

encourages test taker to respond freely & often invites them to tell stories about pictures

includes 4 major aspects of interpersonal & intrapersonal intelligences

underlying theory of this is that anything you do or say reveals an aspect of your personality

proposes that intelligence can be divided into three ways of processing information

This aptitiude test comprises 9 different tests, ranging from vocabulary to manual dexterity

Ability of a test to give the same results under similar conditions

This test attempts to discover a person's talents & predict how well he will learn a new skill

a forced-choice test in which a person must select one of several answers

test that uses ink blots to assess personality

An algebra teacher gives a test to measure how much algebra students have learned. This is an

This test is specifically given to adults to determine IQ

Standard of comparison for test results developed by giving test to large well-defined groups

Both the SAT and the ACT measure

This is used to assess the 'normal person' but does not reveal psychiatric illnesses

Example of a projective personality test, were person is asked to tell stories from 20 cards

This test characterizes personality on four different scales

Ability of a test to arrive at the same result under a variety of different circumstances is

The purpose of an _______ test is to determine a person's preferences, attitudes and interests

This theorist believed a measure of intelligence needs to include 7 primary mental abilities

This is an IQ test, orignially developed to weed out 'slow learners'

How well a test predicts performance is called its predictive

Howard Gardner proposed a theory of _____________ intellegences

system for ranking test scores, indicates percentage of scores lower & higher than given score

MMPI is example of a _______ of personality because responses are limited to T, F, or Can't say

requires that the norm, or average score, made by a large group of people be established

An ______  test administered by computer may be called adaptive or tailored testing

One measure of reliability

test that includes 10 clinical scales

Projective test uses ink blots to measure personality

This test was originally developed to help diagnose psychiatric disorders

Personality test measures responsibility, self-control & tolerance-not psychological disorders

To help find a career that you will like, you should take

The s factor in Charles Spearman's theory of intelligence represents

The ________________ is an example of an aptitude test

intelligence test where wording used is more familiar to people of 1 social group than another

In general the ______ for intelligence tests are established so that most people score near 100

Test that is administered twice to the same person with very different results can't be called

a test which assess  an individual's characteristics and identifies problems

Which of the following focuses on how a person takes in information and makes decisions?

Ranking test scores in a way that indicates  ratio of scores lower & higher than a given score

20 item test where first 10 are scored separately from the second 10. The two scores are equal

Unstructured test in which person is asked to respond freely

Meyers-Briggs example  _____ of personality: takers answer series of multiple choice questions

One of the chief methods for measuring validity is to determine a test's _____ validity

The ________ is an example of a projective personality test

Robert Sternberg proposed a ________ theory of intelligence

this is a commonly used college admissions test

College admissions test designed to find out if a student would be good at architecture

Critics argue that emotional intelligence is simply a measurement of

Achievement tests are assessed primarily on their

Split half ----------divide test in 1/2, score separately & 2 scores are approximately the same

According to Howard Gardner the type of intelligence involving skill at fine motor movements is

In the Stanford-Binet, a slow learner was one who had a _____age that was less than his_____age

Used to assess personality characteristics, identify problems & psychological diorders

The American College Test (ACT) is an example of an ______________ test

This test asks participants to tell stories about the pictures on a series of 20 cards

The _____ was originally developed to identify 'slow-learners'