Psychological Testing

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

ranking of test scores that indicate the ratio of scores lower

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

this is a commonly used college admissions test

Projective test uses ink blots to measure personality

test that uses ink blots to assess personality

Unstructured test in which person is asked to respond freely

Used to assess personality characteristics, identify problems & psychological diorders

The ________________ is an example of an aptitude test

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

includes 4 major aspects of interpersonal & intrapersonal intelligences

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

This test characterizes personality on four different scales

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

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

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

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

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

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

This test was originally developed to help diagnose psychiatric disorders

test that includes 10 clinical scales

Robert Sternberg proposed a ________ theory of intelligence

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Howard Gardner proposed a theory of _____________ intellegences

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

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

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

The ________ is an example of a projective personality test

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

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

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

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

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

An _________ test is validated in terms of its content validity

An _____________ test is assessed primarily in terms of its predictive validity.

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

This is an example of an interest inventory

This test is specifically given to adults to determine IQ

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

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

__test allows teacher to assess students knowledge & allows students to assess their progress.

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

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

This is an example of an objective personality test

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

Both the SAT and the ACT measure

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

proposes that two factors contribute to an individual's intelligence

Achievement tests are assessed primarily on their

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

One measure of reliability

To decide on an occupation you might like, you would take an __________ test

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

Standardized measure of intelligence based on a scale in which 100 is average

Critics argue that emotional intelligence is simply a measurement of

Kuder Preference Record is a type of ________ test

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

TAT is example of ___of personality as taker is asked to tell story about 20 different pictures

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

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

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

How well a test predicts performance is called its predictive

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

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

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