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1. Question: Which of the following is a type of criterion-related validity?
2. Question: Based on your readings in the text, special aptitude tests can be found in all of the following areas EXCEPT:
3. Question: Which of the following is NOT true about the Self-Directed Search?
4. Question: Concurrent and predictive validity are types of:
5. Question: On the MMPI, which of the following is NOT a validity scale?
6. Question: Which cognitive ability test measures “analytical abilities through assessing one’s capability to find relationships between ideas, general knowledge, and word fluency?
7. Question: Approximately 2 percent of people do lower than 3 standard deviations below the mean.
8. Question: “In developing a multiple aptitude test, the test developers wanted to assure that the various subtests do not correlate strongly with one another, thus assuring the integrity of each subtest. They conduct a number of intercorrelations among subtests. This type of validity is called:”
9. Question: Which early scientist believed that individuals who had a quicker reaction time and stronger grip strength were superior intellectually?
10. Question: Robert Yerkes, past president of the American Psychological Association, chaired a committee in which Terman and others served that developed verbal and non-verbal tests of the SATs.
11. Question: The results of a norm group comparison test can do all of the following EXCEPT:
12. Question: Diagnostic tests (like the WRAT4) can be considered a type of intelligence tests.
13. Question: Cattell found heritability of fluid (innate) intelligence to be around .92, which basically means if your parents have it, you are likely to have it.
14. Question: Due to the nature of the unstructured interview, the interviewer might miss information because he or she is “caught up” in the client’s story and not following a prescribed set of questions.
15. Question: All of the following affirm clients’ right to access their test data and reports EXCEPT:
16. Question: Which is true about the Basic Scales of the MMPI-II?
17. Question: In writing an assessments, which of the following is true about medical conditions:
18. Question: As noted in the text, relative to choosing appropriate tests, which of the following does NOT need to be considered?
19. Question: A type of observation in which an individual is observed for a predetermined amount of time is called (e.g., 10 minutes observing a classroom, three times during the day):
20. Question: Which of the following is true about specifiers in the DSM-5?
21. Question: The most important form of content validity is face validity.
22. Question: Performance-based assessments appear to be gaining popularity, which may be due in part to their ability to predict future performance and minimize racial biases.
23. Question: The COPSystem is useful for identifying interests, but not ability or values.
24. Question: The presenting problem, or reason for referral, part of the report gives an explanation of why the client has come to seek services.
25. Question: The Myers Briggs (MBTI) is based on Jung’s psychological types as well as one additional type identified by a mother who had read Jung’s book and her daughter.