Psychological Testing

200 Pages·2006·0.96 MB·English

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TEST ITEM FILE
Psychological Testing
An Introduction
SECOND EDITION
George Domino
University of Arizona
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Contents
Foreword . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . pagevii
1 TheNatureofTests . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
2 TestConstruction,Administration,andInterpretation . . . . . . . . . 6
3 ReliabilityandValidity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
4 Personality . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
5 Cognition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
6 Attitudes,Values,andInterests . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
7 Psychopathology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
8 NormalPositiveFunctioning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
9 SpecialChildren . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
10 OlderPersons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
11 TestinginaCross-CulturalContext . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
12 DisabilityandRehabilitation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110
13 TestingintheSchools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
14 OccupationalSettings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
15 ClinicalandForensicSettings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144
16 TheIssueofFaking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154
17 TheRoleofComputers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166
18 TestingBehaviorandEnvironments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174
19 TheHistoryofPsychologicalTesting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186
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PsychologicalTesting:AnIntroduction,2e
GeorgeDomino
DepartmentofPsychology,UniversityofArizona
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Foreword
This instructor’s manual contains multiple-choice items for PsychologicalTesting:An
Introduction. With a few exceptions, the items are listed in order as they occur in the text-
book,andthecorrectanswerismarkedforeach.
Inpreparinganexamusingtheseitems,twocautionsneedtobemade:
A) someoftheitemsmaywellprovidecluestoeachother,particularlyiftheyarepresentedin
thesamesequenceasinthismanual.
B) whentakenoutoftheircontext,afewitemsmayneedtoberevisedinthestemportionto
makecleartothestudentwhatisbeingasked.
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1 The Nature of Tests
1. Indefiningatest,thetermobjectivityrefersto:
*A) objectivecriteriausedinscoringandinterpretation
B) anidealrarelyachieved
C) thedegreeofcompetenceshownbytheexaminer
D) uniformityofprocedure
2. Thetermobjectivityrefersto:
A) uniformityofprocedure
B) theuseofmultiplechoiceitems
*C) objectiveratherthansubjectivecriteria
D) assessmentratherthantesting
3. Themetaphorofatestasanexperimentfocuseson:
*A) keepingallextraneousvariablesincheck
B) thesubjectratherthantheexperimenter
C) samplingaccuratelyamongpotentialsubjects
D) theeaseoftestingmanysubjectsatonesitting
4. Standardizationmeans:
A) objectivityofscoring
B) theuseofstandardscores
C) experimentalcontroloverextraneousvariables
*D) uniformityofprocedure
5. Thinkingofatestasaninterviewfocuseson:
A) thestandardizationthatinterviewslack
B) thefactthatinterviewscannotbefaked
*C) thenecessityandobjectivityoftheinterview
D) theadvantagesofaone-on-oneapproach
6. Dominousestheterm“psychologicaltest”
A) inaverynarrowsensetorefertopersonalitytestsonly
B) asasynonymforintelligencetestsonly
*C) inaverybroadsense
D) torefertoanytypeofmeasurement
7. Abatteryconsistsof:
A) testsusedonlyforclinicalassessment
B) teststhatarenotstandardized
C) standardizedtestsliketheStanford-Binet
*D) agroupoftests
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2 TheNatureofTests
8. TheOaklandandHu(1991)surveyofwhousestestsfoundthat:
A) onlypsychologistsusedtests
B) locallydevelopedtestswerethemostcommon
C) testingisstrictlyanAmericanphenomenon
*D) avarietyofprofessionalgroupsusetests
9. PlacingastudentinintroductoryratherthanadvancedGermanonthebasisoftestscores
involves:
*A) classification
B) self-understanding
C) programevaluation
D) scientificinquiry
10. Departingfromstandardadministrativeproceduresingivingatest:
*A) mayinfluencetheobtainedresults
B) doesnotinfluencetheobtainedresults
C) alwaysresultsinincorrectfindings
D) isentirelyuptotheexaminer
11. Anexampleofasituationalvariablethatcaninfluencetestresults:
A) analoofexaminer
*B) administeringthetestrightafterlunch
C) howattractivetheexamineeis
D) instructionstofakethetest
12. Whichismostcorrect?Theraceoftheexaminer:
*A) isnotaspowerfulaninfluenceasonemightthink
B) playsamajorroleintheobtainedtestresults
C) mustmatchtheraceofthesubjectforvalidresults
D) isimportantonlywithmaleexaminers
13. Departuresfromstandardadministrationproceduresaremorelikelytoaffect:
A) collegestudents
B) normaladults
*C) children
D) noneofthese
14. Indecisionmaking,suchascollegeadmissionsmostpsychologistswouldarguethat:
A) onlyobjectivetestresultsbeused
*B) decisionsbebasedonempiricalevidence
C) testscoresaretypicallynotuseful
D) decisionsbebasedonindividualmerits
15. Theitemsinatestmustdirectlycoverthebehaviorofinterest.
A) True
*B) False
C) onlyifthetestisstandardized
D) onlyifaclassificationdecisionistobemade
16. Aproprietarytestisonethatis:
*A) commerciallypublished
B) objectiveandstandardized
C) usedforscientificinquiryonly
D) aimedatself-understanding
17. MajortestsliketheStanford-Binet:
*A) areavailableforpurchasebyqualifiedusers
B) areavailableforpurchasebyanyone
C) arenotproprietarytests
D) areallcriterion-referenced