08 Oct In addition to screening and diagnostic purposes, standardized educational tests are indispensable for purposes of

Psychological Assessment

Question 1In addition to screening and diagnostic purposes, standardized educational tests are indispensable for purposes of

 

comparison.

 

security.

 

uniformity.

 

None of these

 

Question 2Validity of short forms may be reduced because fewer items:

 

means that the test will not be used as often as the longer form.

 

lowers test utility which negatively impacts validity.

 

means that the test can only be used for screening purposes.

 

lowers test reliability which negatively impacts validity.

 

Question 3According to our text, __________________ is a reasoning process in which thought is free to move in many different directions, making several solutions possible.

 

   divergent thinking

 

critical thinking

 

convergent thinking

 

logical thinking

 

 Question 4Using data from individually-administered tests, a school psychologist determines that a student has a significant problem with word identification skills. The student is then placed in an intensive phonics program. In this scenario, the decision to place the student in such a program would BEST be referred to as

 

a diagnostic decision.

 

a screening decision.

 

an evaluative decision.

 

an executive decision.

 

Question 5Which is TRUE about short forms of the Stanford-Binet and Wechsler Scales?

 

They should never be used.

 

They are almost as accurate as the standard forms.

 

They are less reliable than the standard forms.

 

Their use is inadvisable with the deaf.

 

Question 6The abilities that make up _________________are nonverbal, relatively culture-free, and independent of specific instruction (such as memory for digits).

 

fluid intelligence

 

crystallized

 

assimilation

 

natural

 

Question 7Which is TRUE of the factor analysts’ view of intelligence?

 

Factor analysts agree that intelligence is a general mental ability and that it is not possible to separate out individual mental abilities.

 

Factor analysts agree that intelligence is composed of several independent abilities that do not influence each other.

 

Factor analysts agree that intelligence is composed of a general mental ability factor comprising several separate yet interrelated special abilities.

 

 Factor analysts are divided on the issue of whether intelligence is a general unitary function or a composite of several independent abilities.

 

Question 8Psychoeducational

 

test batteries are designed to measure

 

ability and achievement.

 

scholastic aptitude.

 

adjustment and personality.

 

academic motivation.

 

Question 9Which of these is best characterized as a diagnostic test?

 

the ACT

 

the Woodcock-Johnson Psycho-Educational Test Battery

 

the Woodcock Reading Mastery Test—Revised

 

the Kaufman Assessment Battery for Children

 

Question 10On a test of intelligence, teaching items are

 

designed to illustrate the task required.

 

assure the examinee that the examiner knows what he or she is doing.

 

not formally scored.

 

Both designed to illustrate the task required and not formally scored.

 

 Question 11Which of the following is omitted from the Cattell-Horn-Carroll model as modified by McGrew and Flanagan?

 

quantitative ability

 

memory

 

general intellectual ability

 

eye-hand coordination

 

Question 12According to our text, __________________ requires flexibility of thought, originality, and imagination. There is much less emphasis on recall of facts than in convergent thinking

 

logical thinking

 

critical thinking

 

divergent thinking

 

convergent thinking

 

Question 13″In truth, intelligence has become . . . a word with so many meanings that finally it has none.” Who is quoted as having made this statement?

 

E. L. Thorndike

 

E. G. Boring

 

Francis Galton

 

Charles Spearman

 

Question 14Compared with individually administered intelligence tests, group intelligence tests

 

are more psychometrically sound.

 

have a higher degree of predictive validity.

 

have the advantage in terms of cost efficiency.

 

All of these

 

Question 15An assumption in factor analysis is that

 

correlation does not necessarily imply causation.

 

a single latent trait exists.

 

things that co-occur tend to have a common cause.

 

 the residual covariance between two items with a common factor is 0.

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