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What is a psychological test?
A measurement tool or technique that requires a person to perform one or more behaviors to make inferences about human attributes or predict future outcomes
Two most common types of psychological tests
Personality tests, intelligence tests
Example of least common psychological test
Road portion of drivers test
True or false? No distinct definition of a psychological test exists.
True
What is the first similarity of psychological tests?
All psychological tests require a person to perform some behavior (an observable and measurable action)
What is the second similarity of psychological tests?
The behavior an individual performs in psychological tests is used to make inferences
What are psychmetrics?
The quantitative and technical aspects of learning
What behavior was required in the Thematic Apperception Test (TAT)?
Look at images and create a story
What behavior is required for the GRE test?
Answer multiple-choice questions, perform calculations and written tasks
What place requires job applicants to participate in simulated job activities?
Assessment centers
What behavior does the WAIS-IV require?
Explain what is missing from pictures (measures verbal intelligence)
Personality, intelligence, and anxiety are examples of what?
Constructs (what is tested in psychological tests)
A test can be administered in what three ways?
Pencil-and-paper, on a computer, or verbally
Good tests measure what they claim to be measure and any conclusion drawn from the test scores about the person taking the test are appropriate, meaning there is evidence of what?
Validity
Good tests also measure whatever they measure consistently, meaning they have evidence of what?
Reliability
When and where can the first use of psychological tests be traced back to?
220 BC in ancient China’s Xia dynasty (royal examinations were used)
What Chinese emperor administered exams to officials ever 3rd year to determine whether were suitable to remain in office?
Yushun
During what Chinese dynasty did the use of psychological tests increase?
The T’ang dynasty (did civil service testing of literary knowledge)
After France started using this testing, who abolished it?
Napolean
What two people proposed that the U.S. should use this testing in the 1960s?
Senator Sumner and Representative Jenckes
What federal law intended to improve the U.S. civil service?
Civil Service Act of 1883
In what year did Charles Darwin publish On the Origin of The Species?
1859
Who published Hereditary Genius, which proposed some people were more fit due to their characteristics?
Sir Francis Galton (Darwin’s cousin)
Who introduced the first psychological laboratory in 1879?
Wilhelm Wundt
Who extended Sir Francis Galton’s research in the 1880s?
James Cattell
Who founded the first French psychology journal?
Binet
Published by Binet and Simon, what was the first intelligence test called?
The Binet-Simon Scale
Who produced the Bradford-Simon Intelligence Tests?
Lewis Terman
What does the WBIS measure?
Mental ability
What test determined if people were able to handle the stress of going to war?
Personal Data Sheet
What was the first self-report test called?
The Wordsworth Psychoneurotic Inventory
What was the Rorschach Inkblot test designed to measure?
Personality disorders and mental functioning
What test measured an individual’s pattern of thought and feelings from creating a story from images?
TAT
What test was used during the Great Depression to predict how successful someone would be with a certain occupation?
General Aptitude Test Battery (GATB)
What association provides human resource materials?
Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM)
Increasing accountability for educating America’s children in math and reading by testing them annually, ensuring all children have quality education, increasing flexibility for federal spending, and emphasizing reading skills were all implied in what federal law?
NCLB (enforced by George W. Bush in 2002)
What act replaced the NCLB in 2015?
Every Student Succeeds
Tests should involve behaviors that predict a certain outcome, tests should include behaviors administered the same way, tests should have rules for scoring…These can be considered the what?
The three defining characteristics of psychological tests
Psychological tests measure what they purport to measure (test validity), an individual’s behavior/test scores remain stable over time (test-retest validity), people understand test items the same way, individuals will report accurately about themselves, individuals will report honestly about their thoughts and feelings, and there will be some error when measuring test scores…what are these statements called?
Assumptions of psychological tests
What tests require test takers to perform a particular task, often being measured by their ability to do so?
Tests of maximal performance
What type of test involves observing behavior and how people respond in a particular context?
Behavioral observation tests
What type of test requires test takers to report their feelings, beliefs, or mental states?
Self-report tests
What tests are designed to measure a specific construct and are administered to a large group of people?
Standardized tests
What is the name of the group of people who are tested to obtain data to establish a frame of reference for interpreting individual test scores?
The standardization sample
What type of test does not involve standardization samples and are taught in a less formal manner by a teacher or trainer (an example is exams in a class)
Nonstandardized tests
What are tests where test takers choose/provide a response and there are predetermined correct answers?
Objective tests
What are tests where test takers are asked to respond to unstructured items or stimuli such as pictures?
Projective tests
Tests are often measured by “dimensions.” What does this mean?
This could mean several attributes or traits in a test
What tests measure a person’s previous learning in a specific area?
Achievement tests
What tests assess a test taker’s ability or potential for performing in a new job or situation?
Aptitude tests
What tests assess a test taker’s ability to cope with the environment at a broader level?
Intelligence tests
What assess a person’s interests in educational programs and career decisions?
Interest inventories
In what kind of test are multiple methods of testing used?
Psychological assessments
What is considered only one tool in the in the psychological assessment process?
A psychological test
What is the process of assessing the size, amount, or the degree of an attribute using certain rules for transforming the attribute into numbers?
Measurement
What is a tool or technique for assessing the size, amount, or degree of an attribute?
A measurement instrument
What do psychological tests focus on?
Individual outcomes
What do surveys focus on?
Group outcomes
The results of a psychological test are often reported through scaled scores. True or false?
True
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