Chapter 2 History

Question 1

Testing programs were first held in ____ as early
as 2200 B.C.E. for Civil Service

Answer 1

China

Question 2

In 1733, this person introduced the basic notion of sampling error

Answer 2

Abraham De Moivre

Question 3

In 1859, ________ argued that chance
variation in species would be selected or
rejected by nature according to adaptivity and
survival value

Answer 3

Charles Darwin

Question 4

In 1866, ______ explored and quantified
individual differences between people. He classified people according to their “natural
gifts” and to ascertain their “deviation from an
average”

Answer 4

Francis Galton

Question 5

This person Pioneered the use of the coefficient of correlation; a a statistical concept central to psychological experimentation and testing:

Answer 5

Francis Galton

Question 6

This person developed Product-Moment
Correlation Technique

Answer 6

Karl Pearson

Question 7

The first experimental psychology laboratory was founded by _______ in Germany

Answer 7

Wilhelm Wundt

Question 8

_______ focused on how similar people are and
viewed individual differences as frustrating
source of error

Answer 8

Wilhelm Wundt

Question 9

This person coined the term Mental Test

Answer 9

James McKeen Cattell

Question 10

This person originated the concept of test reliability as well as building mathematical
framework for the statistical technique of factor
analysis

Answer 10

Charles Spearman

Question 11

This person collaborated with Alfred Binet on
papers suggesting how mental tests could be
used to measure higher mental processes

Answer 11

Victor Henri

Question 12

this person has early experimentation with the word association technique as a formal test

Answer 12

Emil Kraepelin

Question 13

One of the founding founders of modern
psychiatry
▪ Classification and diagnosis of mental
disorders

Answer 13

Emil Kraepelin

Question 14

This person is the founder of
Clinical Psychology and Founded the first psychological clinic in US

Answer 14

o Lightner Witmer

Question 15

In 1895, they published several articles in which they argued for the measurement of abilities

Answer 15

Alfred Binet and Victor Henri

Question 16

Who are the publisher of the first intelligence test?

Answer 16

Alfred Binet and Theodore Simon

Question 17

This type of test is designed to help identify Paris school children with intellectual Disability

Answer 17

Intelligence tests

Question 18

It comprises individuals similar to those for whom the test is to be used

Answer 18

▪ Representative Sample

Question 19

What year did the mental age determine?

Answer 19

1908

Question 20

This person revised Binet’s test for US use

Answer 20

L.M Terman

Question 21

In 1939____ introduced Adult intelligence tests

Answer 21

David Wechsler

Question 22

According to Wechsler_____was aggregate or the global capacity of the individual to act purposefully, to think rationally, and to deal effectively with his environment

Answer 22

Intelligence

Question 23

This person devised his intelligence test into a group intelligence test in response to the US Military’s need for screening recruits for WWI

Answer 23

Binet

Question 24

Who are people behind army tests for recruits?

Answer 24

Lewis M. Terman, Robert M. Yerkes, and others

Question 25

This type of military test is used for literate folks

Answer 25

Army Alpha

Question 26

This type of military test is used for illiterate folks

Answer 26

Army Beta

Question 27

This person was assigned the task of developing a measure of adjustment and emotional stability that could be administered quickly and efficiently to groups of recruits in military

Answer 27

Robert Woodworth

Question 28

This test is disguised as a Personal data sheet. It is the first self-report measure of personality to identify soldiers at risk for shell shock

Answer 28

Woodworth Psychoneurotic Inventory

Question 29

A type of personality test in which an individual is assumed to project onto some ambiguous stimulus of his or her unique feelings

Answer 29

Projective Tests

Question 30

This person developed Roscharch Inkblot tests

Answer 30

Hermann Rorschach

Question 31

These person developed Thematic Apperception Test

Answer 31

Henry Murray & Christiana Morgan

Question 32

In 1943 ________was published ▪ to use empirical methods to determine the meaning of a test response

Answer 32

Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory

Question 33

It is a method of finding the minimum number of dimensions (factors) to account for a large number of variables

Answer 33

Factor Analysis

Question 34

This person made the first serious attempt to use factor analytic technique in the development of a structured personality test

Answer 34

J.R. Guilford

Question 35

This person introduced the 16PF

Answer 35

Raymond Cattell

Question 36

Beginning of year____, several major branches of applied psychology emerged such as neuro-psych, health psych, forensic psych, and child psych

Answer 36

1980s

Question 37

They are susceptible to cultural bias in conducting Psychological tests

Answer 37

Immigrants and multicultural countries