lesson 1

Question 1

In 1905, Alfred Binet and a colleague
published a test ___________ designed to help place Paris
schoolchildren in appropriate classes.

Answer 1

(Simon-Binet Intelligence
Test or SB5)

Question 2

the military needed a way
to screen large numbers of recruits
quickly for intellectual and emotional
problems, known as the ________

Answer 2

Army Alpha and
Army Beta.

Question 3

Encompasses everything from test administration up to test interpretation

Answer 3

TESTING

Question 4

A measurement device or technique used to
quantify behavior or aid in the understanding and prediction of behavior

Answer 4

TESTING

Question 5

The gathering and integration of psychology-related data for the purpose of making a psychological evaluation that is accomplished through the use of tools

Answer 5

PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSESSMENT

Question 6

Set of tests that are designed to measure the
characteristics of human beings that pertain to
behavior

Answer 6

PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS

Question 7

Contains items that can be scored in terms of
speed, accuracy, or both

Answer 7

ABILITY
TESTS

Question 8

refers to previous learning

Answer 8

ACHIEVEMENT

Question 9

Refers to a person’s general potential to solve problems,
adapt to changing circumstances, think abstractly, and
profit from experience.

Answer 9

INTELLIGENCE

Question 10

VARIETIES OF
ASSESSMENT

Answer 10

EDUCATIONAL ASSESSMENT
RETROSPECTIVE ASSESSMENT
REMOTE ASSESSMENT
ECOLOGICAL MOMENTARY ASSESSMENT

Question 11

Use of tests and other tools to evaluate
abilities and skills relevant to success or
failure in a school or pre-school context.

Answer 11

EDUCATIONAL ASSESSMENT

Question 12

The use of evaluative tools to draw
conclusions about psychological aspects
of a person as they existed at some point
in time prior to the assessment

Answer 12

RETROSPECTIVE ASSESSMENT

Question 13

Use of tools of psychological evaluation
to gather and draw conclusions about a
subject who is not in physical proximity to
the person or people conducting the
evaluation.

Answer 13

REMOTE ASSESSMENT

Question 14

Repeated “in the moment”/real time
evaluation of specific related problems
and related cognitive and behavioral
variables at the very time and place that
they occur.

Answer 14

ECOLOGICAL MOMENTARY ASSESSMENT
(EMA)

Question 15

PROCESS OF ASSESSMENT

Answer 15

1. Referral Question
2. Selection of Assessment Tool
3. Assessment Proper
4. Writing of Assessment Findings
5. Possible Feedback Sessions

Question 16

APPROACHES TO
ASSESSMENT

Answer 16

COLLABORATIVE ASSESSMENT
THERAPEUTIC ASSESSMENT
DYNAMIC ASSESSMENT

Question 17

The assessor and the assessee work as
partners from the initial contact up to
final feedback

Answer 17

COLLABORATIVE
ASSESSMENT

Question 18

Therapeutic self-discovery and new
understandings are encouraged
throughout the assessment process.

Answer 18

THERAPEUTIC ASSESSMENT

Question 19

Interactive, changing, or varying nature of
the assessment.

Answer 19

DYNAMIC ASSESSMENT

Question 20

TOOLS OF PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSESSMENT

Answer 20

TEST
PSYCHOLOGICAL TEST
CONTENT
FORMAT
ADMINISTRATION PROCEDURES
SCORING
PSYCHOMETRIC SOUNDNESS
INTERVIEW
MOTIVATIONAL INTERVIEWING
PORTFOLIO
CASE HISTORY DATA

Question 21

may be defined simply as a measuring
device or procedure.

Answer 21

test

Question 22

Refers to a device or procedure designed to
measure variables related to psychology

Answer 22

PSYCHOLOGICAL TEST

Question 23

Vary in accordance with the purpose of the test.

Answer 23

CONTENT

Question 24

The form, plan, structure, arrangement, and
layout of test items as well as to related
considerations such as time limits.

Answer 24

FORMAT

Question 25

Tests could be administered individually or by group

Answer 25

ADMINISTRATION PROCEDURES

Question 26

Process of assigning such evaluative codes or statements to performance on tests, tasks, interviews, or other behavior samples,

Answer 26

SCORING

Question 27

Referring to how consistently and how accurately a psychological test measures what it purports to measure.

Answer 27

PSYCHOMETRIC SOUNDNESS

Question 28

Typically involves more than just a "talk" because in psychology, non-verbal cues are deemed just as important as the verbal cues

Answer 28

INTERVIEW

Question 29

Therapeutic dialogue that combines person- centered listening skills such as openness and empathy

Answer 29

MOTIVATIONAL INTERVIEWING

Question 30

Work products - whether retained on paper, canvas, film, video, audio, or some other medium.

Answer 30

PORTFOLIO

Question 31

Records, transcripts, and other accounts in written, pictorial, or other form that preserve archival information, official and informal accounts, and other data and items relevant to an assessee

Answer 31

CASE HISTORY DATA

Question 32

A tool of assessment wherein assesseees are directed to act as if they were in a particular situation or better defines as acting an improvised or partially improvised part in a simulated situation.

Answer 32

ROLE-PLAY TEST

Question 33

Computers can serve as test administrators (online or off) and as highly efficient test scorers

Answer 33

COMPUTER AS TOOLS

Question 34

- assistance computers provide to the test user because of its standardization and objectivity but it is also subjected to errors

Answer 34

Computer-Assisted Psychological Assessment (CAPA)

Question 35

- the computer's ability to tailor the test to the testtaker's ability or test-taking pattern

Answer 35

Computer Adaptive Testing (CAT)

Question 36

Verification of the identity of the testtaker when a test is administered online.

Answer 36

TEST-CLIENT INTEGRITY

Question 37

create tests or other methods of assessment.

Answer 37

Test developers

Question 38

Psychological tests and assessment methodologies are used by a wide range of professionals, The one who select or decide what test to use and they are the one who use it t too

Answer 38

TEST USER

Question 39

Anyone who is the subject of an assessment or an evaluation can be a testtaker or an assessee

Answer 39

TEST TAKER

Question 40

As society evolves and as the need to measure different psychological variables emerges, test developers respond by devising new tests.

Answer 40

SOCIETY-AT-LARGE

Question 41

Test sponsors, test score interpreters, test reviewers

Answer 41

OTHER PARTIES

Question 42

Used to help screen for or diagnose behavior problems

Answer 42

CLINICAL

Question 43

May occur in environments as diverse as schools, prisons, and governmental or privately owned institutions.

Answer 43

COUNSELING

Question 44

Assessment of older adults that assess quality of life evaluations such variables related to perceived stress, loneliness, sources of satisfaction

Answer 44

GERIATRIC

Question 45

Decision making about the careers of personnel as well as ergonomics

Answer 45

BUSINESS AND MILITARY SETTING

Question 46

One of the many applications of measurement is in governmental licensing, certification, or general credentialing of professionals

Answer 46

GOVERNMENT AND ORGANIZATIONAL CREDENTIALING

Question 47

Conducting any sort of research typically entails measurement of some kind, and any academician who ever hopes to publish research should ideally have a sound knowledge of measurement principles and tools of assessment

Answer 47

ACADEMIC RESEARCH

Question 48

- is an evaluative or diagnostic procedure or process that varies from the usual, customary, or standardized way a measurement is derived either by virtue of some special accommodation made too the assessee or by means of alternative methods designed to measure the same variable(s).

Answer 48

Alternate assessment

Question 49

WHERE TO GO FOR AUTHORITATIVE INFORMATIION: REFERENCE SOURCES

Answer 49

Test Catalogue Test Manuals Professional Books Reference Volumes Journal Articles

Question 50

one of the most readily available source of information, with the objective to sell the test

Answer 50

Test Catalogue

Question 51

detailed information concerning the development of a particular test and technical information relating to it.

Answer 51

Test Manuals

Question 52

many books written for an audience of assessment professionals are available to supplement

Answer 52

Professional Books

Question 53

provides detailed information for each test listed, including test publisher, test author, test purpose, intended test population, and test administration time

Answer 53

Reference Volumes

Question 54

articles in current journals may contain reviews of the test, updated or independent studies of its psychometric soundness, or examples of how the instrument was used in either research or an applied context

Answer 54

Journal Articles