Midterm Flashcards
Where do assessments originate and what was the purpose?
19th/20th century China, to make personnel choices
Who was Francis Galton?
First to create the process to systematically categorize physical and psychological differences. “Quantifying Individual Differences”
Who was James McKeen Cattell?
Credited for creating “mental tests.” Memory Reaction time
Who was Alfred Binet?
Created the first Intelligence Test which was used for clinical decision making. Used to identify struggling students and find placement for students with disabilities.
Who was Lewis Terman?
Further developed the 1905 Binet-Simon Scale (Now called IQ Stanford-Binet Intelligence Test) to measure higher mental processes assessed by responses to a number of tasks. Conducted longitude last studies about life and IQ
What is IQ?
Mental age/Chronological Age
Who was Robert Yerkes?
Created Army Alpha and Beta tests which appraised incoming WW1 troops for placement. Different tests for literate/illiterate test takers.
Who was Robert Woodworth?
Created the first objective assessment, the Woodworth Personal Data Sheet, assessing personality of troops.
What is FERPA?
Family Education Rights and Privacy Act Ensures right of privacy of student records and test scores. Gives parents and students over the age of. 18 a right to review information
What is HIPAA?
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act. Provide information to people about privacy rights. Informs how information will be used. Secure Patient Records
What is IDEIA?
Individuals With Disabilities Education Improvement Act Right to least restrictive environment Individualized Education Plan (IEP)
What is the ADA?
Americans with Disabilities Act Accommodations must be made for those with disabilities regarding testing for employment. testing must be relevant to job in question
What are the Scales of Measure?
Nominal Ordinal Interval Ratio (NOIR)
Nominal
Numbers arbitrarily assigned to represent categories
race might be recorded as 1 Asian, 2 Latino, 3 African American, 4 Caucasian
Scales of Measure
Ordinal Scales
Numbers with rank order but unequal distances between
Where something is in relations to something else
How extroverted is client compared to others?
Rate Happiness 1-10
Pain scale 1-10
Placement in a marathon
agree/disagree/somewhat/etc
