Set C Flashcards
(34 cards)
A clinical psychologists receives a referral for a 16-year old client showing signs of mood instablity and academic decline. During the intake, the psychologist administers a standardized depression inventory, conducts a clinical interview with both the client and the parents, observes the client’s behavior during testing, and reviews school reports. After integrating the data, the psychologist formulates diagnostic impression and treatment recommendations. Which of the following BEST describes the psychologist’s work?
a. Testing, because the depression inventory provides objective scores that can support a diagnosis
b. Assessment, because the psychologist integrates multiple sources of data to draw consluions about the client’s functioning
c. Testing, because the focus was on administration of at least one standardized measure
d. Assessment, because the focus was on administering tests rather than interpreting results
b.
Which of the following do/does not pertain to an achievement test?
a. It is associated with previous learning
d. Its covergae can be the topics or lessons that will be studies by the students in the next grading period
c. These tests can only be applied to culture-fiar tests
d. More than one choice from above
d.
A school psychologist has been asked to assess a student who is consistently underperforming in core academic subjects. To determine the specific areas of difficulty and guide the development of a targeted intervention plan, which type of assessment tool should she use?
a. Standardized screening test
b. Diagnostic test
c. Personality test
d. None of the above
a.
During a cognitive assessment, a psychometrician works with a student who has a diagnosed fine motor coordination difficulty, making it hard for the student to write quickly. To ensure valid results, the psychometrician allows the student to respond oprally instead of writing answers on the test booklet. What type of testing modification is being applied?
a. adaptation
b. assilimation
c. accommodation
d. none of the above
c.
The term “format” in psychological assessment tools pertains to the following, except:
a. Whether a test is administered online or pen-and-paper
b. Assigning evaluative codes to performance opn a test
c. Knowing how much time is needed to complete a subtest in a psychological test
d. More than one choice from above
a.
In the context of psychological testing and assessment, which of the following statements is not true regarding the concept of a “score”?
a. a score is not necessarily limited to numerical values
b. a score should not be generated arbitrarily by the examiner
c. always numerical in nature, as other symbols including letter, will make the data analysis laborious and invalid
d. more than one choice from above
d.
Which of the following statements characterizes “interview” as an assessment tool?
a. It is ideal since a wealth of information is being obtained by interviewing
b. Non-verbal elements may be present which can further enhance information about the client
c. This can be conducted from a distance, such as through electronic means
d. All of the above
d.
As a psychometrician consulting for a basic education program, a teacher approches you asking for help in evaluating students’ writing skills. She prefers not to rely solely on times, standardized tests and instead wants to assess students based on a collection of their written work over the semester. She asks if this approach is valid for making decisions about student progress and skill level. Which of the following would be the MOST appropriate recommendation you provide?
a. Explain the purpose and recommend a standardized writing test, since consistent scoring across students is the highest priority in classroom settings
b. Present the disadvantages regarding the use of a portfolio, as it lacks objectivity and cannot be used to make any meaningful academic decisions
c. Support the use of a portfolio assessment, as it reflects the student’s actual writing performance over time and can support both minor and major academic decisions when used with other tools
d. Advise the teacher to use only teacher-made tests, as they are easier to grade and align better with classroom instruction
c.
During a professional development seminar in Baguio, a licensed psychometrician delivered a talk about the responsibilities of professionals involved in test development. While many attendees assume their role is limited to initial test construction, she emphasizes that their work often spans multiple phases of the test lifecycle. Based on this broader understanding, which statement best reflects the scope of responsibilities typically associated with test developers?
a. They are primarily concerned with creating novel assessment tools for initial use
b. Their role is generally limited to producting tests for experimental or acvdemic research purposes
c. They are responsible for updating test content and procedures in response to changes in theoretical models or societal needs
d. All of the above may reflect aspects of a test developer’s role, depending on the context
d.
Which of the following is/are least likely false?
a. States are relatively enduring
b. Traits make an individual distinguishable
c. Behavioral samples are only obtained through analysis of self-report statements
d. More than one choice from above
b.
You serve as a test development consultant to an undergraduate group of psychology students who are developing an observational rating scale for Filipino children with ADHD. During their first consultation with you, their leader asked “We wanted our scale to be free from any possible error, such as differences in raters.” Which of the following is the MOST appropriate response?
a. “That’s a great goal—measurement tools should always be completely free from error if they are to be considered reliable
b. “While it’s ideal to minimize error, it’s unrealistic to eliminate it completely. Instead, focus on identifying and reducing key sources of error like rater differences”
c. “Error is only a problem in self-report scales, so you don’t need to worry much about it i observational rating scales”
d. “If your test is properly standardized, you won’t need to worry about rater error”
b.
A public school counselor plans to use a standardized cognitive ability test developed and normed in the United States to assess a group of Filipino high school students. The counselor does not modify the administration procedures and interprets the results using the original norm group. Which of the following BEST reflects your advices as a testing consultant?
a. “Go ahead with the assessment as planned. Standardized procedures ensure that the test will be fair for all students, regardless of cultural background”
b. “The test can still be fair if you simply translate the items into Filipino or Tagalog before administering it”
c. “You should reconsider, as using a test normed in a different cultural context without adaptation may lead to unfair interpretations and misinformed decisions”
d. “Fairness only becomes a concern in high-stakes testing situations like college entrance exams, so this use is acceptable”
c.
A psychologist decided to procure another projective test for her sexually abused client. Upon asking for the additional request, she said that the prior structured personality test she administered was not sufficient to extract data about her case. Which assumption about psychological testing and assessment is the most relevant to this situation?
a. Test-related behavior predicts non-test-related behavior
b. Tests have strengths and weaknesses
c. Various sources of error are part of the assessment process
d. None of the above
b.
A psychological is assessing a child’s cognitive abilities using a standardized intelligence test. In interpreting the child’s score, the psychologist refers to data collected from a broad, representative sample of children. What is the primary role of norms in this process?
a. To provide a benchmark for comparing the child’s performance to that of a typical peer group
b. To ensure the test is culturally appropriate for the child’s background
c. To adjust the child’s score for factors like age and developmental stage
d. To classify the child’s score into diagnostic categories for treatment planning
a. To provide a benchmark for comparing the child’s performance to that of a typical peer group
An IQ test result indicated that Client C’s quantitative reasoning (QR) is in the 40th percentile. What can be inferred from his results?
a. 40% of his results are due to chance/error
b. 60% of people in the population obtained higher scores than him
c. 40% of individuals have the same scores with him
d. More than one choice from above
b. 60% of people in the population obtained higher scores than him
Upon computation, it was found that Client C’s raw score is located in the fourth quarter of the distribution. What can be inferred from the situation?
a. Client C’s score lies between the 60th-70th percentile
b. Client C’s score lies between 50th-60th percentile
c. Client C’s score lies below the 70th percentile
d. Client C’s score liesabove the 75th percentile
d. Client C’s score liesabove the 75th percentile
As a psychometrician, you were advised by your Clinical psychologist to report the descriptive statistics of the data for the accomplished cognitive ability test of your clients. Which will you include?
a. The average of the scores
b. The frequently occurring scores
c. How spread are the scores from the average
d. More than one choice from the above
d. More than one choice from the above
Which of the following instances demonstrate score standardization?
a. A school psychometrician converts a test-taker’s raw score to a t-score
b. A researcher relatively adjusts the cutoff scores to account for demographic differences in the sample
c. A teacher uses percentile rtanks to compare a student’s score with those of other students in the class
d. More than one choice from the above
a. A school psychometrician converts a test-taker’s raw score to a t-score
After running the achievement test data of a group of elementary students from a Philippine School in Dubia, you found out that 68.26& of cases lie one standard deviation from the mean. Based on this information, which of the following is your expected skewness value?
a. 0
b. 1
c. 2
d. 3
a. 0
Which of the following portray/s an opportunity to use a design wherein dependent sample means will be compared with each other?
a. Through conducting cross-sectional research
b. Through unvovering whether there are significant differences among the means of a research particiaption in longitudinal research
c. Through knowing whether there are discrepancies among the scores of group x and group y
d. More than one choice from above
b. Through unvovering whether there are significant differences among the means of a research particiaption in longitudinal research
Item analysis revealed 4/5 of test takers obtained above-average scores in the achievement tests after they were administered. What kind of skewness does the data exhibit?
a. Positively skewed
b. Negatively skewed
c. Neutrally skewed
d. None of the above
b. Negatively skewed
Your senior psychometrician informed you that the data you collected exhibits leptokurtosis. Based on the characteristics of this type of kurtosis, what initial conclusion can be draw from thid finding?
a. The distribution is fat-tailed
b. There is more presence of outliers
c. Kurtosis is more evident than normal data
d. More than one choice from above
d. More than one choice from above
A clinical psychologist is comparing the effectiveness of two different therapeutic approaches in treatinga anxiety. To determine whether there is a statistically significant difference in the average reduction of anxiety symptoms between the two streatment groups, which statistical test should be used?
a. T-test
b. Correlation
c. ANOVA
d. None of the above
a. T-test
An HRmanager asked their in-house psychometrician to evaluate the job satisfaction levels acroess three departments in a large corporation. To assess whether there are statistically significant differences in the average satisfaction scores between these departments, which statistical test would be appropriate?
a. T-test
b. Correlation
c. ANOVA
d. None of the above
c. ANOVA
