Chapter 01 - Psychological Testing and Assessment
Chapter 01
Psychological Testing and Assessment
Multiple Choice Questions
1. The use of evaluative tools to draw conclusions about psychological aspects of a person as
those aspects existed at some point in time in the past is called
A. retroactive assessment.
B. remote assessment.
C. reactive assessment.
D. retrospective assessment.
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2. The use of evaluative tools to draw conclusions about a subject who is not in physical
proximity to the person or people conducting the evaluation is called
A. separation evaluation.
B. apathetic assessment.
C. remote assessment.
D. distal evaluation.
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3. The word "ecological" in the term ecological momentary assessment is a reference to
A. "in the moment" evaluation.
B. cognitive variables observed.
C. behavioral variables observed.
D. where the evaluation takes place.
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4. Which is not a variant of the term assessment discussed in the textbook?
A. remote assessment
B. retroactive assessment
C. ecological momentary assessment
D. retrospective assessment
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5. As presented in the textbook, smartphones may be re-tooled for purposes of
A. remote assessment.
B. ecological momentary assessment.
C. both remote assessment & ecological momentary assessment.
D. None of these
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6. According to the text, what makes a smartphone "smart"?
A. It is smart because of its flexibility and adaptability.
B. It is smart because of its inference-making capacity.
C. It is smart because it can detect changes in mood.
D. It is smart because it has a computational capacity.
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7. Smartphones that are re-purposed as tools of assessment contain safeguards to protect
A. the identity of the subject of the assessment.
B. the security of the voice data derived.
C. the privacy of the subject of the assessment.
D. the exact location from which data is being sent.
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8. According to the Close-Up in Chapter 1 of the textbook, the use of smartphones as a tool of
assessment has been generally well received by
A. mental health professionals.
B. psychiatric patients.
C. Linked-In users who responded to a survey.
D. All of these
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9. The value of the smartphone as a tool of assessment is that it may yield
A. meaningful diagnostic insights.
B. highly personalized treatment protocols.
C. highly effective treatment protocols.
D. All of these.
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10. According to your textbook, when interviewing an eyewitness to a serious crime, a police
psychologist might ask the interviewer to respond to a question
A. with eyes closed.
B. while looking at actual evidence in the case.
C. by dictating responses into a smartphone.
D. as if lying.
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11. Detailed information regarding how a particular test was developed can typically be found
in
A. a review of the test published in a journal.
B. the current test catalogue distributed by the test's publisher.
C. the Standards for Educational and Psychological Tests.
D. the test manual.
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Chapter 01
Psychological Testing and Assessment
Multiple Choice Questions
1. The use of evaluative tools to draw conclusions about psychological aspects of a person as
those aspects existed at some point in time in the past is called
A. retroactive assessment.
B. remote assessment.
C. reactive assessment.
D. retrospective assessment.
Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation
2. The use of evaluative tools to draw conclusions about a subject who is not in physical
proximity to the person or people conducting the evaluation is called
A. separation evaluation.
B. apathetic assessment.
C. remote assessment.
D. distal evaluation.
Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation
3. The word "ecological" in the term ecological momentary assessment is a reference to
A. "in the moment" evaluation.
B. cognitive variables observed.
C. behavioral variables observed.
D. where the evaluation takes place.
Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation
1-1
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4. Which is not a variant of the term assessment discussed in the textbook?
A. remote assessment
B. retroactive assessment
C. ecological momentary assessment
D. retrospective assessment
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5. As presented in the textbook, smartphones may be re-tooled for purposes of
A. remote assessment.
B. ecological momentary assessment.
C. both remote assessment & ecological momentary assessment.
D. None of these
Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation
6. According to the text, what makes a smartphone "smart"?
A. It is smart because of its flexibility and adaptability.
B. It is smart because of its inference-making capacity.
C. It is smart because it can detect changes in mood.
D. It is smart because it has a computational capacity.
Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation
7. Smartphones that are re-purposed as tools of assessment contain safeguards to protect
A. the identity of the subject of the assessment.
B. the security of the voice data derived.
C. the privacy of the subject of the assessment.
D. the exact location from which data is being sent.
Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation
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8. According to the Close-Up in Chapter 1 of the textbook, the use of smartphones as a tool of
assessment has been generally well received by
A. mental health professionals.
B. psychiatric patients.
C. Linked-In users who responded to a survey.
D. All of these
Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation
9. The value of the smartphone as a tool of assessment is that it may yield
A. meaningful diagnostic insights.
B. highly personalized treatment protocols.
C. highly effective treatment protocols.
D. All of these.
Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation
10. According to your textbook, when interviewing an eyewitness to a serious crime, a police
psychologist might ask the interviewer to respond to a question
A. with eyes closed.
B. while looking at actual evidence in the case.
C. by dictating responses into a smartphone.
D. as if lying.
Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation
11. Detailed information regarding how a particular test was developed can typically be found
in
A. a review of the test published in a journal.
B. the current test catalogue distributed by the test's publisher.
C. the Standards for Educational and Psychological Tests.
D. the test manual.
Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation
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