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Psych 421 Exam #1 Questions And Answers
2025 Update.
Psychological testing - Answer✔process of measuring psychology-related variables by means of
devices or procedures designed to obtain a sample of behavior
psychological assessment - Answer✔gathering & integration of psychology-related data for the
purpose of making a psychological evaluation
testing - Answer✔•Technician-like task
•Narrow in scope
•Process oriented
•Obtaining a number
•Results focused
assessment - Answer✔•Problem-solving process
•Multimodal
•Reason specific
•Referral questions
•Results + how responses obtained
assessment process - Answer✔1.Referral
Referral questions - what needs to be known?
2.Assessor chooses test battery
3.Assessment conducted
4.Results interpreted
5.Report written
6.Feedback given
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Alternative Assessment - Answer✔evaluative or diagnostic procedure or process that varies
from the usual way a measurement is derived
... by virtue of some accommodation made to the assessee
... or alternative methods designed to measure the same variable.
dynamic assessment - Answer✔•Interactive approach to psychological assessment that usually
follows a model of
evaluation-intervention-evaluation
interviews - Answer✔•Reciprocal exchange
•Individual or panel
•Verbal & nonverbal behavior
portfolios - Answer✔•Relevant work samples
•EX: landscape examples
case history data - Answer✔•Archival or historical media
•EX: student's cumulative folder, employee's employment record
aspects of test - Answer✔•Format
•Administration procedures
•Scoring & interpretation procedures
•Cut scores
•Psychometric soundness
•Technical quality (i.e., reliability & validity)
behavioral observartion - Answer✔•Monitoring & recording
•Clinical vs. naturalistic
•Differing forms
•EX: watching a socially anxious adult initiate a conversation at work.
role-play - Answer✔•Improvised acting in a simulated situation
•EX: managerial applicant pretends to fire a difficult employee
test developer - Answer✔•Creates the test
•Psychometrically sound?
•Standards for Educational and Psychological Testing (APA)
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Psych 421 Exam #1 Questions And Answers
2025 Update.
Psychological testing - Answer✔process of measuring psychology-related variables by means of
devices or procedures designed to obtain a sample of behavior
psychological assessment - Answer✔gathering & integration of psychology-related data for the
purpose of making a psychological evaluation
testing - Answer✔•Technician-like task
•Narrow in scope
•Process oriented
•Obtaining a number
•Results focused
assessment - Answer✔•Problem-solving process
•Multimodal
•Reason specific
•Referral questions
•Results + how responses obtained
assessment process - Answer✔1.Referral
Referral questions - what needs to be known?
2.Assessor chooses test battery
3.Assessment conducted
4.Results interpreted
5.Report written
6.Feedback given
1
, ©THESTAR 2024/2025 ALL RIGHTS RESERVED 10:08PM.
Alternative Assessment - Answer✔evaluative or diagnostic procedure or process that varies
from the usual way a measurement is derived
... by virtue of some accommodation made to the assessee
... or alternative methods designed to measure the same variable.
dynamic assessment - Answer✔•Interactive approach to psychological assessment that usually
follows a model of
evaluation-intervention-evaluation
interviews - Answer✔•Reciprocal exchange
•Individual or panel
•Verbal & nonverbal behavior
portfolios - Answer✔•Relevant work samples
•EX: landscape examples
case history data - Answer✔•Archival or historical media
•EX: student's cumulative folder, employee's employment record
aspects of test - Answer✔•Format
•Administration procedures
•Scoring & interpretation procedures
•Cut scores
•Psychometric soundness
•Technical quality (i.e., reliability & validity)
behavioral observartion - Answer✔•Monitoring & recording
•Clinical vs. naturalistic
•Differing forms
•EX: watching a socially anxious adult initiate a conversation at work.
role-play - Answer✔•Improvised acting in a simulated situation
•EX: managerial applicant pretends to fire a difficult employee
test developer - Answer✔•Creates the test
•Psychometrically sound?
•Standards for Educational and Psychological Testing (APA)
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