PSY 358 exam 2: chapter 9
Elementary cognitive tasks have been proposed as a type of ________ test.
culture-fair
The principal purpose of college admissions tests such as the SAT and ACT is to predict success in college. Recently, they have also been used to ___.
define institutional images for colleges
The GRE: General Tests are intended to be measures of ___.
developed abilities acquired over a long time
Using various combinations of subtests to maximize the prediction of success in various academic programs or different jobs is called ___.
differential validity
Which word best describes the conclusion reached about the differential validity of ASVAB scores?
disappointing
What was traditionally called the Verbal test in the SAT is now, in the 2016 version, called the ___.
evidence-based reading and writing test
The most typical design for studies of the validity of college admissions tests involves correlating scores on the tests with ___.
freshman year GPA
In comparison with the GRE: General Test as a predictor of graduate GPA, the validities of the GRE: Subject Tests are generally ___.
higher
Which is NOT one of the main settings for use of group administered cognitive ability tests?
hospitals and clinics
For predicting success in most school and job settings, in comparison with traditional cognitive ability tests, tests intended as culture-fair tests have ___.
lower validity
Which is one of major tests within the SAT?
mathematics
The Raven's test uses what type of item?
matrix-type
Many people consider the Raven's test to be an excellent measure of ___.
"g"
The Wonderlic Personnel Test advertises itself as a measure of ___.
"g"
Predictive validities for group cognitive ability tests tend to be in what range?
+.30 to +.60
The correlation between each of the GRE: General Tests and first-year graduate GPA is approximately ___.
.30
The multiple correlation (uncorrected for range restriction or unreliability) of college admissions test score and high school rank with freshman year GPA is usually about ___.
.50
Each of the GRE: General Tests has internal consistency reliability of approximately ___.
.90
What is the typical administration time for a group administered cognitive ability test?
1-3 hours
Standard scores on each of the four major tests in the ACT Assessment range from ___.
1-36
What is the time limit for the Wonderlic Cognitive Ability (Personnel) Test?
12 minutes
Psychologists' attempts to build culture-fair tests began in the ___.
1930s
How many scores does the Wonderlic Personnel Test yield?
3
What is the approximate administration time for OLSAT8?
60 minutes
For most purposes the most important score coming from the ASVAB is the ___.
AFQT
Which of these tests has norms based on a carefully selected national sample?
ASVAB
What generalization was developed regarding predictive validity of the GRE: General test for different academic departments?
Validity is approximately the same for different departments.
Which is NOT one of the tests identified in the textbook as a test used in military and business settings for personnel selection?
WAIS
In comparison with the correlation of high school rank with college freshman GPA, the correlation of college admission test scores with freshman GPA is ___.
about the same
In comparison with undergraduate GPA as a predictor of graduate GPA, the Composite of the three GRE: General Tests is ___.
about the same
Which organization sponsors development of the SAT?
college board
In comparison with the research bases (e.g., size of norm groups) for individually administered cognitive ability tests, the research bases for group administered cognitive ability tests tend to be ___.
much larger
In general, tests intended to be culture-fair emphasize what type of content?
nonverbal
Which is NOT one of the major tests in the ACT Assessment?
nonverbal
Which type of content found in individually administered cognitive ability tests is usually NOT found in group administered cognitive ability tests?
short-term memory
The most common purpose for use of group administered cognitive ability tests is ___.
prediction
Which phrase best describes the reliabilities of the subtests on the ASVAB?
quite varied
We select for admission to a college the 50% of applicants with the highest admissions test scores. At the end of the freshman year, we determine the correlation between the admission test and freshman GPA. This is an ideal circumstance for observing the effect of ___.
range restriction
The ACT Assessment's general approach to test content emphasizes ___.
school-based skills
The GRE: General Test score scale ranges from 130-170 on each test. What type of score scale is that?
standard score
The School Ability Index (SAI) yielded by the Otis-Lennon is a type of ___.
standard score
The well-known score scale on the SAT, with M = 500 and SD = 100, is what type of score?
standard score
The Anticipated Achievement Comparison (AAC) for the Otis-Lennon compares scores on the Otis-Lennon with scores on a(n) -
standardized achievement test
Group administered cognitive ability tests are used in elementary and secondary schools mainly in conjunction with ___.
standardized achievement tests
Who usually administers a group administered cognitive ability test like the Otis-Lennon?
teacher
Percentile rank norms for the GRE are based on ___.
user norms
The most widely reported percentile norms for the SAT are a good example of ___.
user norms
The two major content divisions of the Otis-Lennon are ___.
verbal and nonverbal
What are the three major tests within the GRE: General Test?
verbal, quantitative, analytical
Total scores on widely used group tests of cognitive ability usually have _______ reliability.
very high
