PSYC 167: CH 9 & 10 Intellectual and neuropsychological assessment / Personality Assessment and Behavioral Assessment

For the current editions of the Wechsler intelligence tests and Stanford-Binet Intelligence Scales, the mean score for full-scale IQ is _____.

100

According to Cattell, _____ intelligence includes the ability to solve novel problems.

fluid

When the Wechsler intelligence test scores are interpreted, which of the following best represents the sequence in which particular scores should be considered?

Full-scale IQ score, index scores, subtest scores

Naturalistic observation is most likely to be practiced by a clinical psychologists who endorses

behavioral assessment

The practice of evidence-based assessment is characterized by the selection of tests that meet all of the following criteria EXCEPT

endorsement by the American Psychological Association.

Dr. Young, a clinical psychologist, is conducting an assessment of a client who experienced a head injury in a car accident. She uses the Halstead-Reitan battery to determine impairment of the functioning of specific components or structures of the brain. Dr. Young is conducting _____ testing.

neuropsychological

The most frequently cited shortcoming of projective personality tests centers on the fact that projective personality tests

rely more heavily on the psychologist's unique way of scoring and interpreting results than objective tests, which limits their reliability and validity.

Which of the following is not a clinical scale on the MMPI and MMPI-2?

self-acceptance

As part of an assessment, Dr. Bush asks Mary to finish sentence stems printed on a paper, such as "My favorite ..." and "I feel afraid ..." This assessment technique is known as a

sentence completion test, a projective measure of personality.

Honore receives psychological testing. Although her intelligence falls in the low average range, a discrepancy is still identified between her achievement and intelligence test scores (such that achievement falls significantly below expectations based on intelligence). This discrepancy will likely be the basis for a diagnosis of _____.

specific learning disorder