Psych Assessment Lab Book Practice Quizzes (Ch 6, 7, 9, 10)

The knowledge you have acquired through your academic studies would best be described in terms of -crystalized intelligence -g -IQ -fluid intelligence Ch9

crystalized intelligence

On a multiple choice test with four response options, the optimum item difficulty level is about .250 .500 .625 .875 Ch6

.625

A study of 22 graduate students found that scoring not he WAIS-R diminished only after the students had completed ______ or more practice sessions -3 -5 -8 -10 Ch7

10

On all the Wechsler scales, subtest scores have a mean of ____ and a standard deviation of ____, whereas the full scale IQ has a mean of _____ and a standard deviation of ____ -10, 3; 100,15 -15,5; 500, 100 -100, 15; 10,3 -10, 3; 50, 10 Ch10

10, 3; 100, 15

Reserachershave found that a _____ scale on a test employing a category format is sufficient for discriminating among individuals. -5-point -10-point -20-point -100-point Ch6

10-point

If a 10-year-old child was found to have a mental age of 5 on the 1916 Stanford-Binet scale, the child's intelligent quotient (IQ) would be 200 150 100 50 Ch9

50

the WISC-IV is designed for children between the ages of approximately -3 and 18 -5 and 18 -6 and 16 -3 and 12 Ch10

6 and 16

Which of the following item characteristics curves represents the best item? -A curve that rises steadily to the midpoint of test performance and then falls steadily to the highest performance levels (i.e. an inverted U-shape curve) -A curve that is flat to the midpoint of test performance. Rises sharply after the midpoint, and then flattens out at the highest performance levels -A curve that drops steadily to the midpoint of test performance and then rises steadily to the highest performance levels (i.e. a U-shaped curve) -A curve that rises readily and smoothly tot he highest performance levels Ch6

A curve that rises steadily and smoothly to the highest performance levels

A test compromised of items to which responses can vary on a 6-point scale ranging from strongly agree to strongly disagree is an example of a polytomous format a likert scale format a category format a dichotomous format Ch6

A likert scale format

Questions such as, "a man sells twelve apples at 25 cents apiece. How much money does he make?" might be found on the _____ subtest of the _____ scale of the WAIS-IV -arithmetic; performance -digit span; performance -arithmetic; verbal -digit span; verbal Ch10

Arithmetic; verbal

Which of the following has NOT been found with regard to the effects of reinforcements on test performance Ch7

Children's socioeconomic class and gender are related to effects of reinforcement on test performance

Which of the following is FALSE with regard to the psychometric properties of the 2003 (fifth) edition if the Stanford-Binet? Ch9

Interscorer agreement was relatively low with average coefficients of .50-.60

The ability test score of ten-year old Stacy is most likely to be highest if her examiner Ch7

Is familiar to her, initiates conversation, and praises her performance

Computer-assisted test administration Ch7

Is generally less reliable than traditional assessment

Research on the effects of the examiner's race on children's IQ test performance indicates Ch7

Minimal, if any, effects

Which of the following is NOT correct with regard to the psychometric properties of the WAIS-III? Ch10

Test-retest reliabilities of the subtest are all very strong

One of the primary concerns about the use of integrity tests is -their remarkable ability to predict future crime behavior -they all require very expensive equipmentand extensive training -that scores on these tests are highly correlated with IQ -the number of false positives identified by the tests Ch7

That scores on these tests are highly correlated with IQ

______is a standard score with a mean of 100 and a standard deviation of 16 (later 15) that was first introduced in the 1960 revision of the Stanford-Binet -the intelligence quotient (IQ) -mental age (MA) -the deviation IQ -g Ch9

The deviation IQ

Which of the following is NOT a potential problem created by the inclusion of ineffective distractors on a test? -They can decrease the reliability of a test -They can give clues to examinees about the correct response -They can decrease the time examinees spend on items -They can decrease the validity of a test Ch6

They can decrease the time examinees spend on items

Tests based on Item Response Theory (IRT) Ch6

Yield scores reflecting the level of difficulty of items examinees were able to answer correctly

A test compromised of items such as :i usually feel rested when I wake up in the morning" to which examinees must respond True or False is an example of -a polytomous format -a likert-scale format -a category format -a dichotomous format ch6

a dichotomous format

The gf-gc theory of intelligence is Ch9

a hierarchical model on which only the latter versions of the Stanford-Binet are based

Which of the following subtests is included on the WPPSI-III, but not in the WAIS-III or the WISC-IV -object assembly -coding -animal pegs -symbol search Ch10

animal pegs

A central Problem of the 1937 revision of the Stanford-Binet Scale was that Ch9

different age groups showed differences in the standard deviation of IQ scores

In one study, graduate students were told that ambiguous responses to intelligence test items were given by either bright or dull people. in fact, the responses were exactly the same. When they scored the tests, the graduate students game more credit to responses they believed were from bright examinees. the findings illustrate -expectancy effects -reactivity -incentive effects -drift Ch7

expectancy effects

The standardization sample of the 1916 Stanford-Binet scale was inadequate in that Ch9

it was comprised exclusively of white children from Clifornia

Dr. MArcus analyzed items on his physics test by calculating the proportion of students who got each item correct. Dr. Marcus was examining -item difficulty -the guessing threshold -item discriminability -the antimode Ch6

item difficulty

If Dr. Hamiline wants to know whether the most difficult items on the statistics test she created were answered correctly only by the top-performing students in her class, she would need to assess -item difficulty -the guessing threshold -item discriminability -the antimode Ch6

item discriminability

Reactivity results in -more accurate observer ratings -less accurate observer ratings -more test-taker deception -less test-taker deception Ch7

less test-taker deception

Which of the following concepts did Binet incorporate into the first two versions (1905 and 1908) of the Binet-Simon scale of intelligence? -intelligence quotient -mental age -crystalized intellligence -deviation IQ Ch9

mental age

Although Hal was trained in standardized method of behavioral observation six months ago, his ratings of the same behavior have changed over time. This illustrates the problem of observer ______ -expectancies -drift -reactivity -bias Ch7

reactivity

An examiner administering the WAIS-IV asks Julie a series of questions such as "in what way are the sun and the moon alike?" the examiner is administering the _____ subtest -comprehension -similarities -vocabulary -information Ch10

similarities

A recent innoation in the WISC-IV is the use of ______ to identify item biases -opinions of experts in the field of intelligence testing -judges who were trained to recognize bias -content analysis -statistical analysis Ch10

statistical analysis

In the context of psychological assessment, the halo effect is an example of a -subject variable -scoring or rating error -standardized procedure -self-serving bias Ch7

subject variable

If a correction for guessing is used on a test, it means that Ch6

test scores wil be adjusted to take into account the percentage of items examinees are expected to answer correctly by chance alone

Wechsler's criticisms of the Binet scales related to Ch10

the Binet scale's inadequate measurement of adult intelligence

Administration of the modern Stanford-Binet requires examiners to continue testing until -the examinee passes all items on the routing tests -the examinee fails all items on the routing tests -the examinee's basal level is reached -the examinee's ceiling is reached Ch9

the examinee's ceiling is reached

The concept of g refers to Ch9

the view that one general mental ability factor underlies all intelligent behavior

Which of the following Wechsler subtests is one of the most stable measures of general intelligence? -digit span -vocabulary -comprehension -information Ch10

vocabulary

On the WAIS-IV, digit span and arithmetic compromise the ____index, whereas block design, matrix reasoning, and visual puzzles comprise the ____ index -working memory; perceptual reasoning -verbal comprehension;working memory -processing speed; perceptual reasoning -perceptual reasoning; verbal comprehension Ch10

working memory; perceptual reasoning