Psychology 13.3/13.4

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originally developed to help diagnose psychiatric disorders

MMPI

test that includes 10 clinical scales

MMPI

used to assess the "normal person" but does not reveal psychiatric illness

CPI

aptitude tests that comprises nine different tests, ranging from vocabulary to manual dexterity

General Aptitude Test Battery

focuses on how a person takes in information and makes decisions

Myers-Briggs test

anything someone does or says reveals an aspect of that person's personality

Rorschach test

test that uses ink blots to assess personality

Rorschach test

asks participants to tell stories about the pictures on a series of 20 cards

TAT

objective test

a limited- or forced-choice test in which a person must select one of several answers

administered by computer may be called adaptive testing

achievement test

allows not only instructors to assess students' knowledge, but also allows students to assess their own progress.

achievement test

measures how much a person has learned in a given subject or area

achievement test

validated in terms of its content validity

achievement test

difficulty of questions is changed by computer as it tailors the test to the individual's performance

adaptive test

To help find a career that you will like, you should take

an interest inventory

projective test

an unstructured test in which a person is asked to respond freely, giving his or her own interpretation of various ambiguous stimuli

The theory underlying the Rorschach inkblot test

anything that someone does or says will reveal an aspect of his or her personality

Both the SAT and the ACT measure

aptitude

innate ability or talent

aptitude

The American College Test (ACT) is an example of

aptitude test

assessed primarily in terms of its predictive validity

aptitude test

attempts to discover a person's talents and to predict how well he or she will be able to learn a new skill

aptitude test

estimates the probability that a person will be successful in learning a specific new skill

aptitude test

personality test

assesses an individual's characteristics and identifies problems

Achievement tests are assessed primarily on their

content validity

aptitude test

estimates the probability that a person will be successful in learning a specific new skill

The Kuder Preference Record (KPR) is a type of

interest inventory

To decide on an occupation you might like, you would take an

interest inventory

measures a person's preferences, attitudes, and interests in a wide variety of activities

interest inventory

to determine a person's preferences, attitudes, and interests

interest inventory

the purpose of computer-based adaptive testing

it means your ability by finding the difficulty level where you correctly answer most but not all, of the problems. This method is more accurate than standard testing

interest inventory

measures a person's preferences and attitudes in a wide variety of activities to identify areas of likely success

achievement test

measures how much a person has learned in a given subject or area

The Myers-Briggs test is an example of this personality because the test takers answer a series of multiple choice questions.

objective test

The revised Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI-2) is an example of this because the test taker's responses are limited to true, false, or cannot say

objective test

a forced-choice test in which a person must select one of several answers

objective test

a person must select one of a small number of possible responses

objective test

a test that assesses an individual's characteristics and identifies problems

personality test

used to assess an individual's characteristics, identify problems and psychological disorders, and to predict a person's future behavior.

personality test

Aptitude tests are assessed primarily in terms of their

predictive validity

The Thematic Apperception Test (TAT) is an example of a(n) of this personality because the test taker is asked to tell a story about 20 different pictures.

projective test

encourages test takers to respond freely and often invites them to tell stories about pictures, diagrams, or objects.

projective test

unstructured test in which person is asked to respond freely

projective test

the purpose of the Kuder Preference Record

to help people find the career that is right for them


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