People
(q. 387)
The first intelligence test was created by...
a. David Wechsler
b. J.P. Guiliford
c. Francis Galton
d. Alfred Binet and Theodore Simon
d. Alfred Binet and Theodore Simon
(q. 375)
The most critical factors in test selection are...
a. the length of the test and the number of people who took the test in the norming process
b. horizontal vs. vertical
c. validity and reliability
d. spiral vs. cyclical format
c. validity and reliability
(q. 379)
A new IQ test that yielded results nearly identical to other standardized measures would be said to have...
a. good concurrent validity
b. good face validity
c. superb internal consistency
d. all of the above
a. good concurrent validity
(q. 399)
Test bias primarily results from...
a. a test being normed solely on white middle-class clients
b. the use of projective measures
c. using whites to score the test
d. Using IQ rather than personality
a. a test being normed solely on white middle-class clients
(q. 397)
The Myers-Briggs Type Indicator reflects the work of...
a. Raymond B. Cattell
b. Carl Jung
c. William Glasser
d. Oscar K. Buros
b. Carl Jung
(q. 368)
A test can be defined as a systematic method of measuring a sample of behavior. Test format refers to the manner in which test items are presented. The format of an essay test is considered a(n) ____ format.
a. subjective
b. objective
c. very precise
d. concise
a. subjective
(q. 383)
A reliability coefficient of 1.00 indicates...
a. a lot of variance in the test
b. a score with a high level of error
c. a perfect score that has no error
d. a typical correlation on most psychological and counseling tests
c. a perfect score that has no error
(q. 401)
A counselor who had an interest primarily in testing would most likely be a member of...
a. HS-BCP
b. AARC
c. NASW
d. ACES
b. AARC
(q. 410)
Lewis Terman...
a. constructed the Wechsler tests
b. constructed the initial Binet prior to 1910
c. constructed the Rorschach
d. Americanized the Binet
d. Americanized the Binet
(q. 403)
The standard error of measurement tells you...
a. how accurate or inaccurate a test score is
b. what population responds best to the test
c. something about social loafing
d. the number of people used in norming the test
a. how accurate or inaccurate a test score is
(q. 409)
Infant IQ tests are...
a. more reliable than those given later in life
b. more unreliable than those given later in life
c. not related to learning experiences
d. never used
b. more unreliable than those given later in life
(q. 407)
Most counselors would agree that...
a. more preschool IQ testing is necessary
b. teachers need to give more personality tests
c. more public education is needed in the area of testing
d. the testing mystique has been beneficial to the general public
c. more public education is needed in the area of testing
(q. 385)
____ did research and concluded that intelligence was normally distributed like height or weight and that is was primarily genetic.
a. Spearman
b. Guilford
c. Williamson
d. Galton
d. Galton
(q. 371)
A test format could be normative or ipsative. In the normative format...
a. each item depends on the item before it
b. each item depends on the item after it
c. the client must possess an IQ within the normal range
d. each item is independent of all items
d. each item is independent of all items
(q. 382)
Which method of reliability testing would be useful with an essay test but not with a test of algebra problems?
a. test-retest
b. alternate forms
c. split-half
d. inter-rater/inter-observer
d. inter-rater/inter-observer
(q. 410)
According to the Public Law 93-380 (Buckley Amendement), a 19-year-old college student attending college...
a. could view her record including test data
b. could view her daughter's infant IQ test from preschool
c. could demand a correction she discovered while reading a file
d. all of the above
d. all of the above
(q. 386)
J.P. Guliford isolated 120 factors which added up to intelligence. He also is remembered for his...
a. thoughts on convergent and divergent thinking
b. work on cognitive therapy
c. work on behavior therapy
d. work to create the first standardized IQ test
a. thoughts on convergent and divergent thinking
(q. 404)
A counselor created an achievement test with a reliability coefficient of .82. The counselor shortened the test due to client complaints and logically assumed that the reliability coefficient would now be...
a. approx. .88
b. remain at .82
c. be at least 10 points higher or lower
d. lower than .82
d. lower than .82
(q. 383)
A researcher working with a personality test discovers that the test has a reliability coefficient of .70 which is somewhat typical. That indicates...
a. 70% of the score is accurate which 30% is inaccurate
b. 30% of the people who are tested will receive accurate scores
c. 70% of the people who are tested will receive accurate scores
d. 30% of the score is accurate while 70% is inaccurate
a. 70% of the score is accurate which 30% is inaccurate
(q. 388)
The Binet stressed age-related tasks. Utilizing this method, a 9-year-old task would be one which...
a. only a 10-year-old could answer
b. only an 8-year-old child could answer
c. 50% of the 9-year-olds could answer correctly
d. 75% of the 9-year-olds could answer correctly
c. 50% of the 9-year-olds could answer correctly