Terms
This is a measurement procedure for assessing psychological characteristics in which a sample of an examinee's behavior is obtained and subsequently evaluated and scored using a standardized process.
What is a test?
When a test shows consistency in measurement, it is said to show this.
What is reliability?
An adequate representation of the conceptual domain it is designed to cover (ie. a test on chapters 1-4 of a text will have items from chapters 1-4)
What is content validity?
Client says, "It feels like my heart is racing and it's harder to breathe!" Client also reports that she begins to sweat, feels nauseous, and that "it comes out of nowhere."
What is panic disorder?
This type of scale names and classifies. It does not possess magnitude, equal intervals, or an absolute zero.
What is a nominal scale?
This is the extent to which a test measures the quality it purports to measure.
What is validity?
A construct or concept that can take on more than one value. It can be qualitative or quantitative.
What is a variable?
Predictive validity and concurrent validity fall under this type of validity.
What is criterion validity?
Anorexia Nervosa can be further categorized into these two types.
What is restricting and binge/purge type?
This type of scale possesses magnitude, equal intervals, and absolute zero.
What is ratio?
The systematic determination of merit, worth, and significance of something or someone using criteria against a set of standards.
What is an evaluation?
This is the process of evaluating behavior, psychological constructs, and/or characteristics of individuals or groups for the purpose of making decisions regarding classification, selection, placement, diagnosis, or intervention.
What is an assessment?
This is a form of construct validity in which evidence is obtained to demonstrate that a test measures the same attribute as other tests that purport to measure the same thing.
What is convergent validity?
Those diagnosed with Oppositional Defiant Disorder (ODD) who do not receive treatment may run the risk of progressing to this next-level diagnosis.
What is conduct disorder?
The ranking of nominal categories, characterized by magnitude. An example of a test that uses this is the Likert scale.
What is an ordinal scale?
This is a somatic characteristic or an enduring predisposition to respond in a particular way, distinguishing one individual from another.
What is a trait?
The situation, purpose, or setting in which a test is being used; circumstances that determine when testing is appropriate for a person or group.
What is context?
The process to establish the meaning of a test through a series of studies.
What is construct validity?
A mother reports that she's been struggling with her teenage daughter, Connie's, "anger issues." Mom reports that Connie first started behaving this way since she was 7 years old. Connie is constantly "annoyed" with everyone in the household, and "flips out" on family members at least 4 times a week. Mom believes her daughter is being a "drama queen." Mom also denies that Connie abuses substances.
What is disruptive mood dysregulation disorder?
This scale possesses magnitude and equal distances between data points, but no absolute zero.
What is an interval scale?
The application of testing-specific rules to the responses or behavior of the test taker to produce quantitative or qualitative data about the test taker or a group of test takers.
What is scoring?
A form of behavioral assessment that entails witnessing of a person's overt behavior in a particular situation. It's a method for assessing the frequency of a client's behaviors and the specific situations in which they occur.
What is a behavioral observation?
These two types of validity fall under construct validity.
What are convergent and discriminant validity?
Marie arrives for her initial appointment at your office 3 weeks after she lived through a hostage situation. She cannot bring herself to return to her place of work because of the extreme anxiety she feels when thinking about going back there. She's been unable to concentrate, is struggling with sleep, and doesn't feel like doing anything except stay home and watch television. She says that when she closes her eyes, she is "trapped there, again."
What is acute stress disorder?
An example of this type of scale is having a team of basketball players standing in a line based on their heights in descending order, with the tallest first and the shortest last.
What is an ordinal scale?