PSY 550 6-1 Quiz – Modules Four, Five, and Six

Question 1

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In reference to intelligence testing, the term ceiling is best associated with:

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Question 2

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A lay person asks a psychologist, “What is intelligence?” According to the textbook, what would be the psychologist’s BEST response?

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	“A multifaceted construct that is primarily determined by the environment and, in general, includes a person’s ability to appropriately and effectively care for himself or herself and interact reasonably with others.”
	“An unobservable trait whose meaning researchers have failed to agree on, and which, consequently, has no relevance to an understanding human behavior.”
	“A multifaceted construct influenced by heredity and environment that, in general, is related to verbal, quantitative, social, and problem-solving abilities.”
	“I’m sorry, could you repeat the question?”

Question 3

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Crystallized intelligence includes:

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Question 4

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What is the main difference between the information-processing view and the traditional view of intelligence?

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Question 5

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Advocates of standardized testing in the schools argue that testing can:

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Question 6

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According to your textbook, an objection to a standardized testing program might have merit if the program was:

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Question 7

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A simplified statement of the response to intervention (RtI) model is as follows:

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Question 8

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What do diagnostic tests do?

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Question 9

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According to the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), threat assessment may be defined as a process of identifying or evaluating entities, actions, or occurrences, whether natural or man-made, that:

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Question 10

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“Certain personality traits exist in all people to varying degrees. The assessor’s task is to determine what the strength of each of these traits is in the assessee.” We would be MOST likely to hear this statement from someone who:

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Question 11

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Personality assessment data are used in which settings?

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Question 12

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What BEST describes a personality type?

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Question 13

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The DSM-5 contains a listing of:

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Question 14

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To a seasoned clinician, a patient’s DSM-5 diagnosis instantly conveys information about:

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Question 15

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The most widely used test to measure the severity of depression is:

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Question 16

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A mental status examination may be administered to:

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Question 17

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Which of the following tools of psychological assessment is MOST likely to be used in order to evaluate a patient’s level of premorbid functioning?

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Question 18

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A psychological report is BEST written with:

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Question 19

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Validity scales assist the test user in making judgments related to whether or not a test taker:

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Question 20

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Factor analysis is a statistical procedure designed to identify:

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Question 21

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The mean, the median, and the mode are all:

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Question 22

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The U.S. Navy is highly selective when it comes to applications for Navy Seal training. A distribution of test scores on a Navy Seal Qualifying and Screening Examination administered to a class of high school seniors would be expected to yield:

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Question 23

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If the results of an examination are negatively skewed, the exam questions were likely:

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Question 24

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Today, when someone tells you what their recently measured IQ is, the value quoted is most likely:

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Question 25

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What is an advantage of T scores over z scores?