Exam 15: Interests and Attitudes

Which is NOT one of the widely used career interest inventories?

Attitude measures differ from public opinion polls primarily in terms of ___.

Based on the results of a career interest inventory, a counselor says to a client: "Your interests are quite similar to those of elementary school teachers. You might want to consider that field." This line of reasoning suggests that what method has been used in developing the career interest inventory?

Which of these measures depends mostly on criterion-referenced rather than norm-referenced interpretation of scores?

In which of the methods of measuring attitudes do you attempt to locate the exact point where the person's attitude changes from one direction to another?

Which of these measures is based entirely on the RIASEC hexagon?

A section of the SDS manual addresses the matter of "effects and outcomes," that is, whether use of the test makes any difference in people's lives. This topic falls under what type of validity?

The Kuder Career Interests Assessment uses an unusual, innovative method of reporting. What is it?

Which is an alternative name for the Thurstone method of measuring attitudes? The method of __________.

Which test manual addresses the issue of "effects and outcomes," that is, whether the use of the test makes any difference in people's lives?

Which type of score on the Strong is based on criterion-keying?

One of the drawbacks of the Thurstone method of measuring attitudes, in comparison with oter methods, is the time required to ____.

In attitude measurement we are trying to draw an inference about ___, whereas in public opinion polls we are trying to try an inference about ___.

Kuder's early work on vocational interest testing concentrated on defining interests in terms of ___.

In the manual for an attitude scale, Item 14 is listed as having a scale value of 5.7 and Item 15 has a scale value of 7.4. It sounds as if this attitude scale has been developed with what method?

Which of these measures most explicitly attempts to match a person's interests with characteristics of work environments?

Which is an alternative name for the Guttman method of measuring attitudes? The method of ___.

Which of these measures advertises itself as "self-administered, self-scored, and self-interpreted?

Which of these individuals pioneered the use of criterion-keying for vocational interest testing?

In the RIASEC hexagon, the "R" stands for _____.