Question 1

Professor X administers a new measure simultaneously with an older measure of the same construct. She is attempting to establish:

Accepted Answer

A)  Predictive validity 
B)  Concurrent validity 
C)  Discriminant validity 
D)  Convergent validity 
A)  Predictive validity 
B)  Concurrent validity 
C)  Discriminant validity 
D)  Convergent validity D

Question 2

The current choice of terms for psychological tests include:

Accepted Answer

A)  Behavioral, projective, and self-report 
B)  Self-report, objective, and projective-based 
C)  Projective, objective, and behavioral 
D)  Performance-based, behavioral, and self-report 
A)  Behavioral, projective, and self-report 
B)  Self-report, objective, and projective-based 
C)  Projective, objective, and behavioral 
D)  Performance-based, behavioral, and self-report D

Question 3

Psychologists should only practice those skills, techniques, and interventions for which they have adequate training and/or oversight. This is referred to as:

Accepted Answer

A)  Competence 
B)  Preprofessionalism 
C)  Expertise 
D)  Ethics 
A)  Competence 
B)  Preprofessionalism 
C)  Expertise 
D)  Ethics A

Question 4

Which of the following statements is true?

Accepted Answer

A)  If a test is reliable, it must be valid. 
B)  Reliability is a function of a test score, not a test. 
C)  Reliability is a function of a test, not necessarily a test score. 
D)  Measures of traits have poorer reliability statistics than measures of states. 
A)  If a test is reliable, it must be valid. 
B)  Reliability is a function of a test score, not a test. 
C)  Reliability is a function of a test, not necessarily a test score. 
D)  Measures of traits have poorer reliability statistics than measures of states.

Question 5

Describe how the field of personality assessment has changed since its inception.

Accepted Answer

The field of personality assessment has

Question 6

Describe the difference between psychological assessment and psychological testing.

Accepted Answer

Psychological assessment and psychologic

Question 7

Why should test materials be protected from public disclosure?

Accepted Answer

A)  Test items are often protected by copyright. 
B)  People might study them to score a particular way. 
C)  Neither A nor B 
D)  Both A and B 
A)  Test items are often protected by copyright. 
B)  People might study them to score a particular way. 
C)  Neither A nor B 
D)  Both A and B

Question 8

Your professor asks, "Is this test valid?" Why is that question unanswerable?

Accepted Answer

The question "Is this test valid?" is un

Question 9

The most widely used personality assessment measure is:

Accepted Answer

A)  MMPI/MMPI-2 
B)  Rorschach Inkblot Test 
C)  Thematic Apperception Test 
D)  WAIS-IV 
A)  MMPI/MMPI-2 
B)  Rorschach Inkblot Test 
C)  Thematic Apperception Test 
D)  WAIS-IV

Question 10

The Big Five are:

Accepted Answer

A)  Neuroticism, openness, relatedness, agreeableness, and conscientiousness 
B)  Openness, agreeableness, sensibleness, relatedness, and flexibility 
C)  Openness, conscientiousness, neuroticism, agreeableness, and extroversion 
D)  Extroversion, introversion, judging, flexibility, and relatedness 
A)  Neuroticism, openness, relatedness, agreeableness, and conscientiousness 
B)  Openness, agreeableness, sensibleness, relatedness, and flexibility 
C)  Openness, conscientiousness, neuroticism, agreeableness, and extroversion 
D)  Extroversion, introversion, judging, flexibility, and relatedness

Question 11

The four types of criterion-related validity are:

Accepted Answer

A)  Content validity, face validity, concurrent validity, and discriminant validity 
B)  Incremental validity, face validity, predictive validity, and content validity 
C)  Construct validity, predictive validity, content validity, and statistical validity 
D)  Concurrent validity, convergent validity, discriminant validity, and predictive validity 
A)  Content validity, face validity, concurrent validity, and discriminant validity 
B)  Incremental validity, face validity, predictive validity, and content validity 
C)  Construct validity, predictive validity, content validity, and statistical validity 
D)  Concurrent validity, convergent validity, discriminant validity, and predictive validity

Question 12

When is ICC a better statistic than kappa?

Accepted Answer

The Intraclass Correlation Coefficient (

Question 13

Describe the difference between a test and a technique.

Accepted Answer

A test is a procedure used to evaluate t

Question 14

The purposes of personality assessment include all of the following except:

Accepted Answer

A)  Description of psychopathology 
B)  Ascribing motivations 
C)  Informing psychological treatment 
D)  Measuring treatment outcome 
A)  Description of psychopathology 
B)  Ascribing motivations 
C)  Informing psychological treatment 
D)  Measuring treatment outcome

Question 15

The assessment model designed to make the assessment intervention transformative for patients is referred to as:

Accepted Answer

A)  Clinical assessment 
B)  Person-centered assessment 
C)  Therapeutic assessment 
D)  Humanistic Assessment 
A)  Clinical assessment 
B)  Person-centered assessment 
C)  Therapeutic assessment 
D)  Humanistic Assessment

Professor X administers a new measure simultaneously with an older measure of the same construct. She is attempting to establish:

The current choice of terms for psychological tests include:

Psychologists should only practice those skills, techniques, and interventions for which they have adequate training and/or oversight. This is referred to as:

Which of the following statements is true?

Describe how the field of personality assessment has changed since its inception.

Describe the difference between psychological assessment and psychological testing.

Why should test materials be protected from public disclosure?

Your professor asks, "Is this test valid?" Why is that question unanswerable?

The most widely used personality assessment measure is:

The Big Five are:

The four types of criterion-related validity are:

When is ICC a better statistic than kappa?

Describe the difference between a test and a technique.

The purposes of personality assessment include all of the following except:

The assessment model designed to make the assessment intervention transformative for patients is referred to as:

Introducing Personality Assessment, Smith & Archer

The MMPI-2 and MMPI-A, Ben-Porath & Archer

Millon Clinical Multiaxial Intentory-III, Craig

The Personality Assessment Inventory, Morey, Hopwood

The NEO Inventories, Cost, McCrae

Behavior Rating Scales, Merrell, Harlacher

An Introduction to Rorschach Assessment, Meyer, Viglione

TAT and Other Performance-Based Assessment Techniques, Ackerman, Fowler, Clemence

Developing the Life Meaning of Psychological Test Data: Collaborative and Therapeutic Approaches, Fischer, Finn

Improving the Integrative Process in Psychological Assessment: Data Organization and Report Writing, Blais & Smith

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Exam 2: The Clinical Interview, Maruish

Professor X administers a new measure simultaneously with an older measure of the same construct. She is attempting to establish:

The current choice of terms for psychological tests include:

Psychologists should only practice those skills, techniques, and interventions for which they have adequate training and/or oversight. This is referred to as:

Which of the following statements is true?

Describe how the field of personality assessment has changed since its inception.

Describe the difference between psychological assessment and psychological testing.

Why should test materials be protected from public disclosure?

Your professor asks, "Is this test valid?" Why is that question unanswerable?

The most widely used personality assessment measure is:

The Big Five are:

The four types of criterion-related validity are:

When is ICC a better statistic than kappa?

Describe the difference between a test and a technique.

The purposes of personality assessment include all of the following except:

The assessment model designed to make the assessment intervention transformative for patients is referred to as:

Introducing Personality Assessment, Smith & Archer

The MMPI-2 and MMPI-A, Ben-Porath & Archer

Millon Clinical Multiaxial Intentory-III, Craig

The Personality Assessment Inventory, Morey, Hopwood

The NEO Inventories, Cost, McCrae

Behavior Rating Scales, Merrell, Harlacher

An Introduction to Rorschach Assessment, Meyer, Viglione

TAT and Other Performance-Based Assessment Techniques, Ackerman, Fowler, Clemence

Developing the Life Meaning of Psychological Test Data: Collaborative and Therapeutic Approaches, Fischer, Finn

Improving the Integrative Process in Psychological Assessment: Data Organization and Report Writing, Blais & Smith

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