Deck 21: Issues in Multi-Method Assessment

Question 1

A process which taps various areas of psychological function at both a conscious and unconscious level is

A) psychodiagnosis
B) psychoassessment
C) psychoanalyzation
D) psychoclassification

Answer 1

A

Question 2

Judgments made by a professional can be called

A) clinical prediction
B) statistical prediction
C) numeric prediction
D) factor analytic prediction

Answer 2

A

Question 3

Examining the validity of information provided by tests, and the ways in which the clinician uses this information are elements of the

A) Camera Model
B) Lens Model
C) Glass Model
D) Shutter Model

Answer 3

B

Question 4

Research on ________ suggests that the expectations of the interviewer may affect the behavior of the person being interviewed.

A) self-fulfilling prophecy
B) hypothesis confirmation biases
C) examiner expectation biases
D) interviewer response bias

Question 5

One of the most popular personality tests is the

A) WISC-R
B) Bender-Gestalt
C) Stanford-Binet
D) Rorschach

Question 6

When compared to employment interviews, clinical interviews are likely to be

A) longer
B) more in depth
C) unstructured
D) more valid

Question 7

Compared to individual clinical assessment, structured programs of assessment

A) have vaguer goals
B) are more adaptive
C) are less concerned with psychopathology
D) all of the above

Question 8

Compared to individual clinical assessment, structured programs of assessment

A) have clearly defined goals
B) are less fixed
C) involve fewer assessors
D) both b and c

Question 9

The test battery that provides a wide-range assessment of several functions which might be affected by brain damage is the

A) Rorschach
B) Luria-Nebraska
C) MMPI
D) TAT

Question 10

Proponents of the clinical model of prediction argue that studies comparing clinical and statistical models are unfair because

A) the studies ignore the importance of integration of data
B) the correctional method used in the studies may favor the statistical model
C) the clinician is a passive participant in the studies
D) all of the above

Question 11

The cornerstone of the assessment technique employed by the Office of Strategic Services was

A) situational tests
B) informal observation
C) use of several different procedures
D) sociometric questionnaires

Question 12

The most valuable outcome of the clinical versus statistical model debate is

A) the reliability issue
B) the robustness issue
C) the recognition of clinical subtasks
D) all of the above

Question 13

Clinicians continue to use the interview because

A) of the belief that interviews should work
B) of the tendency to overestimate the accuracy of one's judgments
C) the interview may supplement information provided by tests
D) all of the above

Question 14

The highly influential reviews by Meehl (1954; 1957; 1965) which compared the accuracy of clinical versus statistical prediction showed that

A) statistical models are usually less accurate in prediction than are clinical models
B) clinicians are usually more accurate in prediction than a simple statistical model
C) clinical models are easier to apply for purposes of judgment
D) none of the above

Question 15

Making predictions solely on the basis of test scores is called

A) clinical prediction
B) statistical prediction
C) numeric prediction
D) factor analytic prediction

Question 16

One of the most notable examples of a structured assessment program was done by

A) World War I
B) the Office of Strategic Services during World War II
C) the Department of the Navy during World War II
D) the Military Aircraft Command during the Korean War

Question 17

Assessment is

A) a simple combination of test scores
B) judgmental
C) very objective
D) both b and c

Question 18

In clinical assessment, the clinician has two distinct functions: _______ and _______.

A) gathering data; integrating data
B) analyzing data; interpreting data
C) interpreting data; integrating data
D) interpreting data; making a judgment

Question 19

Clinical predictions are _______ than statistical predictions.

A) less reliable
B) more reliable
C) more accurate
D) more important

Question 20

The most obvious difference between individual clinical assessment and structured programs of assessment is

A) scale
B) length
C) breadth
D) expense

Question 21

Research on assessment centers provides several conclusions that may apply quite broadly to other assessment programs. Among the conclusions are

A) it is not easy to evaluate the validity of assessment centers
B) there is much support for continued use of judgmental methods
C) structured programs are likely to be simple
D) all of the above

Question 22

In a court trial, ________ refers to the defendant's present state of mind, while ________ refers to the defendant's state of mind at the time the crime was
Committed.

A) insanity; incompetence
B) insanity; competence
C) competence; insanity
D) competence; guilt

Question 23

Each of the tests which make up the Learning Potential Assessment Device can be varied on

A) novelty, modality, cognitive operations
B) novelty, cognition
C) modality, cognition
D) novelty, complexity, modality

Question 24

Structured assessment programs have shown very consistent levels of

A) content validity
B) construct validity
C) face validity
D) criterion-related validity

Question 25

The subtest of the Learning Potential Assessment Device requiring the child to locate and remember the position of fixed buttons is the

A) Pattern Test
B) Button Test
C) Representational Test
D) Plateau Test

Question 26

A major difference in the Peace Corps assessment program when compared to the assessment program of the Office of Strategic Services (OSS), is that

A) the OSS procedure employed multiple methods
B) the Peace Corps employed a largely objective screening system
C) the OSS procedure separated the roles of data collection
D) the OSS made decisions based on the cumulative weight of evidence

Question 27

The first step in the assessment procedure developed by the Peace Corps was

A) field screening
B) suitability selection
C) field selection
D) suitability screening