On culture-fair intelligence tests such as the Goodenough-Harris Drawing Test, the Raven
Progressive Matrices, and the Culture Fair Intelligence Test, the effects of culture are probably
A) ignored. B) eliminated. C) minimized. D) emphasized.
Examinees should be told the test time limits and how to record their answers, but not
necessarily how the test is to be scored.
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Forensic psychology is concerned with determining whether defendants in court cases are
competent to stand trial, dangerous, or are likely to be recidivists.
Indicate whether the statement is true or false
The measurement approach of the National Assessment of Educational Progress may be
characterized as
A) diagnostic. B) norm-referenced.
C) prognostic. D) criterion-referenced.
The most widely employed and probably the most generally understood and acceptable method
of personality assessment is some form of
A) projective technique.
B) interviewing.
C) rating scale.
D) personality inventory.
E) observation.
Probably the most central of all concepts in the field of health psychology is that of stress.
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All items on an essay test should be attempted by all examinees.
Indicate whether the statement is true or false
Assigning applicants to jobs on the basis of their scores on more than one test is most
appropriately referred to as
A) classification. B) selection. C) placement. D) screening.
Research and instrument development on work values is attributable more to __________ than
to any other person listed below.
A) Gordon Allport
B) Milton Rokeach
C) Donald Super
D) Rensis Likert
E) Louis Thurstone
The National Assessment of Educational Progress is a survey of the __________ of groups of
young Americans.
A) growth, abilities, and temperaments
B) knowledge, skills, and understandings
C) abilities, interests, and personalities
D) understandings, interests, and problems