One of the most valid figure drawing tests is the
a. Draw-a-Person Test.
b. House-Tree-Person Test.
c. Kinetic Family Drawing Test.
d. Goodenough Draw-a-Man Test.
Among projective tests that overinterpret data without sufficient empirical foundation, the worst offenders are
a. thematic apperception tests.
b. inkblots.
c. projective drawing tests.
d. word completion tasks.
Despite findings that indicate it is perhaps the most psychometrically sound projective test, the ____ is rarely used in clinical settings.
a. Draw-A Person Test
b. Children's Apperception Test
c. Washington University Sentence Completion Test
d. Rotter Incomplete Sentence Blank
Initial reviews of the Incomplete Sentences task by Lanyon and Lanyon have
a. indicated poor reliability.
b. shown very little to recommend the test.
c. been positive and encouraging.
d. indicate low validity.
On the Rotter Incomplete Sentence Blank,
a. short, humorous sentences generally receive the highest scores.
b. humor tends to lower scores.
c. long, complex sentences generally receive higher scores.
d. short, humorous sentences generally receive lower scores.
One problem with word association techniques is that
a. scoring systems are generally subjective.
b. no norms exist.
c. interpretation is objective.
d. they do not adequately predict clinical syndromes.
Word association tests can be traced back to
a. Kerner.
b. Galton.
c. Cattell.
d. Guilford.
Word association tests were first used on a clinical basis by
a. Jung.
b. Murray.
c. Rorschach.
d. Lindzey.
Validity studies of the TAT suggest that
a. validity of the TAT depends on high test-retest reliability.
b. validity of the TAT depends on high split-half reliability.
c. there is content-related validity.
d. validity of the TAT does not depend on split-half reliability.
Supporters of the TAT
a. have noted the test's high split-half reliability coefficients.
b. have argued that internal consistency cannot be determined.
c. do not consider split-half methods appropriate for the TAT.
d. do not think that reliability is important for the TAT.
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