A fairly consistent finding of research on cognitive abilities is that there is a terminal drop in
intelligence after age 60 or 70.
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The Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 1974 implies the right to informed consent.
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Realizing that ability is the most important job qualification, organized labor has usually been
supportive of the use of job selection tests of ability.
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The process of examining a person from a psychological viewpoint to determine the nature and
extent of a mental or behavioral disorder is known as
A) mental status examination. B) case conference.
C) psychodiagnosis. D) assessment analysis.
The greatest age-related decline in intelligence has been found with the longitudinal method.
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The fairness of a test refers to its relative freedom from errors of measurement.
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Historically, which of the following sets of scales on the Strong Interest Inventory has played the
most important role in vocational counseling?
A) Basic Interest Scales B) Personal Style Scales
C) Occupational Scales D) General Occupational Themes
Approximately __________ of the computer-based test interpretations for the MMPI-2 are likely
to be inaccurate.
A) 10 B) 20 C) 30 D) 50
The first personality inventory to be scored and interpreted by a computer was the
A) Personality Assessment Inventory.
B) Basic Personality Inventory.
C) Millon Clinical Multiaxial Inventory.
D) Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory.
E) 16 Personality Factor Questionnaire.
Traditional systems for diagnosing mental disorders are based on the
A) sociological model. B) medical model.
C) phenomenological model. D) psychological model.
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