In a specific learning disability, the child's level of achievement is lower that the level which the
child's ability level indicates she or he is capable of attaining.
Indicate whether the statement is true or false
Ebel's confidence weighting procedure was designed for __________ items.
A) completion B) true-false
C) matching D) multiple-choice
The research findings of Grotevant, Scarr, and Weinberg indicate that interests have a(n)
__________ basis.
A) hereditary B) situational
C) personality D) environmental
Which of the following names is associated with a self (phenomenological) theory of
personality?
A) Allport B) Rogers C) Eysenck D) Cattell
The major use of standardized interest inventories has been in
A) occupational and educational counseling.
B) vocational selection and placement.
C) research on individual and group differences.
D) making a vocational, mid-career, and retirement decisions.
Giving a person a high score or high rating on one question simply because he or she scores high
on other questions is referred to as the
A) response set. B) halo effect.
C) central tendency error. D) leniency error.
When the standard scores on all clinical scales of the MMPI-2 are above 70, it is good evidence
that
A) the respondent has a serious psychological problem of some kind.
B) an error has been made in scoring the inventory, because the scores on MMPI scales are
ipsative.
C) the respondent has just as many good qualities as bad qualities.
D) the respondent is generally well-adjusted, with no psychopathological trends.
Children with learning disabilities are both dyslexic and dyscalculic.
Indicate whether the statement is true or false
Viscerotonia is to cerebrotonia as
A) endomorphy is to mesomorphy. B) endomorphy is to ectomorphy.
C) mesomorphy is to ectomorphy. D) mesomorphy is to endomorphy.
High scores on the Hs (1 ) and D (2 ) scales of the MMPI-2 are suggestive of
A) histrionic tendencies and delusions.
B) delusions and schizophrenia.
C) a psychopathic personality
D) worry, anxiety, and concern over physical functioning.
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