Informed consent refers to an agreement between an agency or another person and
A) an examinee. B) an examinee's parent(s).
C) an examinee's legal representative. D) any of the above.
Tests standardized on adults that emphasize basic skills in reading, mathematics, and language
are known as __________ tests.
A) basic educational abilities B) practical attainment
C) job qualification skills D) general educational development
People who cope effectively with their vocational problems tend to be highly consistent and
differentiated in their patterns of interests.
Indicate whether the statement is true or false
The use of observational, interviewing, and test procedures to conduct a thorough case study of
a single person, searching for self-consistencies in his (her) own behavior without making
comparisons with others, is an example of the __________
approach to personality assessment.
A) trait-factor B) nomothetic
C) impressionistic D) idiographic
The distribution of IQ scores is normal or bell-shaped.
Indicate whether the statement is true or false
The first standardized personality inventory, which was designed for military selection
purposes, was constructed by
A) Robert Woodworth.
B) E. L. Thorndike.
C) Hermann Rorschach.
D) Emil Kraepelin.
E) Francis Galton.
When grading on the curve, the same number of A's, B's, C's, D's, and F's should be assigned.
Indicate whether the statement is true or false
Because interests are highly unstable before high school, it is useless to attempt to design interest
inventories for children in elementary or junior-high school.
Indicate whether the statement is true or false
Tests for admission to professional schools are available in
A) nursing.
B) law.
C) management.
D) medicine.
E) all of the above.
The Myers-Briggs Type Indicator is scored according to __________ theory of personality types.
A) Alfred Adler's
B) William Sheldon's
C) Carl Jung's
D) Cesare Lombroso's
E) Ernst Kretschmer's