The first group intelligence test was the
A) National Intelligence Scale.
B) Stanford-Binet Intelligence Scale.
C) Army Examination Alpha.
D) Otis Quick-Scoring Mental Ability Test.
The most comprehensive type of validity, in that it comprises all of the others, is __________
validity.
A) construct B) concurrent C) predictive D) content
All students should be permitted as much time as they wish to finish a test.
Indicate whether the statement is true or false
The process of examining a person from a psychological viewpoint to determine the nature and
extent of a mental or behavioral disorder is referred to as a mental status examination.
Indicate whether the statement is true or false
The most famous of all inventories of personality based on trait-factor theory is the Minnesota
Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI).
Indicate whether the statement is true or false
The wall problem and other situational tests used by the OSS were employed in the selection of
A) college students. B) business executives.
C) espionage agents. D) clinical psychologists.
Test scores used in accountability judgments are most likely to involve __________ measures.
A) norm-referenced B) diagnostic
C) criterion-referenced D) formative
Donald Super found that people in upper-level occupations were more motivated than those in
lower-level occupations by the need for
A) affiliative. B) self-actualization.
C) power. D) achievement.
Group tests are used more than individual tests for
A) initial screening in schools and businesses.
B) making clinical diagnoses.
C) analyzing the effects of organic brain damage.
D) obtaining information on special intellectual strengths and weaknesses.
The criterion-related validity of a test is affected by
A) the length of the test. B) criterion contamination.
C) moderator variables. D) all of the above.
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