Rachael is a 14-year-old Latina who has been referred for a personality assessment. Theoretically, which of the following factors may impact the validity of her assessment results?
a. The extent of her exposure to testing situations in the past.
b. The racial/ethnic make-up of the individual conducting the assessment.
c. The racial/ethnic breakdown of the standardization sample for the test.
d. Any of the above may impact the validity of the results.
Question 2ALL BUT WHICH of the following is consistent with the goals of sound psychological assessment?
a. The test used should match the purpose of the assessment.
b. The test used should provide information beyond that of other, more economic, measures.
c. The test used should be one that is familiar to the examinee.
d. The test used should be one with which the examiner has adequate experience.
Question 3Which of the following is most accurate?
a. Psychologists should obtain informed consent for the entire assessment process.
b. Psychologists should obtain informed consent for the entire assessment process from clients who are referred by others, but not from those who refer themselves.
c. Psychologists should obtain informed consent for objective, but not projective, tests.
d. Psychologists should obtain informed consent for projective, but not objective, tests.
Question 4APA's ethical standards assert that psychologists employ only techniques or procedures that are
a. objective.
b. within their competence.
c. cost-effective.
d. widely accepted by professionals in the field.
Question 5Dr. Klein believes that any patient who reports seeing lemurs on a Rorschach inkblot is necessarily psychotic, when perhaps things aren't quite so simple. This is an apt illustration of
a. the confirmation bias.
b. illusory correlation.
c. the availability heuristic.
d. subjective validation.
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