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psychology
chapter 15 test
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| objective measures of what people know, how they act, think, and feel, and what their goals are | psychological tests |
| clear directions for taking, scoring, and interpreting a test | standardization |
| patterns of test answers from different types of people | norms |
| whether a test measures what it it supposed to measure | validity |
| whether test results are consistent over time | reliability |
| a list of items about a person's beliefs, habits, hopes, needs, and desires | personality inventory |
| latest version of the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory, the most widely used personality inventory | MMPI-2 |
| personality inventory most often used in schools | California Psychological Inventory |
| tests measuring inner feelings elicited by a vague stimulus, such as an ink blot or unclear pucture | projective tests |
| ink blot projective test developed by Herman Rorschach; projective test; not valid or reliable | Rorschach test |
| Thematic Apperception Test, a projective test using unclear pictures about which people make up stories; validity and reliability are low | TAT |
| one's special skills | aptitude |
| tests that measure one's special skills | aptitude tests |
| tests that measure the amount of specific material remembered from the classroom | achievement test |
| SAT, test designed to measure ability to do college work | scholastic assessment test |
| a test that attempts to predict a good occupational area for an individual | vocational interest test |
| the most widely used interest test; based on answer of people successful in certain fields | Strong-Campbell Interest Inventory |
| the situation where a person who has one positive characteristic is assumed to have other positive traits | Halo effect |
| the situation where a person with one negative characteristic is assumed to have other negative traits | reverse halo |
| doing or wearing somethings that is so startling it detracts from one's real abilities | standoutishness |
| the process of looking at how the circumstances surrounding an event influence people responding to that event | situational assessment |
| what is wrong with Rorschach test? | validity is terrible, reliability is bad too because the second time around people mostly see entirely different things |
| difference between reliability and validity | validity measures how accurate something is while reliability measures the consistency. normally if reliable then valid. |
| personality inventory | reveals beliefs, habits, hopes, needs desires; locates those who might need help; sometimes locates people who actually don't have problems; California Psychological Inventory, MMPI |
| aptitude test | reveals or measures one's special skills; locates ares in which one should avoid; not accurate enough to predict success in a field; Mechanical comprehension, verbal skills |
| achievement test | measures amount of material remembered in class, not for future performance; can be used to evaluate school and students for AP; not good for predicting future performance; SAT |
| vocational interest test | predicts suitable occupation; usually high validity, helps one eliminate some occupations; some people misinterpret their scores; Strong-Campbell Interest Inventory |
| Ethics of testing | have to be of age; privacy must be respected; right to refuse to take them; |
| test we took in class | Myerrs-Briggs; personality inventory |
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