PSYC406 Final Exam Study Quiz (Ch. 12)

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Kendra Hewlett
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Question 1

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Computer assisted psychological assessment (CAPA) is used for what purposes?
Answer
  • present questions and score data
  • design tests
  • interpret results using complex decision rules
  • write lengthy reports
  • present stimuli realistically using virtual reality and HD videos

Question 2

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What are the types of computer based test interpretation (CBTI)?
Answer
  • Scoring reports, descriptive reports, actuarial reports, and computer assisted clinical reports
  • Scoring reports, descriptive reports, and computer assisted clinical reports
  • Scoring reports, descriptive reports, actuarial reports, quantitative reports and computer assisted clinical reports
  • All of the above

Question 3

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Scoring reports:
Answer
  • Give statistical significance to tests
  • explains meaning of high/low scores
  • condense large amount of info into organized manner
  • two of the above

Question 4

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Descriptive reports:
Answer
  • Useful when test findings conveyed to mental health professionals with little knowledge of the test
  • use empirically derided formula for diagnosis
  • involves decision using common sense and knowledge

Question 5

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Which is not an advantage of computerized testing and report writing?
Answer
  • quick turnaround
  • inexpensive
  • objective
  • will eliminate need for clinical psychologists
  • reliable

Question 6

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Which is not a disadvantage of computerized testing and report writing?
Answer
  • making clinicians obsolete or be reduced to clerical tasks
  • legal and ethical issues
  • expensive
  • issues of equivalency when translated to computer
  • more than one of the above are not disadvantages

Question 7

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______________ continues until a predetermined level of measurement precision is reached
Answer
  • CAPA
  • CBTI
  • CAT

Question 8

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VR grocery store task is a type of _____________ assessment tool that hold high ecological validity.
Answer
  • interactive video
  • virtual reality
  • situational
  • computerized adaptation

Question 9

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Actuarial judgements are usually ________ than clinical judgements.
Answer
  • >
  • <
  • =

Question 10

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The Personality inventory for children (PIC) produces a ________________.
Answer
  • actuarial report
  • descriptive report
  • computer-assisted clinical report
  • scoring report

Question 11

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Shrinkage in classification rate is an issue observed in _________ reports.
Answer
  • scoring
  • descriptive
  • actuarial
  • computer-assisted clinical reports

Question 12

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conflict resolution skills assessment is a type of interactive situational test involving conflict scenes and reduces the bias that cognitive functioning has on assessment of social situations in other forms of testing.
Answer
  • True
  • False

Question 13

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Matarazzo's prediction of the future of psyc testing is:
Answer
  • pre and post operative testing will flourish
  • biological measures of intelligence will become prominent
  • positive psychological assessment will predominate
  • focus will shift to less expensive and less risky test development
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