Psychometrics Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

This is a practice exam I made myself in which I tried to incorporate material from the book, homework assignments and lecture slides to create questions that would be as realistic as possible. There are 20 questions in total that cover week 1 u/I from Psychometrics, with the answers as well.

Validity correct answer: If our inference was reasonable we would say our interpretation of the behavior has a degree of validity Hypothetical constructs correct answer: Theorhetical psychological characteristics, attributes, processes, or states that cannot be directly observed Latent variables correct answer: Hypotheticsl constructs Operational definitions correct answer: Operations or procedures used to measure hypothetical constructs Interindividual differences correct answer...

Test correct answer: A test is a standardized procedure for sampling behavior and describing it with categories or scores. Most tests possess these defining features: (1) A Standardized Procedure, (2) A Sample of Behavior (3) Scores, (4) Norms, & (5) Predictive Ability. Standardized Procedure correct answer: A standardized procedure is when administration of the test is uniform from one examiner and setting to another. Interpretation of psychological test is most reliable when the measureme...

What is Psychometric Theory? correct answer: Measurement of Psychological Constructs & Process of Instrument Development Direct Measurement correct answer: Medicine, Blood Tests, Labs etc What are some problems in Psychometric Theory? correct answer: 1. We are expected to make accurate diagnosis off of indirect measurements from a population who are poor historians. 2. How do we accurately measure a construct that our discipline isn't even sure exists. To complicate even further, c...

structured personality test correct answer: individuals are provided with a statement and are required to choose between two or more alternative responses e.g. Woodworth's Personal Data Sheet projective personality test correct answer: unstructured test in which either the stimulus or the required response or both is ambiguous; individual provides spontaneous response rather than choosing between alternatives e.g. Rorschach test, thematic apperception test properties of scales c...

Psychological test correct answer: a set of items that is designed to measure characteristics of human beings that pertain to behavior; the process of measuring psychology-related variables by means of devices or procedures designed to obtain a sample of behavior Psychometrics correct answer: psychological measurement; the measurement of mental capacity, thought processes, aspects of personality, etc, especially by mathematical or statistical analysis of quantitative data; the science or st...

Assessment correct answers A broad array of evaluative procedures that yield information about a person What are examples of assessments? correct answers Personality tests (objective and projective), clinical interviews, achievement tests, aptitude tests Tests correct answers Tests are a subset of assessment techniques that yield scores based on the gathering of collective data (e.g., finding the sum of correct items on a multiple-choice exam) When did the history of modern assessment b...

Where were civil Service examinations held and how far do they date back? correct answers In China, dating back to 4,200 years ago. Which countries then modeled the civil service examinations in the 19th century? correct answers Britian, Germany & France. How do Aristotle & Plato contribute to psychometric testing? correct answers They were the first to write about individual differences in ability and temperament. The scientific testing of individual differences in ability and personal...