Answer location: Personality Tests Question type: MC 18. What do vocational tests help to predict? a. Whether a test taker will like a particular job *b. Whether an applicant will be successful in specific occupations c. Success in a manager or vice president role d. How honest a test taker will be on the job Learning objective: Trace the history of psychological testing from Alfred Binet and intelligence testing to the tests of today. Cognitive domain: Comprehension Answer location: Vocational tests Question type: MC 19. What we ask a student to do that would provide the best measurement of the student's musical skills? a. Perform a very long and difficult piece of music b. Play a tune on several instruments that are unfamiliar to the student *c. Play a portion of several pieces that are of different styles on different instruments d. Describe his or her musical background and level of skill Learning objective: Describe the ways in psychological tests can be similar to and different from one another. Cognitive domain: Comprehension Answer location: The Defining Characteristics of Psychological Tests Question type: MC 20. Which one of the following is NOT an assumption that test users make about psychological tests? *a. Test scores are 99.9% accurate with little or no error. b. Psychological tests measure what they say they measure. c. An individual’s behavior, and therefore test scores, will typically remain stable over time. d. Test takers will report accurately about themselves. Learning objective: Describe the assumptions that must be made when psychological tests. Cognitive domain: Comprehension Answer location: Assumptions of Psychological Question type: MC 21. Tests of maximal performance require test takers to a. make associations, make drawings, or tell stories. b. complete as many questions as possible in a limited amount of time. c. achieve physical such as lifting weights, or running a race. *d. perform a well-defined task such as completing mathematical calculations. Learning objective: Describe the different ways that psychological tests can be classified. Cognitive domain: Comprehension Answer location: Maximal Performance, Behavior Observation, or Self-Report Question type: MC 22. Self-report tests require test takers to a. complete multiple choice questions about themselves and others.
Answer location: Personality Tests Question type: MC 18. What do vocational tests help to predict? a. Whether a test taker will like a particular job *b. Whether an applicant will be successful in specific occupations c. Success in a manager or vice president role d. How honest a test taker will be on the job Learning objective: Trace the history of psychological testing from Alfred Binet and intelligence testing to the tests of today. Cognitive domain: Comprehension Answer location: Vocational tests Question type: MC 19. What we ask a student to do that would provide the best measurement of the student's musical skills? a. Perform a very long and difficult piece of music b. Play a tune on several instruments that are unfamiliar to the student *c. Play a portion of several pieces that are of different styles on different instruments d. Describe his or her musical background and level of skill Learning objective: Describe the ways in psychological tests can be similar to and different from one another. Cognitive domain: Comprehension Answer location: The Defining Characteristics of Psychological Tests Question type: MC 20. Which one of the following is NOT an assumption that test users make about psychological tests? *a. Test scores are 99.9% accurate with little or no error. b. Psychological tests measure what they say they measure. c. An individual’s behavior, and therefore test scores, will typically remain stable over time. d. Test takers will report accurately about themselves. Learning objective: Describe the assumptions that must be made when psychological tests. Cognitive domain: Comprehension Answer location: Assumptions of Psychological Question type: MC 21. Tests of maximal performance require test takers to a. make associations, make drawings, or tell stories. b. complete as many questions as possible in a limited amount of time. c. achieve physical such as lifting weights, or running a race. *d. perform a well-defined task such as completing mathematical calculations. Learning objective: Describe the different ways that psychological tests can be classified. Cognitive domain: Comprehension Answer location: Maximal Performance, Behavior Observation, or Self-Report Question type: MC 22. Self-report tests require test takers to a. complete multiple choice questions about themselves and others.
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