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Test Bank for Psychological Testing Principles Applications and Issues 8th Edition by Kaplan (Sections 1) According to a study (Espenshade & Chung, 2010; Jaschik, 2006), growing numbers of four-yea ... r colleges are not relying on the SAT test partly because of  a. budget constraints.  b. diversity concerns.  c. reliability issues.  d. quality control. Psychological tests  a. pertain only to overt behavior.  b. always have right or wrong answers.  c. do not attempt to measure traits.  d. measure characteristics of human behavior. The specific stimulus on a test to which a person responds overtly is called a(n)  a. overt event.  b. answer.  c. item.  d. scale. An individual test  a. involves a single examiner for two or more subjects.  b. involves only tests of human ability.  c. can only be given to one person at a time.  d. involves more than one examiner for a single subject. A group test  a. can be given to multiple people by one examiner.  b. can only be given to three people at a time.  c. involves a group of examiners for a single subject.  d. involves only tests of human ability. Previous learning can best be described as  a. achievement.  b. aptitude.  c. intelligence.  d. ability. The potential for learning a specific skill can best be described as  a. achievement.  b. aptitude.  c. intelligence.  d. ability. One's general potential, independent of prior learning, can best be described as  a. achievement. Downloaded by Michael Meisenhalder ([email protected]) lOMoARcPSD|2823974  b. aptitude.  c. intelligence.  d. ability. Achievement, aptitude, and intelligence can be encompassed by the term  a. human potential.  b. human traits.  c. human personality.  d. human ability. Structured personality tests  a. require you to produce something spontaneously.  b. require you to choose between two or more alternative responses.  c. involve an ambiguous test stimulus about which the response is structured..  d. involve an ambiguous test response. The main purpose of psychological testing is to evaluate  a. covert behavior.  b. individual differences.  c. personality traits.  d. overt behavior. Projective personality tests  a. provide a statement, usually of the self-report variety.  b. require the subject to choose between two or more alternative responses  c. are unstructured.  d. are structured. Tests that measure an individual's typical behavior are called  a. ability tests.  b. personality tests.  c. intelligence tests.  d. group tests. Tests that provide a statement, usually of the self-report variety, and require the subject to choose between two or more alternative responses, are called  a. group tests.  b. individual tests.  c. structured personality tes [Show More]

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