EPPP Assessment

Question 1

Flynn effect

Answer 1

involves a rate of at least three IQ points per decade

apparently due primarily to increases in fluid intelligence

Recent research - Flynn effect has reversed in some countries and, in the U.S., for individuals with IQs of 110+

Question 2

Vineland-3

Answer 2

used to evaluate personal and social skills of children and adults with Intellectual Development Disorder, Autism Spectrum Disorder, ADHD, brain injury, or dementia

assist in the development of educational and treatment plans.

Question 3

Triarchic Theory of intelligence

Answer 3

“successful intelligence” as the ability to adapt to, modify, and choose environments that accomplish one’s goals and the goals of society

composed of three abilities - analytical, creative, and practical.

Question 4

Mini Mental State Exam

Answer 4

screening test for cognitive impairment for older adults

orientation, registration (immediate recall), attention/calculation, delayed recall, language, and visual construction

cutoff score of 23-24

Question 5

Glasgow Coma Scale

Answer 5

visual response (eye opening), best motor response, and best verbal response.

3-8: unconsciousness

Question 6

Rorschach Inkblot Test

Answer 6

free association and inquiry phases

scoring: location, determinants, form quality, content, and popularity

Question 7

WISC-V

Answer 7

6:0 to 16:11

Verbal Comprehension
Visual-Spatial
Fluid Reasoning
Working Memory
Processing Speed

Question 8

Norm-, Criterion-, and Self-referenced Scores

Answer 8

Norm- comparisons between an examinee’s test performance and the performance of individuals in the norm group

Criterion- what the examinee can do or knows with regard to a clearly defined content domain

Self-referenced- ipsative scales and permit intraindividual comparisons

Question 9

MMPI-3 Validity scales

Answer 9

high L Scale - present oneself in a favorable light

high F Scale - response carelessness or an attempt to “fake bad”

high K scale - defensiveness or an attempt to “fake good”

Question 10

MMPI-3

Answer 10

Scores are reported as T- scores with a mean of 50 and standard deviation of 10

profile analysis - considering the examinee’s two or three highest scale scores

Question 11

Infant and Preschool Tests

Answer 11

Denver Development Screening Test, Bayley Scales, and Fagan Test of Infant Intelligence.

considered valid, but when administered to individuals younger than 2, low predictive validity

Question 12

Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test-5

Answer 12

2:6-90+

receptive vocabulary

can be administered to any examinee who is able to hear the stimulus word, see the drawings on the cards, and in some way communicate a response

Question 13

Heredity And Intelligence

Answer 13

identical twins reared together, r = .85; identical twins reared apart, r = .67

Question 14

Differential Validity

Answer 14

In the context of multiaptitude batteries, differential validity is desirable, and a battery lacks differential validity when each test or subtest has similar validity coefficients for each criterion group or category

Question 15

Dynamic Assessment

Answer 15

deliberate deviation from standardized testing procedures to determine if they would benefit from assistance/instruction

Question 16

Testing the limits

Answer 16

Form of dynamic assessment

providing an examinee with additional cues, suggestions, or feedback

ordinarily done after standard administration of the test to preserve the applicability of the test’s norms.

Question 17

Leiter-3

Answer 17

culture-fair measure of cognitive abilities for individuals aged 3 to 75+ years

can be administered without verbal instructions

match a set of response cards to corresponding illustrations on an easel

fluid intelligence (isualization, reasoning, memory, and attention)

Question 18

Kuder Career Interests Assessment (KCIA)

Answer 18

empirical criterion keying (items selected for inclusion were those that distinguished between different occupational groups)

no general reference group

Question 19

Self-Directed Search/RIASEC

Answer 19

hexagon of six themes of occupational interests (RIASEC)

Question 20

Halstead-Reitan

Answer 20

used to detect brain damage and determine its severity and possible location

scores ranges from 0 to 1.0 (higher scores:greater impairment)

Question 21

Illinois Test of Psycholinguistic Abilities, Third Edition

Answer 21

5:0 to 12:11

-evaluate a child’s strengths and weaknesses in terms of linguistic abilities
-assist in the diagnosis of dyslexia and problems related to phonological coding
-track a child’s progress as the result of an intervention

Question 22

Larry P. V. Riles

Answer 22

“IQ tests are racially and culturally biased, [and] have a discriminatory impact on Black children”

San Francisco public schools can’t use them to place Black children in special education classes.

Question 23

Raven’s Progressive Matrices

Answer 23

nonverbal measure of general intelligence

considered useful as a multicultural test

Question 24

Kaufman Assessment Battery for Children

Answer 24

measure of cognitive ability

3:0 through 18:11

culture-fair test by minimizing verbal instructions and responses

Question 25

Strong Interest Inventory

Answer 25

General Occupational Themes, Basic Interest Scales, Occupational Scales, and Personal Styles Scales empirical criterion keying reference group of satisfied workers

Question 26

Individuals With Disabilities Education Act (IDEA)

Answer 26

(a) all disabled people from infancy to 21 years of age must be evaluated by a team of specialists to determine their specific needs (b) an IEP must be developed for each disabled child enrolled in the public education system that provides education for the student in the "least restrictive environment" and that has been approved by the child's parents (c) while reliable, valid, and nondiscriminatory psychological tests can be used, assignment to special education classes cannot be made on the basis of IQ tests only.

Question 27

Crystallized And Fluid Intelligence (Horn and Cattell)

Answer 27

Crystallized - acquired knowledge and skills Fluid - solve novel problems and perceive relations/similarities

Question 28

Wisconsin Card Sorting Test

Answer 28

assess the ability to form abstract concepts and shift cognitive strategies in response to feedback sensitive to frontal lobe damage impaired performance has been linked to alcoholism, autism, schizophrenia, depression, and malingering.

Question 29

WAIS-5

Answer 29

16:0 to 90:11 Verbal Comprehension, Visual-Spatial, Fluid Reasoning, Working Memory, and Processing Speed indexes - mean of 100 and SD of 15 subtests - mean of 10 and SD of 3

Question 30

Seattle Longitudinal Study

Answer 30

cross-sequential design ( combines cross-sectional and longitudinal methodologies) only perceptual speed declined substantially prior to age 60

Question 31

Bender-Gestalt-II

Answer 31

visual-motor integration screening tool for neuropsychological impairment 6 stimulus cards; geometric figures that the examinees first copies and then draws from memory

Question 32

Types of Test Bias (Slope and Intercept)

Answer 32

can invalidate the interpretation of test scores for members of certain groups slope - differential validity intercept - unfairness

Question 33

Curriculum-Based Measurement

Answer 33

periodic assessment of school-aged children with brief standardized and validated measures reflect the current school curriculum to evaluate instructional effectiveness and make instructional decisions

Question 34

Behavioral Assessment

Answer 34

focuses on overt and covert behaviors utilizes various techniques including behavioral interviews, behavioral observation, protocol analysis and other cognitive and psychophysiological measures

Question 35

Stanford-Binet, Fifth Edition

Answer 35

intelligence test for individuals ages 2+ Fluid Reasoning, Knowledge, Quantitative Reasoning, Visual-Spatial Processing, and Working Memory two routing subtests (Object Series/Matrices and Vocabulary) which indicate the appropriate starting point for the remaining subtests Factors - 100 and SD of 15 subtest - mean of 10 and SD of 3.

Question 36

Beck Depression Inventory-II scoring

Answer 36

0-13: minimal 14-19: mild 20-28: moderate 29+: severe

Question 37

Stroop Color-Word Association Test

Answer 37

assesses the degree to which an examinee can suppress a prepotent (habitual) response measures cognitive flexibility, selective attention, and response inhibition sensitive to frontal lobe damage; poor performance has been associated with ADHD, mania, depression, and schizophrenia.

Question 38

Thematic Apperception Test

Answer 38

stories are interpreted in terms of: -the story’s “hero,” -the needs expressed -the environmental press -the dominant thema -the outcomes portrayed

Question 39

Acturial Versus Clinical Prediction

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Actuarial - based on empirically validated relationships between test results and target criteria; make use of a multiple regression equation Clinical - based on the decision-maker's intuition, experience, and knowledge actuarial alone > clinical alone

Question 40

Aging And Intelligence

Answer 40

Increasing age is associated with a decline in speed of information processing and fluid (vs. crystallized) intelligence for some adults, declines may be reversed with training and practice