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Midterm 3

Questão 1 de 100

1

The tendency for test takers to agree on most of the items is called a(n)

Selecione uma das seguintes:

  • guessing threshold.

  • acquiescence response set.

  • item difficulty.

  • the miss rate.

Explicação

Questão 2 de 100

1

This test item is an example of a

Selecione uma das seguintes:

  • polytomous format

  • dichotomous format

  • Likert format

  • category format

Explicação

Questão 3 de 100

1

Distractors that are obviously incorrect

Selecione uma das seguintes:

  • lower the reliability of the test

  • increase the reliability of the test

  • have no impact on the reliability of the test

  • reduce the likelihood of correct guessing

Explicação

Questão 4 de 100

1

True-false examinations use

Selecione uma das seguintes:

  • a dichotomous format

  • a polytomous format.

  • a Likert format

  • a category format.

Explicação

Questão 5 de 100

1

In multiple choice examinations, incorrect alternatives are called

Selecione uma das seguintes:

  • flags

  • non-categories

  • distractors

  • miss rates

Explicação

Questão 6 de 100

1

The expected level of chance performance, for a 200-item multiple-choice exam with four choice alternatives, is

Selecione uma das seguintes:

  • 25 correct

  • 50 correct

  • 75 correct

  • 100 correct

Explicação

Questão 7 de 100

1

In order to correct for guessing

Selecione uma das seguintes:

  • a correction formula can be used.

  • distractors should be eliminated.

  • the number of items should be increased.

  • distractors should be increased.

Explicação

Questão 8 de 100

1

Suppose that you are taking a multiple choice test where there is no correction for guessing. If you aren't sure of the answer,

Selecione uma das seguintes:

  • only guess if you have some confidence you are correct.

  • you should always guess on a speed test.

  • you should always guess.

  • you should never guess.

Explicação

Questão 9 de 100

1

What describes the chances that a low-ability test taker will obtain each score?

Selecione uma das seguintes:

  • acquiescence response set

  • the miss rate

  • guessing threshold

  • the moments method

Explicação

Questão 10 de 100

1

What format do some personality tests use because it requires an absolute judgment?

Selecione uma das seguintes:

  • multiple-choice

  • Likert

  • dichotomous

  • category

Explicação

Questão 11 de 100

1

Which item format can best be factor analyzed to find which ones group together?

Selecione uma das seguintes:

  • multiple-choice

  • Likert

  • dichotommous

  • forced-choice

Explicação

Questão 12 de 100

1

Suppose you got 75 items correct on a 100-item, six alternative, multiple-choice exam. What would your score be after we corrected for guessing?

Selecione uma das seguintes:

  • 50

  • 57

  • 63

  • 70

Explicação

Questão 13 de 100

1

Under what circumstance is it NOT to your advantage to guess on a multiple-choice exam?

Selecione uma das seguintes:

  • when you are making a "wild guess" and a correction formula is being used

  • in any test situation where you are making a "wild guess"

  • when you can rule out one or more of the alternatives as being incorrect

  • when the guessing threshold is low

Explicação

Questão 14 de 100

1

The difference between Likert scales and category formats is that

Selecione uma das seguintes:

  • category formats are used only in health settings.

  • category formats tends to be dichotomous while Likert scales tends to be polytomous.

  • category formats tend to have a smaller number of choices.

  • Likert scales tend to have a smaller number of choices.

Explicação

Questão 15 de 100

1

A test format that is typically used for attitude measurement is the

Selecione uma das seguintes:

  • checklist format

  • dichotomous format

  • category format

  • Likert format

Explicação

Questão 16 de 100

1

When distractors are likely to be selected as alternative responses on multiple-choice tests,

Selecione uma das seguintes:

  • validity is increased

  • item reliability is increased

  • item reliability is decreased

  • guessing is reduced

Explicação

Questão 17 de 100

1

One method for measuring chronic pain asks the respondent to group statements according to how accurately they describe his/her discomfort. This would be an example of the

Selecione uma das seguintes:

  • Q-sort format

  • checklist format

  • Likert format

  • category format

Explicação

Questão 18 de 100

1

The following is an item from an attitude scale:

Physical punishment is essential in order to control children.
Strongly disagree
Disagree
Neither agree or disagree
Agree
Strongly agree
This item is in the

Selecione uma das seguintes:

  • category format

  • Likert format

  • dichotomous format

  • polytomous format

Explicação

Questão 19 de 100

1

One problem with the use of category rating scales is that

Selecione uma das seguintes:

  • many respondents are confused by dichotomous formats.

  • responses are sometimes influenced by the context in which objects are rated.

  • rating scales must be at least 100 points in order to be meaningfully interpreted.

  • category rating scale data do not have ordinal scale property.

Explicação

Questão 20 de 100

1

Describing the chances that low-ability test takers will obtain each score is called the

Selecione uma das seguintes:

  • dichotomous format.

  • polytomous format.

  • guessing threshold.

  • 50% threshold.

Explicação

Questão 21 de 100

1

In general, studies have indicated that the race of the examiner

Selecione uma das seguintes:

  • should be the same as that of the subject.

  • should be different than that of the subject.

  • is unrelated to test performance.

  • is not as important as sex of the examiner.

Explicação

Questão 22 de 100

1

Studies on the effect of the race of the tester have demonstrated that

Selecione uma das seguintes:

  • African-American children consistently score higher when they are tested by African-American examiners.

  • African-American children consistently score lower when they are tested by African-American examiners.

  • White children consistently score higher when they are tested by White examiners.

  • that the race of the examiner does not have a significant effect on the test scores of African-American or White children.

Explicação

Questão 23 de 100

1

For children up through about the 3rd grade, a friendly examiner

Selecione uma das seguintes:

  • significantly affects performance on a test.

  • does not significantly affect performance on a test.

  • increased IQ scores by nearly one standard deviation.

  • decreased IQ scores by nearly one standard deviation.

Explicação

Questão 24 de 100

1

Dominic, a Caucasian male, is in the first grade and his reading skills are being assessed for placement next year. His teacher is out sick on the day of his assessment test. You can expect his test score to be

Selecione uma das seguintes:

  • substantially higher than if the test were administered by the regular teacher

  • unaffected by the change in examiner.

  • significantly lower as a result of an unfamiliar examiner

  • nothing more than a reflection of his reading ability

Explicação

Questão 25 de 100

1

Studies have demonstrated that

Selecione uma das seguintes:

  • disapproving comments by an examiner can hinder test performance.

  • disapproving comments by the examiner can actually motivate children and enhance their performance.

  • too much approval by the examiner can hinder performance.

  • there is no relationship between the examiner's comments and test performance.

Explicação

Questão 26 de 100

1

The "Rosenthal effect" occurs when

Selecione uma das seguintes:

  • race of the tester produces a bias.

  • the administrators' expectations influence the respondents' scores.

  • test-takers do poorly because they are fatigued.

  • the gender of the test administrator is different than that of the examinee.

Explicação

Questão 27 de 100

1

Rosenthal asserted that expectancy effects are likely to result from subtle uses of

Selecione uma das seguintes:

  • reinforcement

  • nonverbal communication

  • disapproving comments

  • gender and racial bias

Explicação

Questão 28 de 100

1

Research on the effects of examiners' expectations upon test scores have shown that

Selecione uma das seguintes:

  • examiners' expectations influence scores only when rapport has developed.

  • examiners' expectations have little effect upon test scores.

  • there is inconsistency with regard to the effect of examiners' expectations

  • too few studies have been done to draw any conclusions.

Explicação

Questão 29 de 100

1

The school board decided to send professional test administrators into the schools in an attempt to establish stricter standardization procedures for the administration of IQ tests. If you are from a socio-economically disadvantaged area, you can expect that the test scores for your school district will

Selecione uma das seguintes:

  • benefit greatly from the use of outside examiners.

  • be equal to the scores received by students in upper socio-economic groups.

  • be more negatively impacted by the use of unfamiliar examiners than for wealthier districts.

  • be more positively impacted by the use of unfamiliar examiners than for wealthier districts.

Explicação

Questão 30 de 100

1

Studies on the effect of reinforcement upon intelligence test performance by African-American children (by Terrell and colleagues) suggest that

Selecione uma das seguintes:

  • African-American children will improve their performance if given simple verbal praise such as "Excellent performance".

  • African-American children will not be affected by the administration of tangible awards.

  • only "culturally relevant" verbal praise will help boost performance by African-American children.

  • culturally specific feedback such as "Nice job, blood" alienates African-American youngsters and may damage test performance.

Explicação

Questão 31 de 100

1

Mrs. Morgan and Mrs. Malcolm are African-American and only want an African-American examiner to administer an IQ test to their children. They

Selecione uma das seguintes:

  • are justifiably concerned that their children's scores will be adversely affected by a Caucasian examiner.

  • are operating under the widely held myth that the race of the examiner impedes performance of African-American children.

  • realize that strict standards for proper test administration do not exist.

  • realize that it is important to have an examiner that is new and unknown to the test-taker.

Explicação

Questão 32 de 100

1

Mr. and Mrs. Lozano have recently moved to Ohio from Mexico and have been notified that their son Reuben will be given an English IQ test to determine school placement. They should

Selecione uma das seguintes:

  • not be concerned about the language of the test because one of the secretaries has offered to translate.

  • be pleased because the school is hiring a professional to translate the test especially for Reuben.

  • ask the school to only use a test that has been translated and subjected to reliability and validity studies in Spanish speaking populations.

  • realize that by testing their son in English, they are helping him to acculturate to his new environment much faster

Explicação

Questão 33 de 100

1

Because situational variables can affect test scores, testing requires

Selecione uma das seguintes:

  • standardized conditions.

  • at least two test administrators.

  • a test administrator and an observer.

  • test administrators with similar backgrounds and characteristics.

Explicação

Questão 34 de 100

1

Patty has just received a graduate degree in psychology and has been hired by a local organization to administer the WAIS-R. They should

Selecione uma das seguintes:

  • have no qualms about her qualifications for this position because she has a degree.

  • have no qualms about her qualifications because her program required that she engage in at least 5 practice administrations of this test.

  • be aware that errors are likely to be high unless she has completed at least 10 practice sessions.

  • realize test administer training is a highly standardized process with high quality standards.

Explicação

Questão 35 de 100

1

Mrs. Collins and Mrs. Grey both administered the same IQ test to their regular classes by reading instructions, refraining from providing any verbal feedback, and generally following strict procedural guidelines. Even though the classes were comparable, Mrs. Grey's class had much lower test scores than Mrs. Collins. It is likely that

Selecione uma das seguintes:

  • the instructions were not clear.

  • standard test administration does not work.

  • some subtle non-verbal cue or body language affected scores.

  • the race of the teachers affected test scores.

Explicação

Questão 36 de 100

1

The Rosenthal effect

Selecione uma das seguintes:

  • appears to be consistent but relatively small.

  • is limited to human subjects

  • has been consistently replicated

  • shows no gender effect

Explicação

Questão 37 de 100

1

Worry, emotionality, and lack of self-confidence are the three components of

Selecione uma das seguintes:

  • test anxiety

  • expectancy effects

  • human factors

  • reactivity

Explicação

Questão 38 de 100

1

As sample size increases, expectancy effects tend to

Selecione uma das seguintes:

  • become more important

  • decrease

  • remain stable

  • increase

Explicação

Questão 39 de 100

1

The study by Terrell, et al. in which four groups of African-American children were provided four different kinds of feedback shows

Selecione uma das seguintes:

  • an effect of race of examiner.

  • no difference between types of feedback.

  • the importance of culturally relevant rewards.

  • that tangible rewards outperform any verbal feedback.

Explicação

Questão 40 de 100

1

Why is it of concern that there is not a standardized protocol for training on how to administer the WAIS-R?

Selecione uma das seguintes:

  • Individuals with only undergraduate degrees are permitted to administer it, making training especially important.

  • The courts have repeatedly ordered the development of standardized training for the WAIS-R, but it has not been done.

  • There is no evidence that training will improve the ability of examiners to administer and score the WAIS-R.

  • Research indicates that errors are common until examiners have administered 10 practice tests and declines thereafter.

Explicação

Questão 41 de 100

1

The personnel manager of ABC Company asked all of the applicants she interviewed the same questions in the same systematic fashion. She was conducting a(n) ____ interview.

Selecione uma das seguintes:

  • nondirective

  • unstructured

  • structured

  • diagnostic

Explicação

Questão 42 de 100

1

An interview in which the person being interviewed is allowed to determine the direction of the interview is called a(n) ____ interview.

Selecione uma das seguintes:

  • nondirective

  • directive

  • structured

  • selection

Explicação

Questão 43 de 100

1

Which of the following differentiates between an interview and psychological tests in general?

Selecione uma das seguintes:

  • how they are evaluated

  • whether they are administered individually or in groups

  • whether there is a standardized format

  • their importance for gathering information in clinical settings

Explicação

Questão 44 de 100

1

Which test cannot be properly used without interview data?

Selecione uma das seguintes:

  • TAT

  • MMPI

  • 16PF

  • WAIS

Explicação

Questão 45 de 100

1

The reciprocal nature of interviewing means

Selecione uma das seguintes:

  • the participants of an interview do not influence each other's mood.

  • the participants of an interview are interdependent upon and influence each other.

  • an interview involves high activity among both participants.

  • if the interviewer is tense and anxious, the interviewee will tend to calm down.

Explicação

Questão 46 de 100

1

Studies have shown that in an interview

Selecione uma das seguintes:

  • high activity in one participant is associated with reduced activity in the other.

  • high activity in one participant is associated with increased activity in the other.

  • the activity of one participant has nothing to do with the activity of the other.

  • high activity in one participant tends to lead to hostility in the other.

Explicação

Questão 47 de 100

1

Criminal interrogations can result in misleading information if an interrogator is highly active because

Selecione uma das seguintes:

  • they make the suspect nervous and prone to make misleading statements.

  • the suspect's activity level increases, which increases the interrogator's suspiciousness.

  • hyperactive interrogators tend to miss important cues given by the suspect.

  • active interrogators tend to cause the suspect to clam up and refuse to make a statement.

Explicação

Questão 48 de 100

1

David had graduated and secured two job interviews. He was quite nervous and in one interview, the interview team bickered among themselves and was rude to each other. In the other, the interview team was calm, relaxed, and welcoming. When he later thought about the interviews, David described himself as feeling very tense and even frightened in the first interview, and calm and confident in the second one. This is consistent with the idea of

Selecione uma das seguintes:

  • mirroring

  • social facilitation

  • active listening

  • probing

Explicação

Questão 49 de 100

1

During a job interview, Geoffrey found his behavior began to mimic the behavior of the nervous and disorganized interviewer. This is best described as an example of

Selecione uma das seguintes:

  • social facilitation

  • halo effect

  • interpersonal attraction

  • paraphrasing

Explicação

Questão 50 de 100

1

The degree to which one person is able to influence another is known as

Selecione uma das seguintes:

  • interpersonal attraction

  • interpersonal influence

  • social facilitation

  • halo effect

Explicação

Questão 51 de 100

1

Social facilitation refers to

Selecione uma das seguintes:

  • the phenomenon that we tend to act like the models around us

  • a method of interviewing

  • the best method of psychotherapy

  • a method of enhancing human relationships

Explicação

Questão 52 de 100

1

Good interview behavior is more a matter of ____ than ____.

Selecione uma das seguintes:

  • social skills; experience

  • technique; attitude

  • attitude; skill

  • acquired abilities; personality style

Explicação

Questão 53 de 100

1

One study (Saccuzzo, 1975) found that the most important factor in a patient's evaluations of the quality of an interview was

Selecione uma das seguintes:

  • the seriousness of their concerns

  • their mood state

  • the therapist's orientation

  • their perceptions of the interview's feelings

Explicação

Questão 54 de 100

1

In social psychology, the degree to which people share a feeling of understanding, mutual respect, and similarity is known as

Selecione uma das seguintes:

  • social facilitation

  • interpersonal influence

  • interpersonal attraction

  • halo effect

Explicação

Questão 55 de 100

1

Deliberately inducing discomfort or anxiety in an interviewee

Selecione uma das seguintes:

  • should always be avoided.

  • is likely to increase how much information an interviewee reveals

  • is related to the interviewer's training.

  • is appropriate for certain types of interviews.

Explicação

Questão 56 de 100

1

The fact that Roger is more impressed by how much his therapist appeared to care, rather than the numerous diplomas and certificates on the therapist’s walls, suggests that Roger will likely evaluate the quality of the interview as

Selecione uma das seguintes:

  • poor

  • average

  • high

  • indeterminate

Explicação

Questão 57 de 100

1

Probing statements

Selecione uma das seguintes:

  • will put the interviewee on the defensive

  • do no carry judgmental overtone

  • should usually be avoided in an interview

  • communicate a deep sense of empathy

Explicação

Questão 58 de 100

1

Which of the following directs anger toward the interviewee?

Selecione uma das seguintes:

  • evaluative statements

  • probing statements

  • hostile statements

  • reassuring statement

Explicação

Questão 59 de 100

1

Which of the following communicates "I don't approve of this aspect of you?"

Selecione uma das seguintes:

  • evaluative statements

  • probing statements

  • hostile statements

  • reassuring statements

Explicação

Questão 60 de 100

1

Which of the following demands more information than the interviewee would be willing to provide voluntarily?

Selecione uma das seguintes:

  • evaluative statements

  • probing statements

  • hostile statements

  • reassuring statements

Explicação

Questão 61 de 100

1

What method of studying intelligence examines the properties of a test by evaluating its correlates and underlying dimensions?

Selecione uma das seguintes:

  • factor analysis

  • psychometric

  • information-processing

  • cognitive

Explicação

Questão 62 de 100

1

Dr. Kang is investigating the mechanisms that underlie how humans learn and solve problems. She is using the ____ approach to investigate human intelligence.

Selecione uma das seguintes:

  • information-processing

  • psychometric

  • cognitive

  • psychophysics

Explicação

Questão 63 de 100

1

Which of the following needs was the impetus for the development of intelligence testing?

Selecione uma das seguintes:

  • classification of military recruits

  • identification of high quality civil service recruits

  • identification of individuals with intellectual disabilities

  • creation of vocational and technical colleges

Explicação

Questão 64 de 100

1

In research investigating human intelligence, focusing on how humans adapt to real-world demands is called a ____ approach.

Selecione uma das seguintes:

  • information-processing

  • psychometric

  • cognitive

  • psychophysics

Explicação

Questão 65 de 100

1

What is the oldest approach to investigating human intelligence?

Selecione uma das seguintes:

  • information-processing

  • psychometric

  • cognitive

  • psychophysics

Explicação

Questão 66 de 100

1

The finding that a correlation exists between scores on all standardized intelligence tests and ____ has been a problem in defining intelligence.

Selecione uma das seguintes:

  • gender

  • profession

  • chronological age

  • socioeconomic status

Explicação

Questão 67 de 100

1

Which of the following is part of Binet's definition of intelligence?

Selecione uma das seguintes:

  • memory function

  • the level of quantitative skills

  • self-criticism

  • the ability to carry on abstract thinking

Explicação

Questão 68 de 100

1

Binet believed that human intelligence was expressed through

Selecione uma das seguintes:

  • socioeconomic status and level of education

  • positive self concept and gender.

  • judgment, attention, and reasoning

  • ethnicity and socioeconomic status

Explicação

Questão 69 de 100

1

Binet's two major principles of test construction were

Selecione uma das seguintes:

  • general mental ability and age differentiation

  • reliability and validity

  • norms and standardization

  • age differentiation and age scale

Explicação

Questão 70 de 100

1

With the principle of age differentiation

Selecione uma das seguintes:

  • one can find the equivalent age capabilities of a child independently of chronological age.

  • one can find the equivalent age capabilities of a child if their chronological age is known.

  • the deviation IQ can be ascertained

  • Binet freed himself from the burden of identifying each independent aspect of intelligence.

Explicação

Questão 71 de 100

1

The tasks that Binet used to differentiate between age groups could be completed by what percentage of the children in a particular age group?

Selecione uma das seguintes:

  • at least 50%

  • between 50% and 75%

  • between 66.67% and 75%

  • 100%

Explicação

Questão 72 de 100

1

The concept that older children have greater capabilities than younger children is referred to as

Selecione uma das seguintes:

  • general mental ability

  • intelligence.

  • Spearman's g.

  • the principle of age differentiation

Explicação

Questão 73 de 100

1

What technique is more commonly used today in order to evaluate age equivalent capabilities?

Selecione uma das seguintes:

  • item response theory

  • factor analysis

  • mental age

  • predictive validity

Explicação

Questão 74 de 100

1

With the concept of general intelligence

Selecione uma das seguintes:

  • Binet's search for tasks could be unrestricted.

  • Binet was forced to ascertain the relative contribution of each element to the whole.

  • the value of a task could be judged in terms of its correlation with the total score.

  • each element of intelligence must first be identified.

Explicação

Questão 75 de 100

1

Which of the following is an implication of Binet’s concept of general mental ability?

Selecione uma das seguintes:

  • Individual items that do not correlate well with the total score can be eliminated.

  • A broad range of diverse items must be included

  • Variability in the ability to perform specific skills should be minimal.

  • Those who are high in general mental ability will also be high in specific mental abilities

Explicação

Questão 76 de 100

1

A major implication of general intelligence is that

Selecione uma das seguintes:

  • a person's intelligence can best be represented by a single score.

  • human intelligence is broad and general

  • human intelligence is the interaction among a broad range of specific abilities.

  • human intelligence refers to good judgment, reasoning, concentration, attention, etc.

Explicação

Questão 77 de 100

1

To support the notion of g, Spearman developed a statistical technique called

Selecione uma das seguintes:

  • correlation

  • principle components

  • factor analysis.

  • analysis of variance.

Explicação

Questão 78 de 100

1

Spearman suggested that the variance that is shared by a set of tests/scores represents

Selecione uma das seguintes:

  • age differentiation.

  • positive manifold.

  • the g factor.

  • factor analysis.

Explicação

Questão 79 de 100

1

According to Spearman, what percentage of the variance in a set of mental ability tests is represented by the g factor?

Selecione uma das seguintes:

  • 50%

  • between 66.67% and 75%

  • 75%

  • 100%

Explicação

Questão 80 de 100

1

According to the concept of general intelligence, a person's intelligence score actually represents

Selecione uma das seguintes:

  • differences in unique ability stemming from a specific task.

  • the additive score on a broad variety of tasks.

  • the shared variance underlying performance on a diverse set of tasks.

  • abilities on a particular test as compared to others within the same age group

Explicação

Questão 81 de 100

1

Among his motivations for the development of the Wechsler scales of intelligence, was David Wechsler's belief that

Selecione uma das seguintes:

  • one underlying mental ability was solely responsible for the concept of intelligence.

  • a single intelligence score was the most appropriate measure of human intelligence.

  • human intelligence was significantly influenced by nonintellectual factors.

  • existing intelligence scales were adequate to measure the intelligence of all age groups.

Explicação

Questão 82 de 100

1

Because he used a point scale, Wechsler was able to

Selecione uma das seguintes:

  • determine age level performance.

  • assign points on an all or none basis.

  • only analyze one area of ability.

  • group similar content items together.

Explicação

Questão 83 de 100

1

The separate subscale used to measure nonverbal intelligence in the Wechsler scale is called a(n)

Selecione uma das seguintes:

  • point scale

  • performance scale

  • memory scale

  • age scale.

Explicação

Questão 84 de 100

1

One of the most influential advocates of the role of nonintellectual factors in intelligence tests is

Selecione uma das seguintes:

  • Binet.

  • Terman.

  • Wechsler.

  • Rapaport.

Explicação

Questão 85 de 100

1

A major criticism of the Binet scale by Wechsler was that

Selecione uma das seguintes:

  • the Binet Scale was not an appropriate measure of adult intelligence.

  • the concept of an age scale was outdated.

  • it was not reliable.

  • the norms did not include non-whites.

Explicação

Questão 86 de 100

1

The original Wechsler scale was the first one that

Selecione uma das seguintes:

  • was capable of directly comparing verbal and nonverbal measures.

  • used a large, representative sample.

  • used a performance scale.

  • could be generalized to various populations.

Explicação

Questão 87 de 100

1

The Wechsler-Bellevue

Selecione uma das seguintes:

  • was well standardized.

  • had a normative sample consisting of a representative sample of adults.

  • included a standardization sample that was larger than any before or since.

  • used separate subscales to measure adult intelligence

Explicação

Questão 88 de 100

1

The Wechsler tests employs a(n)

Selecione uma das seguintes:

  • age scale concept.

  • criterion IQ concept.

  • self-reference point concept.

  • point scale concept.

Explicação

Questão 89 de 100

1

In a point scale,

Selecione uma das seguintes:

  • items are grouped according to age level and content.

  • points are assigned to each item.

  • items cannot be presented in order of increasing difficulty.

  • subjects receive some points even for items that are missed.

Explicação

Questão 90 de 100

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The concept of a Performance Scale

Selecione uma das seguintes:

  • was introduced by Wechsler in 1939

  • was introduced prior to the development of the Wechsler-Bellevue.

  • was found to be more applicable to adults than to children.

  • was found to be more applicable to children than to adults.

Explicação

Questão 91 de 100

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Which of the following is true of the Wechsler Scales?

Selecione uma das seguintes:

  • Items have content validity for adults.

  • They are most useful with adults.

  • They are administered in groups

  • They have limited reliability in clinical settings.

Explicação

Questão 92 de 100

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The main reason for including a performance scale in a measure of intelligence is to

Selecione uma das seguintes:

  • facilitate scoring.

  • increase ease of administration.

  • improve examiner-examinee rapport

  • overcome language, cultural, and educational factors.

Explicação

Questão 93 de 100

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Which of the following is a component of Wechsler's definition of intelligence?

Selecione uma das seguintes:

  • self-esteem

  • emotional intelligence

  • artistic talent

  • capacity to act purposefully

Explicação

Questão 94 de 100

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Which of the following is true of the Wechsler-Bellevue Intelligence Scale?

Selecione uma das seguintes:

  • It is appropriate for children but not adults.

  • Its normative sample was non-representative

  • It has a verbal scale, but, unlike the other Wechsler scales, not a performance scale.

  • It is unfair to older adults.

Explicação

Questão 95 de 100

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The information subtest of the WAIS-IV measures

Selecione uma das seguintes:

  • concentration.

  • anxiety.

  • range of knowledge.

  • abstract thinking.

Explicação

Questão 96 de 100

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The comprehension subtest of the WAIS-IV measures

Selecione uma das seguintes:

  • abstract thinking.

  • analysis of part whole relationships.

  • anxiety.

  • common sense or judgment.

Explicação

Questão 97 de 100

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The arithmetic subtest of the WAIS-IV measures

Selecione uma das seguintes:

  • concentration.

  • alertness to details.

  • planning ability.

  • common sense or judgment

Explicação

Questão 98 de 100

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The similarities subtest of the WAIS-IV measures

Selecione uma das seguintes:

  • abstract thinking.

  • planning ability.

  • common sense or judgment.

  • anxiety.

Explicação

Questão 99 de 100

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The digit span subtest of the WAIS-IV measures

Selecione uma das seguintes:

  • alertness to details.

  • nonverbal reasoning.

  • visual-motor functioning

  • anxiety.

Explicação

Questão 100 de 100

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Which WAIS-IV subtest asks questions such as, "What should you do if you see an injured person lying in the street?"

Selecione uma das seguintes:

  • information

  • comprehension

  • similarities

  • picture arrangement

Explicação

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