Chapter 2 How Psychologists Do Research

81) When Hoshi asks about the test she is taking, she is told that the achievement test does use established standards of performance. Hoshi's question was about the test's:

A) content validity.

B) norms.

C) test-retest reliability.

D) criterion validity.

82) Reliability in tests means that the test:

A) is unbiased.

B) is fair.

C) actually measures what it is supposed to measure.

D) produces the same results from one time and place to the next.

83) An established standard of performance defines:

A) content validity.

B) a standard score.

C) reliability.

D) a norm.

84) In order to be useful, a test must be reliable, that is, it must:

A) produce the same results from one time to the next.

B) measure what it is designed to measure.

C) compare results against established standards of performance.

D) predict other criteria of the trait in question.

85) When Joyce takes a personality test, she is told that the test is reliable, that is, it:

A) predicts other criteria of the personality trait in question.

B) compares its results against established standards of performance.

C) produces the same results from one time to the next.

D) measures what it is designed to measure.

86) You have developed a personality "inventory" and are ready to administer this new test to a group of participants. Your test would be considered a/an ________ test.

A) naturalistic

B) projective

C) objective

D) subjective

87) The advantage of a psychological test, assuming it is well constructed, rests on the fact that:

A) most people are highly accurate in evaluating themselves.

B) many people do not have an accurate view of themselves.

C) they permit greater control over the situation than do laboratory observations.

D) psychological tests allow researchers to make cause-and-effect statements.

88) When Sandee takes a personality test she is told that the resulting score is compared to norms, that is, the test:

A) predicts other criteria of the personality trait in question.

B) measures what it is designed to measure.

C) produces the same results from one time to the next.

D) results are compared to established standards of performance.

89) Greg is given a vocational-interest test and then retakes the same test a week later. The psychologist is measuring the ________ of the test.

A) alternate-forms reliability

B) content validity

C) test-retest reliability

D) criterion validity

90) Ken is given a vocational-interest test and then takes a similar test a week later. The psychologist is measuring the ________ of the test.

A) alternate-forms reliability

B) criterion validity

C) content validity

D) test-retest reliability