Unit 1 Vocabulary Section 2-3 Review

Identify the meaning of the underlined word part:

Educational psychology analyzes methods on teaching and learning information.

• Of the mind

• Active thinking

• Physical training

• Mental disability

Identify the meaning of the underlined word part:

Often, a teacher will give you an ambiguous answer when you ask about something off topic.

• Gathering information

• Study of a topic

• Topic of a debate

• More than one way

Identify the meaning of the underlined word part:

Taking away school uniforms is a very controversial topic.

• Effective

• Disputed against

• Quality or state of something

• In front of

Identify the meaning of the underlined word part:

The writing samples gleaned information about the students skills.

• To provoke

• Meaning or connection

• Past tense

• Equal to

Identify the meaning of the underlined word part:

Projective tests tend to overpathologize a patient's mental wellness.

• Equal to a part or whole

• Suffering or disease

• Too much or excessive

• Hostile or opposed to

Choose the correct SYNONYM of the underlined word.

Devised 80 years ago by a young Swiss psychiatrist, the Rorschach has entered the language as a synonym for anything ambiguous enough to invite multiple interpretations.

• Agreeable

• Questionable

• Vague

• Effective

Choose the correct SYNONYM of the underlined word.

The three tests are known as 'projective' because they present people with an ambiguous image or situation...

• Clear

• Hidden results

• Effective

• Useless

Choose the correct ANTONYM of the underlined word.

He was uncomfortable with the use of the test in ‘adversarial' settings, like custody disputes...

• Abnormal

• Irregular

• Pleasant

• Collect

Choose the correct ANTONYM of the underlined word.

There has been a substantial gap between the clinical use of these tests and what the research suggests about their validity,” said Dr. Scott O' Lillienfield.

• Useless

• Projective

• Exaggerate

• Neglect

Choose the correct ANTONYM of the underlined word.

16 percent scored in the abnormal range on the test's schizophrenia index-far higher than the 1 percent incidence of the illness in the general population indicated in other surveys.

• Typical

• Common

• Standard

• Irregular