Psych 13.1: Characteristics of Psych Tests

Which term(s) fill in the blank provided according to the textbook? Enter your answer to match the textbook exactly (exact capitalization and punctuation). All psychological tests have one ________________ that makes them both fascinating and remarkably practical—they try to make it possible to find out a great deal about a person in a short time.

Which term(s) fill in the blank provided according to the textbook? Enter your answer to match the textbook exactly (exact capitalization and punctuation). Tests can be useful in predicting how well a person might do in a particular career; in _________________ an individual’s desires, interests, and attitudes; and in revealing psychological problems.

Which term(s) fill in the blank provided according to the textbook? Enter your answer to match the textbook exactly (exact capitalization and punctuation). One virtue of standardized tests is that they can provide _________________ about many individuals.

Which term(s) fill in the blank provided according to the textbook? Enter your answer to match the textbook exactly (exact capitalization and punctuation). Tests can show how an _________________ compares to others.

Which term(s) fill in the blank provided according to the textbook? Enter your answer to match the textbook exactly (exact capitalization and punctuation). Further, __________________ can use some tests to help people understand things about themselves more clearly.

Which term(s) fill in the blank provided according to the textbook? Enter your answer to match the textbook exactly (exact capitalization and punctuation). Using _________________ to predict behavior can be controversial.

Which term(s) fill in the blank provided according to the textbook? Enter your answer to match the textbook exactly (exact capitalization and punctuation). It is important to ____________________________ what the test is measuring.

Which term(s) fill in the blank provided according to the textbook? Enter your answer to match the textbook exactly (exact capitalization and punctuation). One of the great dangers of testing is that we tend to forget that tests are merely ________________________________________ human behavior.

Which term(s) fill in the blank provided according to the textbook? Enter your answer to match the textbook exactly (exact capitalization and punctuation). We start to think of _______________________ (for example, an IQ) as an end in itself.

Which term(s) fill in the blank provided according to the textbook? Enter your answer to match the textbook exactly (exact capitalization and punctuation). The justification for using a test to make decisions about a person’s future ____________________________________________________ based on other criteria.