Quiz - Psychological Assessment

What was the primary purpose of the civil service testing program implemented in ancient China?

• To measure intelligence

• To assess work performance and promotions

• To evaluate military strategies

• To determine agricultural yields

During which dynasty was a multi-stage national testing program established in China?

• Han Dynasty

• Tang Dynasty

• Ming Dynasty

• Qing Dynasty

Who proposed the theory of 'survival of the fittest'?

• James McKeen Cattell

• Charles Darwin

• Francis Galton

• Wilhelm Wundt

What did Alfred Binet aim to identify with the Binet-Simon Scale?

• Intellectually subnormal children

• Children with learning disabilities

• Gifted children

• Children with high IQ scores

What was the first structured personality test developed during World War I?

• Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory

• Thematic Apperception Test

• Rorschach Inkblot Test

• Woodworth Personal Data Sheet

What does the mean represent in a distribution?

• The middle score in a distribution

• The range of scores

• The arithmetic average of scores

• The most frequently occurring score

Which type of scale has both magnitude and equal intervals but no absolute zero?

• Interval Scale

• Ordinal Scale

• Ratio Scale

• Nominal Scale

What does a percentile rank indicate?

• The percentage of scores below a particular score

• The standard deviation of scores

• The average score of a group

• The highest score in a distribution

What is the purpose of regression analysis?

• To measure the strength of a relationship

• To predict scores on one variable from another

• To assess reliability

• To summarize data

What does the coefficient of determination (r²) represent?

• The average score in a distribution

• The error in predictions

• The proportion of variation explained by a variable

• The strength of a correlation