Knowledge of Assessment Tools Flashcards
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The Boston Naming Test (BNT) is used to assess which cognitive function?
Answer: Confrontation naming and word retrieval
The BNT presents 60 line drawings of objects and measures the examinee's ability to retrieve the correct word, assessing confrontation naming.
Which of the following best describes a floor effect in a psychological assessment tool?
Answer: The test lacks sufficient easy items to differentiate among low-ability examinees
A floor effect occurs when a test lacks enough easy items, causing low-ability examinees to cluster at the bottom with insufficient score differentiation.
On the Rey-Osterrieth Complex Figure Test (ROCF), the copy trial is followed by immediate and delayed recall trials. What cognitive domains do the recall trials primarily assess?
Answer: Visual memory and reproduction
ROCF recall trials measure visual memory by requiring the examinee to reproduce the complex figure from memory after a delay.
The Stroop Color-Word Test measures which executive function by having examinees name the ink color of color words printed in incongruent colors?
Answer: Response inhibition and interference control
The Stroop interference condition requires inhibiting the automatic reading response to name only the ink color, measuring response inhibition.
Which assessment instrument provides domain scores for Emotional Symptoms, Conduct Problems, Hyperactivity, Peer Problems, and Prosocial Behavior?
Answer: Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ)
The SDQ yields five subscale scores covering emotional symptoms, conduct, hyperactivity/inattention, peer problems, and prosocial behavior.
A psychometrist administers the Finger Oscillation Test (Finger Tapping Test). What does a significantly lower dominant-hand score relative to normative data primarily suggest?
Answer: Contralateral (opposite hemisphere) motor pathway dysfunction
Because motor pathways are contralateral, a slower dominant-hand tapping rate suggests dysfunction in the contralateral (typically left) motor cortex or pathway.
When selecting an assessment tool for a non-English-speaking examinee, which of the following is the most important psychometric consideration?
Answer: Using norms derived from a comparable linguistic and cultural population
Valid interpretation requires using norms from a culturally and linguistically comparable standardization sample; otherwise scores may be systematically biased.