Deck 3: Cultural Aspects of Psychological Assessment

Question 1

The reasoning behind affirmative action programs is that programs of this nature will help _____ toward minority groups.

A) Broaden intelligence testing
B) Remedy past discrimination
C) Eliminate test bias

Answer 1

B

Question 2

The use of an interpreter is an excellent solution for clients who are not fluent in English and exemplifies the highest standard of care.

Answer 2

False

Question 3

Clinical diagnosis of cultural minority clients is a difficult task. _____ is hard to eliminate and can take many forms, for example, a client may be viewed as more disturbed than he or she truly is, some symptoms may be inappropriately considered normative for the client's group, and certain diagnostic categories may be consistently avoided or overused when applied to the client's group.

A) Interviewer bias
B) Offensive language
C) Observer discrimination

Answer 3

A

Question 4

It has been suggested that a counselor might ask certain things to assess a client's degree of acculturation. What would the counselor be less likely to ask in order to gain an understanding of the client's level of acculturation?

A) What is the client's language preference?
B) What are the client's values and how do those values affect the client's lifestyle?
C) What does the family expect of the client and is this the same or different to what the client expects of him or herself?
D) How familiar or unfamiliar is the client with the Strong Interest Inventory?

Question 5

One recommendation of the Code of Fair Testing Practices in Education has to do with how tests are interpreted. Test users are provided information that will help them report test results to groups of test takers, including information about who were and who were not part of the different groups being compared and factors that might influence the interpretation of the results.

Question 6

Measures of acculturation try to assess the extent to which the respondents retain their ethnic group behaviors, whereas measures of ethnic identity development are least likely to assess:

A) the extent to which individuals perceive themselves to be part of their ethnic group
B) how positively group membership is experienced
C) psychological concepts like stress originating from discrimination

Question 7

Some of the sources of test bias have to do with the cultural nature of the testing process itself, while others have to do with aspects of test development such as _____ and standardization sample.

A) Item content
B) Abstract concepts
C) Race-norming

Question 8

The Code of Fair Testing Practices in Education takes into consideration that administration procedures may need to be modified for test takers with disabilities who need special accommodations.

Question 9

The Strong Interest Inventory is a widely used vocational interest test.

Question 10

From a scientific standpoint, it has been shown that intelligence tests are fully reliable and really measure what they say they measure and that it is possible to control for the effects of social class and cultural differences.

Question 11

Some of the attempts to develop more appropriate, culture-fair tests that have content equally familiar or unfamiliar to all groups and that minimize speed and verbal content include all of the following with the exception of _____.

A) Cattell's Culture-Fair Series
B) Davis-Eells Games
C) Letter's International Performance Scale
D) Innovative Intelligence Test

Question 12

____ are yet another group for whom appropriate testing is difficult. Specific recommendations relevant to the testing of this group could be doing shorter sessions, using large type, and allowing more time on tests.

A) Blacks
B) Men
C) Older people

Question 13

The ______, a widely used and well-researched assessment test, found in some cases that Asian Americans reported more somatic complaints than did Whites and that some Blacks score differently on the Schizophrenia, Paranoia, Mania, and F Scales, which are likely attributable to general differences in cultural values and experiences.

A) Multigroup Ethnic Identity Measure (MEIM)
B) Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI)
C) White Racial Identity Attitude Scale (WRIAS)

Question 14

In 1979, the _____ class-action suit in the state of California banned the use of standardized intelligence tests as a primary selection criterion for placing children into classes for the mentally retarded because the testing was considered to be culturally biased against children of color, especially African American children

A) Larry P. v. Riles
B) Civil Rights Act
C) The Bell Curve

Question 15

The diagnostic classification system known as the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-IV-TR) is completely exempt from category fallacy, which is the use of a category developed for a particular population applied to members of another culture without establishing its validity.