A School Psychologist Would Be Most Likely to

question 68

Multiple Choice

A school psychologist would be most likely to

• A)help teachers develop new instructional techniques.
• B)study how groups affect individuals.
• C)evaluate a student for placement in a special education program.
• D)make suggestions as to how managers could improve employee morale.
• E)investigate the relationship between childhood obesity and self-esteem.

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Definitions:

Test-Retest Reliability

The consistency of an individual's scores on a test administered at two different times, used to assess the reliability of the test.

T-Scores

Standardized scores with a mean of 50 and a standard deviation of 10, used to compare individual scores across different tests.

Self-Actualizing Values

Values that prioritize personal growth, fulfillment, and achieving one's potential, reflecting the top of Maslow's hierarchy of needs.

Percentiles

A method of comparing raw scores to a norm group by calculating the percentage of people falling below an obtained score, with ranges from 1 to 99, and 50 being the mean.