Achievement Tests Are Designed to

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Multiple Choice

Achievement tests are designed to

• A) measure the desire and potential capacity to successfully meet challenges.
• B) assess ability to produce novel and valuable ideas.
• C) compare an individual's personality with those of highly successful people.
• D) assess learned knowledge or skills.

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Definitions:

Distressed

Experiencing anxiety, sorrow, or pain.

MMPI

A comprehensive psychological test that assesses personality traits and psychopathology.

Rorschach Inkblot Test

A psychological test in which subjects' perceptions of inkblots are recorded and then analyzed using psychological interpretation, complex algorithms, or both, to examine a person's personality characteristics and emotional functioning.

Validity

The ability of a test to measure what it was designed to measure.