Exam 2: Historical, Cultural, and Legalethical Considerations

The practice of making distinctions in hiring,promotion,or other selection decisions that systematically tend to favor members of a minority group regardless of actual qualifications for a position is called

Typically,when a Title VII charge of discrimination in the workplace is leveled at an employer,a claim is made that hiring,promotion,or some related employment decisions are systematically being made

Which court case resulted in the ruling that psychotherapists must reveal privileged information if a third party is endangered?

Griggs v.Duke Power Company and Albemarle Paper Company v.Moody had what issue in common?

The significance of Daubert v.Merrell Dow Pharmaceuticals is that

Who is credited with being the originator of the psychometric concept of test reliability?

Which court case resulted in the ruling that the communication between a psychotherapist and a patient is privileged in federal courts?

During the Middle Ages,the focus of early "diagnostic techniques" was on identifying

A psychologist who does not act in the same or similar way that other reasonable psychologists would have acted under the same or similar circumstances may be found liable for

The Daubert case had implications for the role of

As mentioned in your text,which of the following is a means of safeguarding test records?

An intelligence test originally written in English is to be administered to a group of Japanese immigrants who do not speak English.In order to obtain an accurate measure of intelligence and attempt to eliminate any possible effects due to language,the test administrator should

Which court case culminated in a ruling that a city fire department could use a test of specific firefighting abilities to make promotion decisions even if Whites tended to outscore African-American firefighters?

In which case was it ruled that IQ tests cannot be administered to African-American students for the purpose of placement in special education classes?

Much of 19^th-century psychological measurement focused on

The fact that employment testing materials and procedures must be essential to the job and not discriminate against persons with disabilities is attributable to which legislation?

Sir Francis Galton measured each of the following EXCEPT

Tests relevant primarily to white middle-class students produce inaccurate and misleading test scores when administered to lower-class African-American students.This was the conclusion of a court in which of the following cases?

How did the work of Wundt differ from that of Galton,Binet,and James McKeen Cattell?

Ability tests developed using samples of White testtakers cannot be used to track African-American students in the school system.This was the essence of the ruling in which of the following court cases?