一般能力倾向成套测验简介及其中国试用常模的修订

本文对一般能力倾向成套测验作了简要的介绍。为了试用,对它进行了修订。版本是以日本劳动省１９８３年修订版为蓝本的。日本的版本是来自美国。为了适合国情,对该测验在三个方面作了微小的变动。修订工作自１９８９—１９９２年初。标准化样组是由全国１７个中等以上城市初二至高三学生２１４８名构成的。男女学生的比例为１：１。该测验在结构效度上有很好的证据,稳定信度分数相当好。     

RETEST EFFECTS IN OPERATIONAL SELECTION SETTINGS: DEVELOPMENT AND TEST OF A FRAMEWORK

This study proposes a framework for examining the effects of retaking tests in operational selection settings. A central feature of this framework is the distinction between within-person and between-person retest effects. This framework is used to develop hypotheses about retest effects for exemplars of 3 types of tests (knowledge tests, cognitive ability tests, and situational judgment tests) and to test these hypotheses in a high stakes selection setting (admission to medical studies in Belgium). Analyses of within-person retest effects showed that mean scores of repeat test takers were one-third of a standard deviation higher for the knowledge test and situational judgment test and one-half of a standard deviation higher for the cognitive ability test. The validity coefficients for the knowledge test differed significantly depending on whether examinees' test scores on the first versus second administration were used, with the latter being more valid. Analyses of between-person retest effects on the prediction of academic performance showed that the same test score led to higher levels of performance for those passing on the first attempt than for those passing on the second attempt. The implications of these results are discussed in light of extant retesting practice.     

POTENTIAL EFFECTS OF BANDING AS A FUNCTION OF TEST RELIABILITY

Cascio, Outtz, Zedeck, and Goldstein (1991) described the application of a number of test score banding procedures in personnel selection. Equations are developed illustrating the relationship between the width of test score bands and test reliability. When reliability is moderate to low, bands are likely to be larger than the standard deviation of the test, and are likely to include a large proportion of the applicant pool. The relationships between band widths and the differences between higher scoring and lower scoring groups are also examined. When the band is smaller than the differences between groups (which may happen when highly reliable tests are used), banding may not by itself prove effective as a means of reducing the adverse impact of tests, even when banding systems that maximize opportunities for members of the lower scoring group are used.     

EFFECTS OF CONTINGENCY CONTRACTING ON STUDY RATE AND TEST PERFORMANCE1

A contingency contracting program designed to increase study rate and subsequent test performance was implemented with a group of undergraduate psychology students. The function of the contingency contracting program in producing increased study rate was evaluated by individual experiments with each student in an experimental contracting group. The overall effect of the program on test performance was assessed by comparing the final scores for the course earned by the experimental group with those earned by two matched control groups. A reversal procedure established that contingency contracting did significantly increase the study rate of students of a wide range of ability. However, it was selectively effective in improving the test performance of below-average students only. Study rate gains in contracted courses did not generalize to noncontracted courses. Self-recording of study time in the absence of scheduled differential consequences did not improve test performance. Study rate under no-consequence conditions varied with test schedule. For both consequence and no-consequence groups, the correlation between study time and final score for the course was only moderate.     

STUDIES IN THE PSYCHOLOGICAL EFFECTS OF A NEW DRUG (DIETHYLPROPION)

In a 'triple blind' study on 30 subjects, 50 mg diethylpropion was compared with 10 mg dexamphetamine, 50 mg phenmetrazine, 250 mg caffeine, and placebo. The effects were measured in 5 subjective variables at 40 minutes intervals up to 4 hours. Clear trends were obtained in 'happiness', 'alertness' and 'pleasantness'. Peak effects were seen at about two hours, but in pleasantness the effects of phenmetrazine were increased even after that time. The demonstrated effects were discussed in relation to data on abuse of diethylpropion and phenmetrazine.     

PERFORMANCE ON THE TEST OF MEMORY MALINGERING IN A MIXED PEDIATRIC SAMPLE

Performance on the Test of Memory Malingering (TOMM) was evaluated in a sample of 100 consecutively referred 6 to 16–year-old children with a wide range of clinical diagnoses. In the complete sample, 97 children met actuarially defined criteria for sufficient effort on the TOMM. Two children were correctly identified as providing suboptimal effort and only one case was a possible false positive. Performance on the second trial of the TOMM did not vary with gender, ethnicity, parental occupation, performance on an independent memory test, or length of coma. Although younger children tended to be somewhat less efficient on the TOMM than older children, more than 90% of children in the 6-8 years range met criteria originally developed for adults for sufficient effort on the TOMM. It is concluded that the TOMM is a potentially useful measure of effort in the clinical neuropsychological evaluation of school-age children.     

EFFECT OF RIBONUCLEIC ACID (RNA) EXTRACTED FROM THE BRAIN OF TRAINED ANIMALS ON LEARNING IN RATS

Rats receiving an intracisternal injection of RNA prepared from the brains of rats trained in two different training situations showed different performances in identical test situations.     

EFFECT OF RIBONUCLEIC ACID (RNA) EXTRACTED FROM THE BRAIN OF TRAINED ANIMALS ON LEARNING IN RATS

Rats receiving an intracisternal injection of RNA prepared from the brain of trained rats had a better performance during seven days in the same training set-up, than rats receiving RNA from untrained animals and rats receiving no injection.     

THE EFFECTS OF DIFFERENT REINFORCEMENT CONDITIONS ON THE TEST PERFORMANCE OF MULTIHANDICAPPED DEAF CHILDREN1

The present study explored the effects of different reinforcement conditions on the number of correct responses on the Raven Progressive Matrices. Four groups of 11- to 18-year-old multihandicapped deaf children matched on the basis of mean age and pretest scores were used. The groups were randomly assigned to any of four posttest conditions: end-of-session reinforcement, noncontingent reinforcement, delayed reinforcement, and immediate reinforcement. The mean posttest score of subjects tested under the immediate-reinforcement condition was significantly higher than that of any other group. No significant differences were observed between the mean posttest scores of the three other groups. The practical implications of using reinforcement procedures for testing purposes are discussed.     

不同评价下的非工具性帮助对自尊不同的学生后继测验成绩的影响

本实验以初中二年级学生为被试,研究了不同评价条件下非工具性帮助对自尊不同学生后继作业成绩的影响．结果表明：（1）总体而言,高自尊组的成绩优于低自尊组。（2）在有帮助的情况下,高自尊组的成绩显著优于低自尊组;在没有帮助的情况下,二者没有显著差异。（3）高自尊组的成绩在挑战性评价下优于鼓励性评价下,低自尊组的成绩在鼓励性评价下优于挑战性评价下．（4）在挑战性评价下,受到帮助的被试成绩略好;在鼓励性评价下,未受到帮助的被试成绩略好．     

少年儿童音乐静坐训练对听觉失匹配负波与P300的影响及其意义

在静坐前后,测定２３例经半年音乐静坐训练（实验组）和未经训练（对照组）的１３岁少年的听觉失匹配负波（ＭＭＮ）和Ｐ３００。结果发现,实验组的ＭＭＮ波幅和面积均比对照组显著增高．并且ＭＭＮ变化发生在组间而不是一次静坐前后,但Ｐ３００没有显著性变化。提示实验组的ＭＭＮ效应是长期的而不是短时的;在本实验条件下评定正常人脑的某些认知功能．ＭＭＮ是比Ｐ３００更为灵敏的电生理学指标。     

色塔人格测验试用研究

用色塔人格测验对中国７２２名５—８０岁正常者及１５１名患有精神病、违法犯罪等异常者进行了测试,建立了中国常模。与日本版比较,增加了成人组的资料。研究表明,中国版色塔人格测验具有较高的信度和效度。该测验稍加修改即可在中国正式使用。     

单眼视剥夺2小时对雏鸡记忆保持的影响

以2日龄雏鸡为研究对象,采用一次性被动回避学习模型,以不透明胶纸封贴一侧眼的方法,研究2日龄雏鸡单侧眼视剥夺2小时后对视觉学习记忆的影响,并与双眼学习条件下的记忆情况进行比较;试图探讨雏鸡在视觉信息加工过程中左、右半球的作用。实验结果表明：剥夺一侧眼（无论左或右）2小时后对雏鸡的短时记忆无影响,明显干扰雏鸡的中期和长时记忆,特别是剥夺左眼干扰更明显。