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psychological test
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Psychological Assessment | It refers to the types of tests that we use to help identify strengths and areas for growth that affects one’s emotional, personal and professional development or adjustment. |
| Psychological test | It is a structured technique to generate a sample of behavior for making inferences about a psychological attribute of the people being tested. |
| Individual test | Individual test involve one to one consultation and are administered one person at a time. E.g.: Rorschach inkblot test. |
| group test | Group test are administered to a group of persons at the same time. E.g.: Achievement test. |
| Speed test | Speed test have a fixed time limit at which point everyone taking the test must stop. Test item are uniform difficulty with individual differences being evaluated entirely on the speed of the performance. Eg: MCQs for entrance exams. |
| power test | Power test have no time limit with applicant being allowed as much time as needed to complete the test. These test assess the underlying ability of the individual by allowing them sufficient time. Eg: Sentence completion test. |
| Computer-assisted test | a means of administrating psychological test to large group of applicants wherein an applicant’s response determines the level of difficulty of succeeding items. |
| Paper-pencil test | Paper-pencil test are administered using printed forms with answers recorded on standard answer sheet. Eg: University theory exams. |
| performance test | Performance test assess complex skills such as word processing or mechanical ability. Eg: University Practical exams. |
| Achievement test | used in assessing what a person has achieved, acquired or learnt. These are used in educational or employment settings and they attempt to measure the achieved knowledge such as mathematics or spelling. E.g.: Semester examinations. |
| Aptitude test | assessing different aptitude capable of predicting one’s success in the area of the particular aptitude such as mechanical, artistic, clerical, etc. E.g.: General aptitude test battery (GATB), Differential aptitude test (DAT) |
| Intelligence test | assessing the intelligence or level of cognitive functioning of the individual. - attempt to measure intelligence E.g.: Stanford-Binet Scale, Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale, Army Alpha Test, Army General Classification Test. |
| Interest test | used to assessed varying interest possessed by the individual such as gardening, literacy interest, social work, etc. they are primarily used in career counseling. E.g., interest inventory. |
| Personality test | used in assessing personal qualities or characteristics referred to as personality traits. E.g., MMPI, Rorschach Inkblot Test. |
| Neuropsychological test | assessing deficit in cognitive functioning (such as ability to think, speak, reason, etc.) that may result from some brain damage such as stroke or brain injury. |
| Example of Neuropsychological test | Cambridge Neuropsychological Test Automated Battery(CANTAB), Wechsler Adult Memory Scale. |
| Occupational test | –They attempt to match interests with the interests of persons in known careers, i.e., to the interest of person with present job or work. E.g.: McQuaig Occupational Test. |
| Specific clinical test | These attempt to measure specific clinical matters, such as current level of anxiety and depression. E.g.: Hamilton rating scale for depression, Brief psychiatric rating scale. |
| Standardization | It refers to the consistency or uniformity of the conditions and procedures for administering a test. |
| Objectivity | It refers primarily to the scoring of the test results. The scoring process must be free of subjective judgment or bias on the part of the scores. |
| Test norms | It is the information used to rank scores in relation to other scores on the test. To interpret the results of a psychological test, a frame of reference or point of comparison must be made. This is done by test norms. |
| Reliability | It refers to the consistency of the result of the test. Repeating the test has to reveal the same consistent results either with the same or different evaluator of the test. |
| Validity | It refers to the accuracy in the measurement of the test. It means that the test should measure what it is supposed to measure. |
| Practicability | The test must be practicable in- time required for completion, the length, number of items or questions, scoring, etc. The test should not be too lengthy and difficult to answer as well as scoring. |
| example of Aptitude test | General aptitude test battery (GATB Differential aptitude test (DAT) |
| example of intelligence test | Stanford-Binet Scale Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale Army Alpha Test Army General Classification Test. |
| example of personality test | MMPI, Rorschach Inkblot Test |
| example of neuropsychological test | Cambridge Neuropsychological Test Automated Battery(CANTAB) Wechsler Adult Memory Scale |
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