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Psych Assessment C1
Psychological Testing and Assessment
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| The term used to refer to everything from the administration of a test to the interpretation of a test score. | Testing |
| Acknowledges that tests are only one type of tool used by professional assessors and that a test’s value is intimately linked to the knowledge, skill, and experience of the assessor. | Assessment |
| Gathering & integration of psychology related data for a psychological evaluation that is accomplished thru the use of tools like tests, interviews, case studies, behavioral observation, & specially designed apparatuses & measurement procedures. | Psychological assessment |
| The process of measuring psychology-related variables by means of devices or procedures designed to obtain a sample of behavior. | Psychological testing |
| The assessor and assessee may work as “partners” from initial contact through final feedback. | Collaborative psychological assessment |
| An interactive approach to psychological assessment that follows a model of evaluation, intervention & evaluation. It is employed in educational, correctional, corporate, neuropsychological, clinical & other setting as well. | Dynamic assessment |
| Defined simply as a measuring device or procedure. When it is prefaced with a modifier, it refers to a device or procedure designed to measure a variable related to that modifier. | Test |
| Refers to a device or procedure designed to measure variables related to psychology (for example, intelligence, personality, aptitude, interests, attitudes, and values). | Psychological test |
| Pertains to the form, plan, structure, arrangement, and layout of test items as well as to related considerations such as time limits. | Format |
| The process of assigning such evaluative codes or statements to performance on tests, tasks, interviews, or other behavior samples. | Scoring |
| Also referred to as a cutoff. It is a reference point, usually numerical, derived by judgment and used to divide a set of data into two or more classifications. | Cut score |
| Defined as the science of psychological measurement. | Psychometrics |
| Refers to the usefulness or practical value that a test or assessment technique has for a particular purpose. | Utility |
| A method of gathering information through direct communication involving reciprocal exchange. | Interview |
| More than one interviewer participates in the personnel assessment. | Panel interview |
| Any idiosyncratic biases of a lone interviewer will be minimized by the use of two or more interviewers. | Board interview |
| As samples of one’s ability and accomplishment, it may be used as a tool of evaluation. | Portfolio |
| Refers to records, transcripts, and other accounts in written, pictorial, or other form that preserve archival information, official and informal accounts, and other data and items relevant to an assessee. | Case history data |
| It is employed by assessment professionals, may be defined as monitoring the actions of others or oneself by visual or electronic means while recording quantitative and/or qualitative information regarding the actions. | Behavioral observation |
| A tool of assessment wherein assessees are directed to act as if they were in a particular situation. Assessees may then be evaluated with regard to their expressed thoughts, behaviors, abilities, and other variables. | Role-play test |
| It can do much more than replace the “equipment” that was widely used in the past (No. 2 pencil). It can serve as test administrators (online or off) & as efficient test scorers. Within seconds they can derive test scores and patterns of test scores. | Computers as Tools |
| Scoring may be done on-site | local processing |
| Scoring may be conducted at some central location | central processing |
| If processing occurs at a central location, test-related data may be sent to and returned from this central facility by means of phone lines ( ______ ) by mail, or courier. | teleprocessing |
| Whether processed locally or centrally, the account of performance spewed out can range from a mere listing of score or scores. | simple scoring report |
| At the high end of interpretive reports is what is sometimes referred to as _____. This type, is usually written in language appropriate for communication between assessment professionals, it may provide expert opinion concerning analysis of data. | consultative report |
| It is designed to integrate data from sources other than the test itself into the _____. It will employ previously collected data (such as medication records or behavioral observation data) into the test report. | interpretive report |
| CAPA means? | computer assisted psychological assessment |
| CAT means? | Computer adaptive testing |
| They create tests or other methods of assessment. | Test developer |
| Psychological tests & assessment methodologies are used by a wide range of professionals, including clinicians, counselors, human resources personnel, school, consumer, experimental, and social psychologists, the list goes on. | Test user |
| Having all taken tests, we all have had firsthand experience in the role of it. | Testtaker |
| May be defined as a reconstruction of a deceased individual’s psychological profile on the basis of archival records, artifacts, and interviews previously conducted with the deceased assessee or with people who knew him or her. | A psychological autopsy |
| Give types of assessments that are conducted in educational settings | school ability test achievement test diagnostic test |
| may be defined as a description or conclusion reached on the basis of evidence and opinion. | Diagnosis |
| as a typically non systematic assessment that leads to the formation of an opinion or attitude. | Informal evaluation |
| Give types of assessments that are conducted in clinical settings | intelligence tests personality tests neuropsychological tests |
| Give types of assessments that are conducted in counseling settings | social skills test Academic skills test Personality Interest Attitudes values |
| Give types of assessments that are conducted in Geriatric settings | cognitive Psychological Adaptive or other functioning |
| Give types of assessments that are conducted in business and military settings | achievement Aptitude Interest motivational and other tests |
| One of the many applications of measurement is in governmental licensing, certification, or general credentialing of professionals. Before they are legally entitled to practice medicine, physicians must pass an examination. | Governmental and organizational credentialing |
| may be defined as a working relationship between the examiner and the examinee. | Rapport |
| maybe defined as the adaptation of a test, procedure, or situation, or the substitution of one test for another, to make the assessment more suitable for an assessee with exceptional needs. | Accommodation |
| An evaluative/diagnostic procedure or process that varies from d usual, customary, or standardized way a measurement is derived either by virtue of some special accommodation made to d assessee or by means of alternative methods to measure d same variable | Alternate assessment |
| Perhaps one of the most readily accessible sources of information is a catalogue distributed by the publisher of the test. | Test catalogues |
| Detailed information concerning the development of a particular test and technical information relating to it should be found in the test manual, which is usually available from the test publisher. | Test manuals |
| Provides detailed information for each test listed, including test publisher, test author, test purpose, intended test population, and test administration time. | Reference volumes |
| It may contain reviews of the test, updated or independent studies of its psychometric soundness, or examples of how the instrument was used in either research or an applied context. | Journal articles |
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