Basic concepts in Psych Assessment

Question 1

This person published a test designed to
help place Paris school children in inappropriate
classes

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Alfred Binet

Question 2

It refers to everything administration of the test to the interpretation of the test scores

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testing

Question 3

A process of gathering and integrating of psychology-related data for the
purpose of making a psychological evaluation

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Psychological Assessment

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process of measuring psychology-related variables using devices or procedures designed to obtain a sample of behavior

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Psychological testing

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This is the subject matter of the test

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content

Question 6

This is the form, plan, structure,
arrangement, layout of the test

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Format

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a specific stimulus to which a person
responds overtly and this response is being
scored or evaluated

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item

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This term is a process of administering a test. It could be one-to-one or group

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Administration Procedures

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code or summary of statement, usually but not necessarily numerical in nature, but reflects an evaluation of performance on a test

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score

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the process of assigning scores to
performances

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scoring

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reference point derived by
judgement and used to divide a set of data
into two or more classification

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cut score

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It is the science of psychological
measurement

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▪ Psychometrics

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refer to a professional who uses, analyzes, and
interprets psychological data

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Psychometrist or Psychometrician

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A type of test that measures previous learning

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Achievement test

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A type of test that measures the potential for learning or acquiring a specific skill

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Aptitude test

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refers to a person’s general
potential to solve problems, adapt to changing
environments, abstract thinking, and profit from
experience

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intelligence

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it is the considerable overlap of
achievement, aptitude, and intelligence test

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Human Ability

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______ provide a statement, usually self-report, and require the subject to choose between two or more alternative responses

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Structured Personality tests

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A type of personality test. It is unstructured, and the stimulus or response is ambiguous

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Projective Personality Tests

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A method of gathering information through direct communication involving
reciprocal exchange

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Interview

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A type of interview where more
than one interviewer participates in the
assessment

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Panel Interview (Board Interview)

Question 22

A type of interview used by counselors
and clinicians to gather information about
some problematic behavior, while
simultaneously attempting to address it
therapeutically

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▪ Motivational Interview

Question 23

A tool for assessment that contains samples of one’s ability and accomplishment

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Portfolio

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It refers to records, transcripts, and other accounts in writing, pictorial, or other form that preserves archival information, official and informal accounts, and other data and items relevant to an assessee

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Case History Data

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a report or illustrative account concerning a person or an event that was compiled based on case history data

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case study

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result of the varied forces that drive decision-makers to reach a consensus

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Groupthink

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A process of monitoring of actions of others or oneself by visual or electronic means while recording quantitative and/or qualitative information regarding those actions

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Behavioral Observation

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A process of observing humans in natural setting

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Naturalistic Observation

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It is defined as acting in an improvised or partially improvised part in a stimulated situation

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Role Play

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A process in which assesses are directed to act as if they are in a particular situation

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Role Play Test

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They create tests or other methods of assessment

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Test Developers

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_____is one of the most valuable tools of research on completed suicide. The method involves collecting all available information on the deceased via structured interviews of family members, relatives or friends as well as attending health care personnel.

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Psychological Autopsy

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A type of test that evaluates accomplishment or the degree of learning that has taken place

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Achievement Test

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It refers to a tool of assessment used to help narrow down and identify areas of deficit to be targeted for intervention

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Diagnostic Test

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A description or conclusion reached based on evidence and opinion

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Diagnosis

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nonsystematic assessment that leads to the formation of an opinion or attitude

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Informal evaluation

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refers to the form or sheet or booklet on which a test taker's responses are entered

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Protocol

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A working relationship between the examiner and the examinee

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Rapport

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An evaluative or diagnostic procedure or process that varies from the usual, customary, or standardized way. A measurement is derived, either by virtue of some special accommodation made to the assessee or by means of alternative methods designed to measure the same variables

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Alternate Assessment

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adaptation of a test, procedure, or situation of one test for another, to make the assessment more suitable for an assessee with exceptional needs

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Accommodation

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contain only a brief description of the test and seldom contain the kind of detailed technical information that a prospective user might require

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Test Catalogues

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It contains detailed information concerning the development of a particular test and technical information

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Test Manuals