Chapter 1-2 (Textbook) Flashcards
(29 cards)
What was the first psychological test/assessment?
What was the purpose of creating it?
The Binet & Simon (Alfred & Theodore) intelligence test, which was used to test for intellectually disabled children who needed additional help in school.
Who developed the Intelligence Quotient?
William Stern (refined Binet’s test).
Assessment vs. Test
Psychological Assessment: gathering data for the purpose of psychological evaluation through the use of tools like tests, interviews, case studies, specially designed apparatuses and measurement procedures, etc.
Psychological Testing: the process of measuring psychology-related variables by devices or procedures designed to obtain a sample of behavior.
Retrospective Assessment
Draws conclusions about someone as they existed at some point prior to the assessment
Remote Assessment
Draws conclusions about someone who is not in physical proximity to the one conducting the evaluation.
Ecological momentary assessment (EMA)
“In the moment” evaluation of specific problems. ‘daily diary’
Collaborative Psychological Assessment
Accessor and assessee are partners, establishes goals.
Therapeutic Psychological Assessment
Psychological assessment with the goal of benefits for examinee throughout the assessment process. (contrasts to at end for traditional psychological evaluations)
Dynamic assessment
Interactive assessment approach where there’s evaluation, intervention, then evaluation again.
Test (definition)
A measuring device or procedure to measure a variable
Psychological test
device or procedure to measure variables related to psychology
For a same topic, like personality, would different tests have similar content?
Could be very different because they have different definitions of personality
Score vs Scoring
Score: a code or summary statement (eg. 1, agree, etc.)
Scoring: process of assigning codes or statements to a performance on tests/tasks/other behaviors
Cut score
Cutoff point to divide a set of data into 2+ classifications
Psychometrics
Science of psychological measurement
Psychometric soundness
How well a psychological test measures what it claims to measure
Interview in Psychology
Method of gathering information through direct communication with reciprocal change.
Non-verbal is also important for in-person interviews
Panel interview (pros?)
More than one interviewer.
Might remove idiosyncratic biases.
Motivational interviewing
Therapeutic dialogue, listening skills, combined with cognition-altering techniques.
Behavioral Observation
Monitoring and recording information about actions of oneself or others
role-play test
assessment where assessees are told to act as if they were in a situation.
Psychological autopsy
Reconstructing the psychological profile of a deceased individual based on records.
Diagnostic test
An assessment with purpose of identifying areas in need for intervention
Informal evaluation
A non-systematic assessment that leads to formation of an opinion (eg. “he behaved well in class”)
