Assessment Flashcards
Woodcock-Johnson
Measures grade level competency used primarily for achievement rather than intelligence
SAT/GRE etc.
Measures potential for further study
Armed Services Vocational Assessment Battery (ASVAB)
Measures vocational abilities and interests (used for military role placement)
Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale (WAIS)
Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children (WISC)
Stanford-Binet Kaufman Brief Intelligence Test (KBIT-2)
Measures intelligence
Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI), Millon Inventories
Measures broad range of psychopathology
Caliper Personality Inventory (CPI),
Cattell 16 Personality Factors (16PF),
NEO personality inventory (NEO PI)
Measures healthy personality
Rorschach, Thematic Apperception Test (TAT)
Measures unconscious motives
Porteous Maze, Cattell Culture Fair Intelligence Tests
Nonverbal performance
Intelligence
Measures IQ, also known as mental ability - WAIS, WISC, Stanford Binet, Slosson
Aptitude
Measures potential ability to acquire knowledge/skills
SAT, ACT, GRE, MAT, MCAT, LSAT
Achievement
Measures knowledge and skills related to certain content areas-
Wide Range Achievement Test (WRAT), Kauffman,
Wechsler Individual Achievement Test (WIAT),
Woodcock-Johnson
Achievement Test
What has a person learned How ready are they to progress to the next grade level (SOLs, Woodcock Johnson)
Aptitude test
What is a person capable of learning (GRE, SAT, MAT, LSAT, MCAT, ASVAB)
Intelligence test
What is the persons overall crystallized and fluid intellectual ability? (Wechsler, Stanford Binet, Kauffman)
Objective Personality Test
What is a persons objective character, temperament, mental health (MMPI, Millon , Myers Briggs, California Personality Inventory, 16PF, NEO PI)