Basic concepts in Psych Assessment Flashcards
This person published a test designed to
help place Paris school children in inappropriate
classes
Alfred Binet
It refers to everything administration of the test to the interpretation of the test scores
testing
A process of gathering and integrating of psychology-related data for the
purpose of making a psychological evaluation
Psychological Assessment
process of measuring psychology-related variables using devices or procedures designed to obtain a sample of behavior
Psychological testing
This is the subject matter of the test
content
This is the form, plan, structure,
arrangement, layout of the test
Format
a specific stimulus to which a person
responds overtly and this response is being
scored or evaluated
item
This term is a process of administering a test. It could be one-to-one or group
Administration Procedures
code or summary of statement, usually but not necessarily numerical in nature, but reflects an evaluation of performance on a test
score
the process of assigning scores to
performances
scoring
reference point derived by
judgement and used to divide a set of data
into two or more classification
cut score
It is the science of psychological
measurement
▪ Psychometrics
refer to a professional who uses, analyzes, and
interprets psychological data
Psychometrist or Psychometrician
A type of test that measures previous learning
Achievement test
A type of test that measures the potential for learning or acquiring a specific skill
Aptitude test
refers to a person’s general
potential to solve problems, adapt to changing
environments, abstract thinking, and profit from
experience
intelligence
it is the considerable overlap of
achievement, aptitude, and intelligence test
Human Ability
______ provide a statement, usually self-report, and require the subject to choose between two or more alternative responses
Structured Personality tests
A type of personality test. It is unstructured, and the stimulus or response is ambiguous
Projective Personality Tests
A method of gathering information through direct communication involving
reciprocal exchange
Interview
A type of interview where more
than one interviewer participates in the
assessment
Panel Interview (Board Interview)
A type of interview used by counselors
and clinicians to gather information about
some problematic behavior, while
simultaneously attempting to address it
therapeutically
▪ Motivational Interview
A tool for assessment that contains samples of one’s ability and accomplishment
Portfolio
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
Case History Data
a report or illustrative account
concerning a person or an event that was
compiled based on case history data
case study
result of the varied forces that
drive decision-makers to reach a consensus
Groupthink
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
Behavioral Observation
A process of observing humans in natural setting
Naturalistic Observation
It is defined as acting in an improvised or
partially improvised part in a stimulated
situation
Role Play
A process in which assesses are directed to act
as if they are in a particular situation
Role Play Test
They create tests or other methods of assessment
Test Developers
_____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.
Psychological Autopsy
A type of test that evaluates accomplishment
or the degree of learning that has taken place
Achievement Test
It refers to a tool of assessment
used to help narrow down and identify areas of
deficit to be targeted for intervention
Diagnostic Test
A description or conclusion
reached based on evidence and opinion
Diagnosis
nonsystematic assessment that leads to the formation of an
opinion or attitude
Informal evaluation
refers to the form or sheet or booklet
on which a test taker’s responses are entered
Protocol
A working relationship between the
examiner and the examinee
Rapport
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
Alternate Assessment
adaptation of a test, procedure, or situation of one test for another, to make the assessment more suitable for an
assessee with exceptional needs
Accommodation
contain only a brief description of the test and seldom contain the kind of detailed technical information that a prospective user might require
Test Catalogues
It contains detailed information concerning the development of a particular test and technical information
Test Manuals
