chapter 1 Flashcards
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may be defined simply as a measuring device or procedure.
Test
refers to a device of procedure designed to measure variables related to psychology .
Psychological tests
pertains to the form, plan, structure. arrangement, and layout of test items as well as to related considerations such as time limits.
Format is also used to refer to the form in which a test is administered: computerized, pencil-and-paper, or some other form
format
the process of assigning such evaluative codes or statements to performance on tests, tasks, interviews, or other behavior samples.
scoring
a reference point, usually numerical, derived by judgment and used to divide a set of data into two or more classifications.
cut score
may be defined as the science of psychological measurement.
Psychometrics
the terry used to refer to everything from the administration of a test
testing
data generated were subyected to thoughtful integration and
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Assessment
the process of measurng psychology-related vasabies by means af devices or procedures designed to obtain a sample of behavior
Psychological testing
the gathering and integration of psycholegy-related data for the purpose of making a psychological evaluation that is accomplished through the use of tools such as tests, interviews, case studies, behavioral observation, and specially designed apparatuses and measurement procedures.
Psychological Assessment
Refers to records, transcripts, and other accounts in wrtten, pictorial, or
other form that preserve archival information, efficial and informal
accounts, and other data and items relevant to an assessee.
case history data
May be defined as a description or conclusion reached on the basis of evidence and opinion.
Diagnosis
- Refers to a tool of assessment used to help narrow down and identify areas of deficit to be targeted for intervention, in educational settings, diagnostic tests of reading, mathematics, and other academic subjects may be administered to assess the need far educational intervention as well as to establish or rule out eligibility for special education programs.
Diagnostic test
may be defined as a reconstruction
af a deceased individual’s psychological profile on the basis of archival records, artifacts, and interviews
Psychological autopsy
Test developers and publishers
oreate fests or other methods of assessment
The test developer
Psychological tests and assessment
methodologies are used by a wide range. of professionals, including clinicians, counselors, schooli paycholagists, human resources personnel, consumer psychologists,
experimental
psychologistr, social
psychologists.
The test user
Anyone who is the subject of an assessment or an evaluation can be a testiaker or an assessee.
The test taker
may be defined as the use of evaluative tools to draw conclusions about psychological aspects of a person as they existed at some point in time prior to the assessment.
Retrospective assessment
refers to the use of tools of psychological evaluation to gather data and draw conclusions about a subject who is not in physical proximity to the person or people conducting the evaluation.
Remote assessment
Psychological assessment by means of smartphones also serves as an example of an approach to assessment called
ecological momentary assessment
the assessor and assessee may work as “partners” from initial contact through final feedback
Collaborative psychological assessment
self-discovery and new understandings are encouraged throughout the assessment process.
Therapeutic psychological assessment
refers to the usefulness or practical value that a test or other tool of assessment has for a particular purpose.
utility
