Commonly Used Psychological Tests Flashcards
What psychological tests are most commonly requested by interns?
CBCL (child behaviour), Conners (used to assess/diagnose ADHD very often), D-KEFS (executive function), Hayling and Brixton (also executive function), PAI (personality assessment inventory, used to diagnose personality disorders), MMPI (also used to diagnose personality disorders), TEA (attention), TEA-CH Kit (for children), WAIS (adult intelligence), WIAT (achievement), WISC (child intelligence), Woodcock Johnson (intelligence, achievement, language), WPPSI (intelligence for pre-schoolers), WRAML (memory and learning)
What tests are most commonly requested by Org Psychs?
NEO (5-factor personality scale), 16PF, Raven’s (intelligence test), WAIS, WRAML
Where to find info about tests?
Mental Measurements Yearbook (Buros) via UQ Library, or (competitor) ETS Test Collection, Books about specific tests, text books on psychological testing, academic journals
What is the 16PF?
Cattell’s 16 Personality Factor Questionnaire, measuring personality in non-clinical adult populations
What is the CASL?
Comprehensive Assessment of Spoken Language, measuring spoken language in adults/children (3-21 yrs)
What is the CBCL?
Child Behaviour Checklists, measuring problem behaviour, and behavioural/emotional/social/academic concerns (incl. ADHD) in children
What is Conners?
Conners Comprehensive Behaviour Rating Scales, measuring behavioural/emotional/social/academic concerns incl. ADHD in children
What is the D-KEFS?
Delis-Kaplan Executive Function System, measuring executive function in adults and children (e.g. one of the tests is basically the stroop test)
What are the Hayling and Brixton tests?
Hayling and Brixton Clinical Assessment of Executive Functioning, measuring executive function in adults
What is the MMPI?
Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory, measuring personality factors in clinical (i.e. psychopathological) populations in adults (separate version exists for adolescents)
What is the Neale?
Neale Analysis of Reading, measuring reading skills in adults and children (mainly children)
What is the NEO?
NEO-PI-3 (Covers the Big Five personality traits), measuring personality in non-clinical adult populations
What is the PAI?
Personality Assessment Inventory, measuring personality factors in clinical adult populations (separate adolescent version)
What is the Peabody/PPVT?
Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test, measuring vocabulary in adults and children (mostly children), often used in research as baseline measure for intelligence (interesting?)
What is the RBANS?
Repeatable Battery for the Assessment of Neuropsychological Status, measuring cognitive decline/improvement in adults and children (12-89 yrs)