lesson 1 Flashcards
In 1905, Alfred Binet and a colleague
published a test ___________ designed to help place Paris
schoolchildren in appropriate classes.
(Simon-Binet Intelligence
Test or SB5)
the military needed a way
to screen large numbers of recruits
quickly for intellectual and emotional
problems, known as the ________
Army Alpha and
Army Beta.
Encompasses everything from test administration up to test interpretation
TESTING
A measurement device or technique used to
quantify behavior or aid in the understanding and prediction of behavior
TESTING
The gathering and integration of psychology-related data for the purpose of making a psychological evaluation that is accomplished through the use of tools
PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSESSMENT
Set of tests that are designed to measure the
characteristics of human beings that pertain to
behavior
PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS
Contains items that can be scored in terms of
speed, accuracy, or both
ABILITY
TESTS
refers to previous learning
ACHIEVEMENT
Refers to a person’s general potential to solve problems,
adapt to changing circumstances, think abstractly, and
profit from experience.
INTELLIGENCE
VARIETIES OF
ASSESSMENT
EDUCATIONAL ASSESSMENT
RETROSPECTIVE ASSESSMENT
REMOTE ASSESSMENT
ECOLOGICAL MOMENTARY ASSESSMENT
Use of tests and other tools to evaluate
abilities and skills relevant to success or
failure in a school or pre-school context.
EDUCATIONAL ASSESSMENT
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
Use of tools of psychological evaluation
to gather and draw conclusions about a
subject who is not in physical proximity to
the person or people conducting the
evaluation.
REMOTE ASSESSMENT
Repeated “in the moment”/real time
evaluation of specific related problems
and related cognitive and behavioral
variables at the very time and place that
they occur.
ECOLOGICAL MOMENTARY ASSESSMENT
(EMA)
PROCESS OF ASSESSMENT
- Referral Question
- Selection of Assessment Tool
- Assessment Proper
- Writing of Assessment Findings
- Possible Feedback Sessions
APPROACHES TO
ASSESSMENT
COLLABORATIVE ASSESSMENT
THERAPEUTIC ASSESSMENT
DYNAMIC ASSESSMENT
The assessor and the assessee work as
partners from the initial contact up to
final feedback
COLLABORATIVE
ASSESSMENT
Therapeutic self-discovery and new
understandings are encouraged
throughout the assessment process.
THERAPEUTIC ASSESSMENT
Interactive, changing, or varying nature of
the assessment.
DYNAMIC ASSESSMENT
TOOLS OF PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSESSMENT
TEST
PSYCHOLOGICAL TEST
CONTENT
FORMAT
ADMINISTRATION PROCEDURES
SCORING
PSYCHOMETRIC SOUNDNESS
INTERVIEW
MOTIVATIONAL INTERVIEWING
PORTFOLIO
CASE HISTORY DATA
may be defined simply as a measuring
device or procedure.
test
Refers to a device or procedure designed to
measure variables related to psychology
PSYCHOLOGICAL TEST
Vary in accordance with the purpose of the test.
CONTENT
The form, plan, structure, arrangement, and
layout of test items as well as to related
considerations such as time limits.
FORMAT
Tests could be administered individually or by
group
ADMINISTRATION PROCEDURES
Process of assigning such evaluative codes or
statements to performance on tests, tasks,
interviews, or other behavior samples,
SCORING
Referring to how consistently and how accurately a psychological test measures what it purports to measure.
PSYCHOMETRIC SOUNDNESS
Typically involves more than just a “talk” because in psychology, non-verbal cues are deemed just as important as the verbal cues
INTERVIEW
Therapeutic dialogue that combines person-
centered listening skills such as openness and
empathy
MOTIVATIONAL
INTERVIEWING
Work products - whether retained on paper,
canvas, film, video, audio, or some other medium.
PORTFOLIO
Records, transcripts, and other accounts in
written, pictorial, or other form that preserve
archival information, official and informal
accounts, and other data and items relevant to an assessee
CASE HISTORY
DATA
A tool of assessment wherein assesseees are
directed to act as if they were in a particular
situation or better defines as acting an
improvised or partially improvised part in a
simulated situation.
ROLE-PLAY TEST
Computers can serve as test administrators (online or off) and as highly efficient test scorers
COMPUTER AS
TOOLS
- assistance
computers provide to the test user
because of its standardization and
objectivity but it is also subjected to
errors
Computer-Assisted Psychological
Assessment (CAPA)
- the
computer’s ability to tailor the test to the
testtaker’s ability or test-taking pattern
Computer Adaptive Testing (CAT)
Verification of the identity of the testtaker when a test is administered online.
TEST-CLIENT INTEGRITY
create tests or
other methods of assessment.
Test developers
Psychological tests and assessment
methodologies are used by a wide range of
professionals, The one who select or decide what test to use
and they are the one who use it t too
TEST USER
Anyone who is the subject of an assessment or an evaluation can be a testtaker or an assessee
TEST TAKER
As society evolves and as the need to measure
different psychological variables emerges, test
developers respond by devising new tests.
SOCIETY-AT-LARGE
Test sponsors, test score interpreters, test
reviewers
OTHER PARTIES
Used to help screen for or diagnose behavior
problems
CLINICAL
May occur in environments as diverse as schools,
prisons, and governmental or privately owned
institutions.
COUNSELING
Assessment of older adults that assess quality of
life evaluations such variables related to
perceived stress, loneliness, sources of
satisfaction
GERIATRIC
Decision making about the careers of personnel
as well as ergonomics
BUSINESS AND
MILITARY SETTING
One of the many applications of measurement is
in governmental licensing, certification, or
general credentialing of professionals
GOVERNMENT AND
ORGANIZATIONAL
CREDENTIALING
Conducting any sort of research typically entails
measurement of some kind, and any academician
who ever hopes to publish research should
ideally have a sound knowledge of measurement principles and tools of assessment
ACADEMIC RESEARCH
- is 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 too the assessee
or by means of alternative methods designed to measure the same variable(s).
Alternate assessment
WHERE TO GO FOR AUTHORITATIVE
INFORMATIION: REFERENCE SOURCES
Test Catalogue
Test Manuals
Professional Books
Reference Volumes
Journal Articles
one of the most readily available source of information, with the objective to
sell the test
Test Catalogue
detailed information concerning the development of a particular test and
technical information relating to it.
Test Manuals
many books written for an audience of assessment professionals are available
to supplement
Professional Books
provides detailed information for each test listed, including test publisher, test
author, test purpose, intended test population, and test administration time
Reference Volumes
articles in current journals may contain reviews of the test, updated or
independent studies of its psychometric soundness, or examples of how the
instrument was used in either research or an applied context
Journal Articles
