Week 1

Question 1

What is psychological assessment?

Answer 1

The use of methods/tools to measure psychological constructs to make decisions

Psychological assessment is at the heart of practice and research.

Question 2

The two main types of psychological assessment are…

Answer 2

Intelligence (ability) testing to measure performance

Personality testing to measure typical performance

Both provide scores that demonstrate individual differences.

Question 3

A psychological test is…

Answer 3

A standardised measure of a sample of behaviour

Question 4

A standardised psychological test is

Answer 4

administered, scored and interpreted in the same way across all testing occasions and is considered objective

Question 5

Sample of behaviour is

Answer 5

scores on a test used to make inferences about the individual

Question 6

Some of the contexts in which psychological testing is used are

Answer 6

Clinical: intellectual/emotional disturbance and diagnosis

Schools: exams to test knowledge and class selection

Business and industry: staff selection and team development

Counselling: self understanding/personal development

Research: central to theory development