week four | assessment tests

Question 1

generally administered, scored, and interpreted by psychologists or trained administrators. used for assessment and treatment planning

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psychological tests

Question 2

designed to measure an individual’s intellectual and cognitive abilities

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intelligence tests

Question 3

population: children and adults
what it measures: intelligence and cognitive abilities in children and adults age two+

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standford-binet intelligence scale

Question 4

assesses a person’s ability to problem solve that doesn’t require learned knowledge

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fluid reasoning

Question 5

tests a person’s ability to apply knowledge that has accumulated over time and has been committed to long term memory

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knowledge

Question 6

measures a person’s mathematical abilities, specifically their ability to comprehend and work with numbers

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quantitative reasoning

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measures a persons’ ability to recognize various patterns and spatial relationships

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visual-spatial processing

Question 8

this measures the functioning of a person’s short-term memory

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working memory

Question 9

population: children and adults, individuals who may be be aphasic (unable to speak or comprehend spoken or written language due to disease or injury), non english speakers, deaf, disabled, etc.
measures: abstract problem solving ability

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test of nonverbal intelligence, 4th edition (toni-4)

Question 10

population: ages 16+
measures: cognitive ability or intelligence reflected in verbal and performance abilities, four major components of intelligence (verbal comp, perceptual reasoning, working memory, and processing speed)

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wechsler adult intelligence scale, fourth edition (WAIS-IV)

Question 11

below 69

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below average IQ score

Question 12

measures innate or inborn traits rather than learned skills

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aptitude tests

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population: primarily high school adults, but can be used for anyone eligible for enlistment
measures: science, word knowledge, mechanical comprehension, etc.

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armed services vocational aptitude battery (ASVAB)

Question 14

population: youth, grades 7-12 and some adults
measures: an individual’s abilities in a variety of areas including: verbal reasoning, numerical ability, abstract reasoning, etc.

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differential aptitude tests (DAT)

Question 15

population: grade 9 through adult
measures: used by vocational or rehab counseling for purpose of job placement

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general aptitude test (GATB)

Question 16

predominately used for career counseling and are designed to measure an individual’s interest in particular activities or career paths

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intrest inventories

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population: generally used with individuals ages 15 and older
measures: occupational interests for both college and non college bound with John Holland’s six personality types (realistic, investigative, artistic, social, enterprising, conventional

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career assessment inventory

Question 18

population: students and adults
measures: used to determine the relative level of interest a respondent has in each of John Holland’s six personality types

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kuder career interest assessment

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population: middle and high school students able to read at a 6th grade level
measures: a student’s interest toward dealing with people, data, and things

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ohio vocational interest

Question 20

population: most often used or high school and college student
measures: based on john holland, this generates codes that correspond to various occupations

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self-directed search

Question 21

population: high school students, college, students, and adults reading at a ninth grade level
measures: a person’s interest in order to help them decide on an appropriate career or college major

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strong interest inventory

Question 22

often used to measure work values as well as values that are associated with other aspects of the individual’s life

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values inventories

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population: middle school aged and older
measures: emphasis the individual places on certain values such as intellectual stimulation

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donald’s super work values

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population: adults
measures: “bureaucratic orientation,” reflecting commitment to the set of attitudes, values and behaviors that are characteristically seen in a bureaucratic environment

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work environment preference schedule

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population: students grades 8-12 college aged students measures: vocational maturity of adolescents by assessing planning orientation, resources for exploration, information gathering, and decision making

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career development inventory

Question 26

these tests can be used to diagnose psychopathology, screen job candidates, and determine strengths and weaknesses

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personality inventories

Question 27

population: 16-85 measures: individual counseling and job recruitment, measures 15 personality variables related to needs and motives

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edwards personal preference schedule

Question 28

population: adults, separate one for kids measures: primarily used to assess psychopathology

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minnesota multiphasic personality inventory

Question 29

these tests are useful when the client is too young to be tested

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projective personality tests

Question 30

the purpose of these tests is indicated in their name, they assess interpersonal relationship dynamics that exist between couples and families

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relational diagnostic tests