UNIT 1

• Psychological tests


  Typically only a part of a broader process of assessment
• Assessment

  All methods used to determine a person's status concerning some construct of interest (e.g. mental health)
• Psychological testing


  Nearly always performed by a licensed psychologist or a psychometrician
• Psychologists


  The only profession expertly trained to perform and interpret psychological tests
• Types of Referral Settings


  • Children Assessment
  • Assessment in IO
• Children Assessment

  2 Phases
• Assessment in IO

  • Advantages
  • Disadvantages
• Ethical Practice of Assessment

  1. Developing a Professional Relationship

  2. Invasion of Privacy

  3. Inviolacy

  4. Labeling and Restriction of Freedom

  5. Competent Use of Assessment Instruments

  6. Interpretation and Use of Test Results

  7. Communicating Test Results

  8. Maintenance of Test Security and Assessment Information
• Test Bias and Use with Minority Groups

  Selecting Psychological Test
• Factors to consider in selecting psychological tests

  • Cognitive functioning
  • Intellectual functioning
  • Memory functions
  • Emotional functioning and level of psychopathology
  • Depression
  • Anxiety
  • General personality measures
  • Prognosis and risk
• Concern in Selecting Test

  Qualification Guidance for Assessments
• Computer-assisted assessment

  1. Advantage

  2. Issues
• Evidence-based assessment

  1. Examples of evidence-based assessment

  2. Benefits of evidence-based assessment
• Any questions?