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• Psychological Assessment


  Gathering and integration of psychology related data for the purpose of making a psychological evaluation that is accomplished through the use of tools such as tests, interviews, case studies, behavioral observation, and specially designed apparatuses and measurement procedures
• Psychological Testing


  The process of measuring psychology-related variables by means of devices or procedures designed to obtain a sample of behavior
• Varieties of Assessment


  • Therapeutic Psychological Assessment
  • Educational Assessment
  • Retrospective Assessment
  • Remote assessment
  • Ecological momentary assessment (ema)
  • Collaborative Psychological Assessment
  • Dynamic Assessment
• Therapeutic Psychological Assessment


  Assessment that helps individuals understand and solve their problems. Aims to be helpful throughout the assessment process. The results are not revealed at the end, but shared immediately so that both the assessor and the assessee can co-develop an interpretation of the results and decide what questions require further assessment
• Educational Assessment


  Broadly speaking, the use of tests and other tools to evaluate abilities and skills relevant to success or failure in a school or pre-school context
• Retrospective 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
• Remote assessment


  The use of tools of psychological evaluation to gather data and draw conclusions about a subject who is not in physical proximity to the person or people conducting the evaluation
• Ecological momentary assessment (ema)


  The "in the moment" evaluation of specific problems and related cognitive and behavioral variables at the exact time and place that they occur
• Collaborative Psychological Assessment


  The assessor and assessee may work as "partners" from initial contact through final feedback. The assessment provider encourages collaboration by asking questions like, "After this assessment is finished, what would you like to know that you do not know already?"
• Dynamic Assessment


  An interactive approach to psychological assessment that usually follows a model of (1) evaluation, (2) intervention of some sort, and (3) evaluation
• The Tools of Psychological Assessment

  • The Test
  • The Interview
  • The Portfolio
  • Case History Data
  • Behavioral Observation
  • Role-Play Tests
  • Computers as Tools
• Test


  A measuring device or procedure. When the word test is prefaced with a modifier, it refers to a device or procedure designed to measure a variable related to that modifier
• Types of Tests


  • Medical Test
  • Psychological Test
• Format


  The form, plan, structure, arrangement, and layout of test items as well as to related considerations such as time limits. Also used to refer to the form in which a test is administered: computerized, pencil-and-paper, or some other form
• Scoring


  The process of assigning evaluative codes or statements to performance on tests, tasks, interviews, or other behavior samples
• Cut score


  A reference point, usually numerical, derived by judgment and used to divide a set of data into two or more classification
• Psychometrics


  The science of psychological measurement
• Psychometric soundness


  How consistently and how accurately a psychological test measures what it purports to measure
• Psychometric utility


  The usefulness or practical value that a test or other tool of assessment has for a particular purpose
• Interview


  A method of gathering information through direct communication involving reciprocal exchange
• Types of Interviews


  • Panel Interview (also referred to as a board interview)
  • Motivational interviewing
• Portfolio


  Files of work products retained on paper, canvas, film, video, audio, or some other medium
• Case History Data


  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 assessment
• Case History Data


  • Files or excerpts from files maintained at institutions and agencies such as schools, hospitals, employers, religious institutions, and criminal justice agencies
• Behavioral Observation


  Monitoring the actions of others or oneself by visual or electronic means while recording quantitative and/or qualitative information regarding those actions
• Types of Behavioral Observation

  • Naturalistic observation
• Role-Play Tests


  Tools of assessment wherein assessees are directed to act as if they were in a particular situation
• Computers as Tools


  Used for scoring, which may be done through local processing (on site) or central processing (conducted at some central location)
• Types of Scoring Reports

  • Simple Scoring Report
  • Extended Scoring Report
  • Interpretive Report
  • Consultative Report
  • Integrative Report
• Computer Adaptive Testing (CAT)

  The computer's ability to tailor the test to the testtaker's ability or test-taking pattern
• Computer-assisted Psychological Assessment (CAPA)


  The assistance computers provide to the test user, not the testtaker
• Who is involved in Psychological Assessment


  • The test developer
  • The test user
  • The testtaker
  • Society at Large
  • Other parties
• Psychological Autopsy


  A reconstruction of a deceased individual's psychological profile on the basis of archival records, artifacts, and interviews previously conducted with the deceased assessee or people who knew the person well
• Settings where Assessments are Conducted

  • Educational Settings
  • Clinical Settings
  • Counseling Settings
  • Geriatric Settings
  • Business and Military Settings
  • Governmental and Organizational Credentialing
  • Academic Research Settings
  • Other Settings
• Achievement Test


  Evaluates accomplishment or the degree of learning that has taken place
• Diagnostic Test


  A tool of assessment used to help narrow down and identify areas of deficit to be targeted for intervention
• Diagnosis


  A description or conclusion reached on the basis of evidence and opinion
• Informal Evaluation


  A typically non-systematic assessment that leads to the formation of an opinion or attitude
• Tests and testing programs first came into being in China


  2200 B.C.E
• Imperial examination


  In dynasties with state-sponsored examinations for official positions, the privileges of making the grade varied