PSYCH TEST

• Ability Tests


  • Achievement Tests
  • Intelligence Tests
  • Aptitude Tests
• Wide Range Achievement Test (WRAT)


  Assesses and monitors the reading, spelling, and math skills, and helps identify possible learning disabilities
• Factors measured by WRAT


  • Word Reading
  • Sentence Comprehension
  • Spelling
  • Math Computation
• Stanford-Binet Intelligence Test-5


  Diagnoses learning disabilities and exceptional abilities
• Factors measured by Stanford-Binet Intelligence Test-5


  • Fluid Reasoning
  • Knowledge
  • Quantitative Reasoning
  • Visual-spatial processing
  • Working Memory
• Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scales-IV (WAIS-IV) Domains


  • Verbal Comprehension
  • Perceptual Reasoning
  • Working Memory
  • Processing Speed
• WAIS-IV Scales


  • Verbal Comprehension Index
  • Perceptual Reasoning Index
  • Working Memory Index
  • Processing Speed Index
• WAIS-IV Subsets


  • Similarities
  • Vocabulary
  • Information
  • Comprehension
  • Block Design
  • Matrix Reasoning
  • Picture Completion
  • Figure Weights
  • Digit Span
  • Arithmetic
  • Letter-Number Sequencing
  • Visual Puzzles
  • Symbol Search
  • Coding
  • Cancellation
• Purdue Non-Language Test (PNLT)


  Measures general mental ability in a "culture fair" manner
• Culture Fair Intelligence Test


  Measures fluid Intelligence
• Domains measured by Culture Fair Intelligence Test


  • Series
  • Classifications
  • Matrices
  • Conditions (Topology)
• SRA Verbal and Nonverbal Tests


  SRA Verbal- Measures an individual's adaptability and flexibility in problem solving

  SRA Nonverbal- Measures general intelligence independent of English language knowledge
• Domains measured by SRA Verbal and Nonverbal Tests


  • SRA Verbal: Vocabulary (Linguistic)

  SRA Nonverbal: Arithmetic Reasoning (Quantitative)
• Test of Nonverbal Intelligence


  Examines general intellectual functioning, diagnoses intellectual impairments or supports a special service need
• Raven's Progressive Matrices


  Measures general human intelligence and abstract reasoning
• Versions of Raven's Progressive Matrices


  • Standard Progressive Matrices
  • Coloured Progressive Matrices
  • Advanced Progressive Matrices
• Woodcock-Johnson IV Tests


  Measures ability for academic achievement, oral language, scholastic aptitude, and overall cognitive skills
• Broad CHC Abilities measured by Woodcock-Johnson IV Tests


  • General factor (G)

  General Factor - Fluid Intelligence (Gf)

  General Factor - Visual-spatial ability (Gv)

  General Factor - Processing Speed (Gs)

  General Factor - Long Term Retrieval (Glr)

  General Factor - Auditory Processing (Ga)

  General Factor - Short Term Memory (Gsm)

  General Factor - Crystallized Intelligence (Gc)
• Otis-Lennon School Ability Test


  Provides a marker for measuring individual year-to-year progress
• Domains measured by Otis-Lennon School Ability Test


  • Verbal Comprehension

  Verbal Reasoning

  Pictorial Reasoning

  Figural Reasoning

  Quantitative Reasoning
• Differential Aptitude Tests


  Assess general and specific mental abilities that relate to a wide variety of positions to ensure that people have the competencies required in order to succeed
• Differential Aptitude Tests - Verbal Reasoning


  Measures an individual's ability to understand and reason with verbal concepts
• Reasoning


  • Picture Classification
  • Picture Analogies
  • Picture Series
• Figural Reasoning


  • Figural Classification
  • Figural Analogies
  • Pattern Matrix
  • Figural Series
• Quantitative Reasoning


  • Number Series
  • Numeric Inference
  • Number Matrix
• OLSAT Test Levels


  • Level A
  • Level B
  • Level C
  • Level D
  • Level E
  • Level F
  • Level G
• Versions: Original- 1979 (OLSAT-1); Latest- 2003 (OLSAT-8)
• Grade and OLSAT Test Level


  • Kindergarten - OLSAT Level A
  • Grade 1 - OLSAT Level B
  • Grade 2 - OLSAT Level C
  • Grade 3 - OLSAT Level D
  • Grade 4-5 - OLSAT Level E
  • Grade 6-8 - OLSAT Level F
  • Grade 9-12 - OLSAT Level G
• Differential Aptitude Tests (DAT)


  Assess general and specific mental abilities that relate to a wide variety of positions to ensure that people have the competencies required in order to succeed
• Domains measured by DAT


  • Verbal Reasoning
  • Numerical Ability
  • Abstract reasoning
  • Perceptual Speed and Accuracy
  • Mechanical Reasoning
  • Space Relations
  • Spelling
  • Language Use
• Time Limit: 2 hours 23 minutes for complete battery; 6-20 minutes per test
• DAT Forms


  • Form R - Grades 7 to 10 - Standard Form
  • Form S - Grades 7 to 10 - Advanced Form
  • Form K - Grades 10 to 12 and Adults - Standard Form
  • Form L - Grades 10 to 12 and Adults - Advanced Form
• DAT Scales


  • Educational Aptitude= Verbal Reasoning + Numerical Reasoning
  • General Intelligence= Verbal Reasoning + Numerical Reasoning + Abstract Reasoning
• Flanagan Industrial Tests


  Used for selection, placement, reassignment, and vocational counseling and help employers select potential employees
• Domains measured by Flanagan Industrial Tests


  • Arithmetic
  • Assembly
  • Components
  • Coordination
  • Electronics
  • Expression
  • Ingenuity
  • Inspection
  • Judgment and Comprehension
  • Mathematics and Reasoning
  • Mechanics
  • Memory
  • Patterns
  • Planning
  • Precision
  • Scales
  • Tables
  • Vocabulary
• NEO Personality Inventory


  Provides a detailed assessment of normal personality
• Domains measured by NEO Personality Inventory


  • Openness to Experience
  • Conscientiousness
  • Extraversion
  • Agreeableness
  • Neuroticism
• Openness to Experience


  • Fantasy
  • Aesthetics
  • Feelings
  • Actions
  • Ideas
  • Values
• Conscientiousness


  • Competence
  • Order
  • Dutifulness
  • Achievement striving
  • Self-discipline
  • Deliberation
• Extraversion


  • Warmth
  • Gregariousness
  • Assertiveness
  • Activity
  • Excitement-seeking
  • Positive emotions