Psychological Test Types

 Psychological Test:

Psychological Test may Include: 

Individual tests for the evaluation of cognitive and intellectual abilities, examples of which are:

                            (a) The Wechsler series

                           (b) The Stanford-Binet

                           (c) The Kaufman Assessment Battery for Children

Individual, objective, and projective tests of personality and emotional states and traits, examples of which are:

                            (a) Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory

                           (b) The Millon Clinical Multiaxial Inventory

                          (c) The Millon Adolescent Clinical Inventory

                          (d) Projective techniques including:

                                                                    i.            The Rorschach Ink Blots

                                                                  ii.            Thematic Apperception Test

                                                                iii.            The Holtzman Ink Blot

 Individual tests of neuropsychological functioning, examples of which are:

                         (a) The Halstead-Reitan Battery

                         (b) The Luria-Nebraska Battery

                         (c) The "Lezak or Kaplan Battery"

                         (d) The NEPSY

Principles of Psychological Testing

Proper psychological testing is conducted after vigorous research and development in contrast to quick web-based or magazine questionnaires that say "Find out your Personality Color," or "What's your Inner Age?" Proper psychological testing consists of the following:

v  Standardization - All procedures and steps must be conducted with consistency and under the same environment to achieve the same testing performance from those being tested.

v  Objectivity - Scoring such that subjective judgments and biases are minimized, with results for each test taker obtained in the same way.

v  Test Norms - The average test score within a large group of people where the performance of one individual can be compared to the results of others by establishing a point of comparison or frame of reference.

v  Reliability - Obtaining the same result after multiple testing.

v  Validity - The type of test being administered must measure what it is intended to measure.

Psychological Testing

 

What is the test?

A test is a standardized procedure for sampling behavior and describing it with categories or scores. In addition, most tests have norms or standards by which the results can be used to predict other, more important behaviors.

A test maybe administered formally or informally.

An example of an informal test would be a reading test administered by a parent to a child.

 An example of a formal test would be a final examination administered by a teacher in a classroom or an I.Q. test administered by a psychologist in a clinic.

                   Psychological Testing

Psychological tests are written, visual, or verbal evaluations administered to assess the cognitive and emotional functioning of children and adults.

Psychological testing:

                        It is best defined as “the process of administering, scoring, and interpreting psychological tests.

Psychological testing:

                                It can be defined as "the use of one or more standardized measurement instruments, devices, or procedures including the use of computerized psychological tests, observe or record human behavior". 

                   And which require the application of appropriate normative data for interpretation or classification and includes the use of standardized instruments for the purpose of the diagnosis and treatment of mental and emotional disorders and disabilities, the evaluation or assessment of cognitive and intellectual abilities, personality, and emotional states and traits, and neuropsychological functioning.

     Psychological tests:

                                Offer a formal way to measure traits, feelings, beliefs and abilities that can lead to people's problems. Some tests assess the presence of certain conditions, such as depression, anxiety, anger control or susceptibility to stress.