Psychological Assessment and Testing

Study Notes

A tool used to measure general knowledge in a specific skill area, requiring thoughtful organization and period of time integration of data to assess mastery.
Entails logical problem-solving, relying mostly on content validity, and involves assigning scores to performances.

Refers to the potential for learning or acquiring a specific skill in a school context.
Tends to focus on informal learning, and relies mostly on predictive validity.

Process of measuring psychology-related variables by means of devices or procedures designed to obtain a sample of behavior.
Can be individual or group administration, and requires technician-like skills in terms of administration and scoring.
Yields a test score or series of test scores.

Refers to the technical quality of a test, requiring a high level of precision and accuracy.

The science of psychological measurement, focusing on gathering and integrating psychology-related data for psychological evaluation.

A professional who uses, analyzes, and interprets psychological data to answer referral questions.

Ability or Maximal Performance Test: assesses what an individual can do.
Intelligence Test: refers to a person's general potential to solve problems, adapt to changing environments, and profit from experience.
Typical Performance Test: measures usual or habitual ways of thinking and acting.
Personality Test: measures individual dispositions and preferences.

Remote: subject is not in physical proximity to the person conducting the evaluation.
Ecological Momentary: "in the moment" evaluation of specific problems and related cognitive and behavioral variables.
Collaborative: the assessor and assessee work together as "partners" from initial contact through final feedback.
Therapeutic: therapeutic self-discovery and new understanding are encouraged.
Dynamic: describes an interactive approach to psychological assessment that usually follows the model: evaluation > intervention > evaluation.