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# Psych Assessment ## Testing * **Testing:** a process (interpretation of test score). * all possible uses, applications, and understanding concepts of psychological and educational tests; evaluate individual differences. * was the term used to refer to everything from the administration of a test...

# Psych Assessment ## Testing * **Testing:** a process (interpretation of test score). * all possible uses, applications, and understanding concepts of psychological and educational tests; evaluate individual differences. * was the term used to refer to everything from the administration of a test to the interpretation of a test score. * Follows a role (rigid). ## Assessment * **Assessment:** (flexible, but complex) (arriving at the position of the referral question). * Used an innovative variety of evaluative tools along with data from the evaluation of highly trained assessors. * Flexible, not standardized process, aimed at reaching a defensible determination concerning one or more psychological issues or questions through collection, evaluation, and analysis of data appropriate to the purpose at hand. * **Clinical**: Diagnosable problem: If yes, what is the diagnosis? * Example: Namatayon, 6–1 year adjustment. * **Industrial**: Who is the person fit for the work? * Example: Architect – 200 graduates, 2 need day assessment, demotion and firing. * **School Setting**: Presence of ADHD, adjustment problem, forensic, insanity defense – is this person have psychological problem. ## Psychological Testing * as the process of measuring psychology-related variables by means of devices or procedures to obtain a sample of behavior. ## Psychological Assessment * as the gathering and integration of psychology-related data for the purpose of making a psychological evaluation that is accomplished.