Personality evaluation tests can aid in many places such as the workplace and for educational purposes. Personality tests can be grouped as either objective or projective. Although difficult to measure, a variety of different types of objective personality tests have been developed to categorize subjects in accordance to their personality type. Projective tests are used to distinguish between a personality trait and a personality disorder. This essay will evaluate the effectiveness, reliability, and the strengths and weaknesses of two different personality tests.
History of Psychological Assessment Mandana Smith PSY/525 November 6, 2011 Christa Washington History of Psychological Assessment Assessments used in psychology have quite an extensive history within the discipline and mental health field. Roles of assessments continue to vary according to prevention and treatment methods used for mental illnesses. Assessments within the psychology field are described by separate spectrums that include the differential treatment, therapeutic, and information-gathering models (McIntire & Miller, 2007). Gathering information to determine a diagnosis and facilitation of communication are important. This model contains standard testing providing comparison of individuals with similar traits allowing prediction of behavior outside an environment of testing.
Multiple Choice: Read each question and select the correct answer. 1. A company wants to use a psychological test to screen for emotional stability for a sensitive position. Which of the following tests is the best choice for the company to use? a. Cognitive Assessment System b. Weschler Adult Intelligence Scale (WAIS-IV) c. Woodcock-Johnson d. Sixteen Personality Factors (16PF) 2.
These are represented in everyone’s psychology and include behaviour, language, eye movement and even our preferences. By talking and listening to the client, as well as observing them, their individual modalities can be assessed. Every one of us is subject to one of the following modalities, and some are more prominent than others. It is also not uncommon for an individual to be susceptible to more than one; Visual (Sight), Auditory (Hear), Kinaesthetic (Touch), Olfactory (Smell), Gustatory (Taste). “Olfactory” and “Gustatory” - sometimes regarded as secondary, but can have a very strong
Standardized testing Preface Standardized tests are tests that are administered to evaluate the extent and effects of learning and achievement within our society. They are predominantly used to gauge the performance of students in different schools, districts, within and outside the country. These types of tests hold different criterions and have different purposes associated with them. All of us at some point in our lives are exposed to some tests, either to gauge whether we are ready to move to the next class (advance placement tests), or perhaps the first tests we take known as school readiness test. Standardized tests are defined as uniform procedures for administration and scoring and they often allow a students performance to be compared with the performance of other students at the same age or grade level on a national basis.
The Qualitative and Quantitative Design Qualitative research can be done for multiple purposes, however, these might be condensed to fit the National Research Council’s categories of producing descriptive or procedural knowledge; that is, answering questions about “what is happening?” and “why or how it is happening?” (Shavelson & Towne, 2002, p. 99). Descriptive data from qualitative studies helps to gain an understanding of individuals with disabilities, their families, and mentors. Qualitative designs can identify certain training, knowledge effects, and have an impact on people with disabilities, their families, at work or at school. Quantitative studies involves gathering and analyzing numerical data and qualitative analyzes words. Quantitative studies involves logical reasoning or making specific predictions from sources and testing theories.
Do we need performance tests or culture –fair test? Why or why not? Testing, in education and psychology, is an attempt to measure a person's knowledge, intelligence, or other characteristics in a systematic way. There are many types of tests. The results of one person's performance may be compared with those of many others who have taken the same test.
Drawing on examples from Chapters 1, 6 and 9 of Investigating Psychology examine and assess the influence of other people on human behaviour and performance. This essay will examine and assess the assertion of influence that people have on other people with respect to the human behaviour and performance of those people. By examining this one looks in detail at the claim being made and then in order for an assessment to be made this will involve an appraisal or evaluation of the strengths and merits of the claim being made. Influence One can consider other people that may influence us with regard to their proximity or distance to us; i.e. family, friends, teachers, peers/mentors and work colleagues being the closest.
The Career Journey of a Potential Psychologist: What does it take? Name University of the Virgin Islands Psychology can be seen as “the study of mind and behavior in relation to a particular field of knowledge or activity” (Merrian-Webster, 2011). The study of Psychology can be seen as essential in the career arena seeing that it focuses on the observation of human thoughts and behavior patterns with in society. Psychology is a remarkably diverse subject which is why there are many branches of psychology, from Industrial Psychology to Educational Psychology (Types of Psychology , 2011) . While psychological knowledge is regularly refer to the evaluation and treatment of mental health issues, it is also applies to comprehending and solving problems in various spheres of human activity.
This paper will evaluate the usefulness of the psychometric approach for understanding personality and human intelligence. Psychometric tests were first created in order to objectively measure intelligence and personality (Eysenck, 1994; Hayes, 2000; Hothersall, 2004; Engler, 2009). As such, it can be said that the psychometric approach for understanding personality and human intelligence is useful as it enables psychological researchers to quantitatively measure intelligence and personality in a scientific manner. Furthermore, such an approach allows for individuals be to placed in categories based on definable characteristics, which better allows psychological research on different subjects, as participants of psychological research can be more easily assigned to different groups or conditions. Thus, the psychometric approach for