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CHAPTER 13

PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSESSMENT AND TEST

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LEARNING OBJECTIVES

After reading this unit, the student will be able to

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CHAPTER OUTLINE

  • INTRODUCTION AND

DEFINITION OF

PSYCHOLOGICAL TEST.

  • NEED FOR PSYCHOLOGICAL

ASSESSMENT.

    • CHARACTERISTICS OF PSYCHOLOGICAL TEST.

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DEFINITION

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

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NEED OF PSYCHOLOGICAL TEST

  • To assist in diagnosis
  • To assess the areas of stress and conflict
  • To determine the nature of the deficits
  • To assess personality and intelligence
  • To assess severity of psychopathology and treatment response.

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CHARACTERISTICS OF GOOD PSYCHOLOGICAL TEST

UNIFORM OBJECTIVE INTERPRETABLE VALIDITY RELIABILITY NORMS

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SIMILARITIES AMONG DIFFERENT

PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS

  • All psychological tests require a person to perform some observable and measurable action.
  • The behavior which an individual performs is used to measure some personal attribute or characteristic that is thought to be important in describing human behavior.

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DIFFERENCES AMONG VARIOUS PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS

  • Behavior performed
  • Attribute measured and outcome
  • Content
  • Administration and format
  • Scoring and Interpretation
  • Psychometric quality

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DEVELOPMENT OF PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS

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CLASSIFICATION OF PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS

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On the Basis of Activity Involved:

Maximal performance

Behavior observation

Self-report

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On the Basis of Standardization:

Standardized tests:

Non-standardized tests

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On the Basis of Structure

Objective tests

Projective tests

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VARIOUS TYPES OF PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS

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VARIOUS TYPES OF PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS

ASSESSMENT OF ASD

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PERSONALITY TESTS

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ATTITUDE TESTS

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ACHIEVEMENT TESTS

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APTITUDE TESTS

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1.Intellectual tests

  • Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale (WAIS)
  • Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children(WISC)
  • Stanford-Binet Intelligence Scale (SB)
  • Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children

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2.Academic achievement tests

  • Gray Oral Reading Test
  • Scholastic Abilities Test for Adults
  • Woodcock Johnson, Tests of Achievement
  • Wechsler Individual Achievement Test

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3.Neuropsychological tests

  • Children’s Color Trails Test Category Test
  • Controlled Oral Word Association Test
  • Finger Oscillation Test
  • Grip Strength Test
  • Reitan-Klove Sensory Perceptual Exam

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  • Children’s Apperception Test
  • Children’s Inventory of Anger
  • Conduct Disorder Scale
  • Robert’s Apperception Test

4.Psychological and emotional test

5.Tests of adaptive behavior

  • Adaptive Behavior Inventory
  • Vineland Adaptive Rating Scales

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6.Developmental tests

  • Developmental Indicators for the Assessment of Learning
  • Battelle Developmental Inventory
  • Bayley Scales of Infant and Toddler Development

7.Assessment of autism spectrum disorders

  • Autism Diagnostic Interview – Revised
  • Childhood Autism Rating Scale
  • Pervasive Developmental Disorder Be havior Inventory

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8.Personality tests

  • Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI)
  • Thematic Apperception Test (TAT)
  • Rorschach, also known as the ‘inkblot test’

9.Attitude tests

  • Likert Scale
  • Thurstone Scale,
  • Ranking scale
  • Sorting scale

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10.Achievement tests

  • Wechsler Individual Achievement Test(WIAT)
  • Peabody Individual Achievement Test (PIAT)

11.Aptitude/Interest Tests

  • Minnesota Spatial Relations Test
  • Orissa Test of Clerical Aptitude
  • Scholastic Aptitude Tests
  • General Aptitude Tests Battery (GATB)

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ADMINISTRATION OF PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS

  • Subject should have minimum level of understanding and comprehension of test.
  • Subject must be relaxed and comfortable.
  • Testing should never be conducted on a subject who is tired, sleepy, under the effect of drugs or otherwise cognitively compromised.
  • Establish good rapport with the subject.
  • Test should only be applied/administer by qualified certified professional.

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LIMITATION OF PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS

  • FALSE INFORMATION
  • ISSUES OF RELIABILITY AND VALIDITY
  • BIASNESS
  • FATIGUE AND COGNITIVE LEVEL

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CHAPTER SUMMARY

  • Psychological tests are written, visual or verbal evaluations administered to assess the cognitive and emotional functioning of children and adults.
  • Personality, intelligence, aptitude, neuropsychological and achievement tests are parts of psychological assessment.
  • Projective test is unstructured and ambiguous stimulus and situation to reveal unconscious needs, drives, motives and fears. These tests are deliberately designed to evoke highly individual responses

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ASSESS YOURSELF

  • Enumerate the uses of psychological test.
  • Describe the Principles of psychological assessment
  • Explain psychological assessment.
  • Characteristics of psychological assessments.
  • Write down a short note on aptitude test.
  • Explain the role of a nurse in psychometric assessment of cognitive processes.

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