Psych Assessment

By placing microbluetooth beacons in different rooms.

To be helpful throughout the assessment process by sharing results immediately.

A method of gathering information through direct communication involving reciprocal exchange.

To apply scientific rigor to understanding people before helping them.

Assessment acknowledges that tests are just one tool among many used by assessors, and it emphasizes the integration of various data types.

Therapeutic psychological assessment, which helps individuals understand and solve their problems.

Neat versus sloppy and appropriate versus inappropriate dress.

It influences the selection of specific tests or tools to be employed in the assessment.

It processes data in real-time without recording raw audio.

Some tests require an active administrator for one-on-one settings, while others can be administered to groups without supervision.

Intellectually disabled children who needed additional help.

He developed a refined method of scoring known as the Intelligence Quotient (IQ).

The use of tests and other tools to evaluate abilities and skills relevant to success or failure in a school or pre-school context.

Retrospective assessment, remote assessment, and ecological momentary assessment.

To enable more efficient treatment and possibly prevention of mental health issues.

In the late 1800s, after psychology emerged as a formal scientific discipline.

Different test developers may have varying definitions and views on what is important in measuring constructs like personality.

He was horrified that they were used as tools of oppression rather than for their original purpose of liberation.

An interactive approach to psychological assessment that includes evaluation, intervention, and re-evaluation.

An interview where more than one interviewer participates in the assessment.

A therapeutic dialogue that combines person-centered listening skills with cognition-altering techniques.

The skills of the interviewer.

It is a reciprocal affair where both the interviewer and interviewee react to each other.

Content, format, administration procedures, scoring and interpretation procedures, and technical quality.

Questions about a child's ability to function in a general education environment or a defendant's competency to stand trial.

Such decisions are made haphazardly and can ruin the reputations of public school institutions.

A test score or series of test scores.

To help make diagnostic, treatment, selection, or other decisions.

To alleviate privacy concerns and ensure they understand how their data may be used for their benefit.

To obtain a numerical gauge regarding an ability or attribute.

It involves more than just face-to-face talk, including verbal and nonverbal behavior.

Body language, movements, facial expressions, eye contact, and willingness to cooperate.

Psychological testing measures psychology-related variables using specific devices, while psychological assessment involves gathering and integrating data for evaluation using various tools, including tests and interviews.

To assist the assessee in mastering the task at hand and measure progress.

Minimizing idiosyncratic biases of a lone interviewer.

To help school personnel make placement decisions for children with intellectual disabilities.

A code that represents the performance of an individual on a test.

A logical problem-solving approach using multiple data sources to address a referral question.

A reference point, usually numerical, used to divide a set of data into classifications for decision-making.

An approach where the assessor and assessee work as partners throughout the assessment process.

They provide a wealth of nonverbal information.

EMA refers to the 'in the moment' evaluation of specific problems and related cognitive and behavioral variables at the exact time and place they occur.

A referral for assessment from a source such as a teacher, parent, or clinician.

A measuring device or procedure designed to measure variables related to psychology.

The use of evaluative tools to draw conclusions about psychological aspects of a person at a prior point in time.

To help place Paris schoolchildren in appropriate classes.

To answer a referral question, solve a problem, or arrive at a decision.

Psychological assessment requires greater education, training, and skill than simply administering a test.

Direct observation, interviews, questionnaires, tests, and case file reviews.

Assessment is a problem-solving process, while testing is focused on administering and interpreting tests.

The educational reforms in the 1870s–1890s that mandated free public education for all children.

The tester is not key to the process and can be substituted without affecting the evaluation.

The military needed a way to screen large numbers of recruits quickly for intellectual and emotional problems.

How consistently and accurately a psychological test measures what it purports to measure.

Clear definitions help avoid confusion and potential conflicts between psychology professionals and other professions using psychological tests.

A psychological test involves analysis of a sample of behavior, while a medical test involves analysis of biological samples.

The experience of being closely listened to and deeply understood is a great comfort to many individuals.

It refers to everything from the administration of a test to the interpretation of a test score.

The usefulness or practical value that a test or assessment tool has for a particular purpose.

There are more than a dozen different methods, some formal and some informal.

The use of psychological evaluation tools to gather data about a subject not physically present.

Educational testing tells us how much a person has learned, while psychological assessment tells us what can be learned about a person.

An educated selection of evaluation tools, skill in evaluation, and thoughtful data integration.

The science of psychological measurement.

The process of assigning evaluative codes or statements to performance on tests, tasks, interviews, or other behavior samples.

They are used in grading and making decisions about class or program assignments for students.

They provide explicit scoring criteria and interpretations for tests, especially intelligence tests.

Some tests are self-scored, some are scored by computer, and others require trained examiners.