PYC4807 PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSESSMENT
DEFINITIONS CHAPTERS 1 & 2 COMPLETE
WITH CORRECT ANSWERS.
PSYCHONOMETRICS - CORRECT ANSWER -refers to:
* the systematic & scientific way in which psychological measures are developed
* the technical measurement standards:
1) validity
2) reliability
which is both required of such measures
PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSESSMENT - CORRECT ANSWER -a process- orientated activity
* aimed at:
- gathering a wide variety of informations
- using psychological assessment measures / tests
- gather information from other sources like:
#interviews #person's history
* information is evaluated & integrated to reach a conclusion and/or make a decision
ASSESSMENT - CORRECT ANSWER -also called:
# test #testing#assessment # measurement
*involves the measurement of behaviour
*use of key elements of evaluative process for psychological assessment
, ASSESSMENT PROCESS - CORRECT ANSWER -* test selections
* administration
*scoring
*interpreting
*reporting
*feedback
ASSESSMENT MEASURE - CORRECT ANSWER -*an objective, standardised measure that is used
to gather data for a specific purpose:
#to determine a person's intellectual capacity
STANDARDISED CONDITIONS - CORRECT ANSWER -controlled conditions
TEST BIAS - CORRECT ANSWER -if a measure is differently valid for different subgroups
ASSESSMENT BATTERY - CORRECT ANSWER -#combination of measures used in assessment
measure
PROPERTIES OF MEASUREMENT - CORRECT ANSWER -#identity #magnitude #equal unit size=
equal intervals # absolute zero
MAGNITUDE - CORRECT ANSWER --Greatness of size, strength, or importance
= a scale has the property of magnitude if we can say that one attribute is more than/less than
or equal to another
DEFINITIONS CHAPTERS 1 & 2 COMPLETE
WITH CORRECT ANSWERS.
PSYCHONOMETRICS - CORRECT ANSWER -refers to:
* the systematic & scientific way in which psychological measures are developed
* the technical measurement standards:
1) validity
2) reliability
which is both required of such measures
PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSESSMENT - CORRECT ANSWER -a process- orientated activity
* aimed at:
- gathering a wide variety of informations
- using psychological assessment measures / tests
- gather information from other sources like:
#interviews #person's history
* information is evaluated & integrated to reach a conclusion and/or make a decision
ASSESSMENT - CORRECT ANSWER -also called:
# test #testing#assessment # measurement
*involves the measurement of behaviour
*use of key elements of evaluative process for psychological assessment
, ASSESSMENT PROCESS - CORRECT ANSWER -* test selections
* administration
*scoring
*interpreting
*reporting
*feedback
ASSESSMENT MEASURE - CORRECT ANSWER -*an objective, standardised measure that is used
to gather data for a specific purpose:
#to determine a person's intellectual capacity
STANDARDISED CONDITIONS - CORRECT ANSWER -controlled conditions
TEST BIAS - CORRECT ANSWER -if a measure is differently valid for different subgroups
ASSESSMENT BATTERY - CORRECT ANSWER -#combination of measures used in assessment
measure
PROPERTIES OF MEASUREMENT - CORRECT ANSWER -#identity #magnitude #equal unit size=
equal intervals # absolute zero
MAGNITUDE - CORRECT ANSWER --Greatness of size, strength, or importance
= a scale has the property of magnitude if we can say that one attribute is more than/less than
or equal to another
