Psychological Assessment DEFINED

Psychological Assessment

The gathering and integration of psychology-related data for the purpose of making a psychological evaluation that is accomplished through the use of tools such as tests, interviews, case studies, behavioral observation, and specially designed apparatuses and measurement procedures.

Psychological Testing

The process of measuring psychology-related variables by means of devices or procedures designed to obtain a sample of behavior.

Test

a device procedure designed to measure a variable related to that modifier

Psychological Test

set of items that are designed to measure characteristics of human beings that pertain to behavior

Overt behavior

actions that are directly observable, measurable, and visible to others

Covert behavior

involves internal, hidden mental processes

Interview

conjures images of face-to-face talk

Portfolio

work products retained on paper, canvas, film, video, audio, or some other medium

Case History Data

Refers to records, transcripts, and other accounts in written, pictorial, or other form that preserve archival information, official and informal accounts, and other data and items relevant to an assessee.

Behavioral Observation

It is employed by assessment professionals, may be defined as monitoring the actions of others or oneself by visual or electronic means while recording quantitative information regarding those actions.

Role-Play Tests

A tool of assessment wherein assessees are directed to act as if they were in a particular situation.

Computers as Tools

They play in contemporary assessment in the context of generating simulations. They may also help in the measurement of variables that in the past were quite difficult to quantify.