1 - Intro to PSYC ASSESSMENT

Psychological Assessment

The gathering and integration of data

• to evaluate a person’s behavior, abilities, and other characteristics, particularly for the purposes of making a diagnosis or treatment recommendation.

Psychological Assessment

Psychologists assess diverse psychiatric problems (e.g., anxiety, substance abuse) and nonpsychiatric concerns (e.g.,intelligence, career interests) in a range of clinical, educational, organizational, forensic, and other settings.

• Interviews

• Observation

• Standardized tests

• Self-report measures

• Physiological or Psychophysiological measurement devices

• Other specialized procedures and apparatuses

Assessment data may be gathered through: (6)

Testing

Typically, to obtain some gauge about an ability or attribute

Testing

Usually numerical in nature

Assessment

Typically, to answer a referral question

Assessment

Solve a problem or arrive at a decision-making using evaluation

Testing

Maybe individual or group in nature

Assessment

Typically, individualised group in nature

• and focuses on how an individual processes rather than simply the results of that processing

Tester

The ____ is not key to the process.

Tester

One ____ may be substituted for another ____ without affecting the evaluation

Assessor

The ____ is the key to the process of selecting tests and/or other tools of evaluation

• as well as in drawing conclusions from the entire evaluation.

Testing

Typically requires technician-skills in terms of administering and scoring a test

• as well as in interpreting a test results

Assessment

Requires educated skill in selection of tools of evaluation, skill in evaluation, and thoughtful organization and integration of data

Testing

Testing yield a test score or series of test scores

Assessment

Entails a logical problem-solving approach that brings to bear many sources of date designed to shed light on a referral question.

• Collaborative

• Dynamic

• Therapeutic

FORMS of Assessment: (3)

CDT

Collaborative Psychological Assessment

Assessor and assessee work as partners

from initial contact through final feedback

Collaborative Psychological Assessment

A psychologist and a student jointly set goals, review test results together, and plan solutions.

Dynamic Psychological Assessment

follows a model:

(a) evaluation (b) intervention (a) evaluation

Dynamic Psychological Assessment

Provide a means for evaluating how the assesses processes or benefits from some type of intervention during evaluation.

Dynamic Psychological Assessment

A student is assessed and found to have poor study habits. The psychologist teaches a new study technique as an intervention. After a week, the student is tested again and shows better scores. The second evaluation shows that the intervention was effective.

Therapeutic Psychological Assessment

self-discovery and new understandings

are encouraged throughout the assessment process

• Test

• Interview

• Portfolio

• Case History Data

• Behavioral Observation

TOOLS of Psychological Assessment: (5)

T-I-P-C-B

Test

a measuring device or procedure

• Psychological Test

• Format

Test: (2)

Psychological Test

a device or procedure designed to measure variables related to psychology

• Intelligence

• Personality

• Aptitude

• Interests

• Attitudes

• Values

Psychological Tests: (6)

Format

refers to the form, plan, structure, arrangement, and layout of test items as well as to related considerations such as time limits.

Format

also referred to as the form in which a test is administered (pen and paper, computer, etc.)

Computers

______ can generate scenarios.

Format

term is also used to denote the form or structure of other evaluative tools, and processes

• such as the guidelines for creating a portfolio work sample

Interview

method of gathering information through direct communication involving reciprocal exchange

Portfolio

files of work products: paper, canvas, film, video, audio, etc

• samples of one’s abilities and accomplishments

Case History Data

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 assessee

Behavioral Observation

monitoring the actions of others or oneself by visual or electronic means while recording quantitative and/or qualitative information regarding those actions

• Intelligence

• Career

• Ability

• Personality

Common Assessment Categories: (4)

I-C-A-P

Intelligence Assessment

evaluation of Cognitive abilities such as communication, reasoning, abstract thought, learning, and problem solving

Career Assessment

measure of a client's career development

process as well as the content domains of that process

• Career Readiness

• Concerns

• Planning

• Maturity

Process-oriented variables: (4)

CCPM

Ability Assessment

• assessment of acquired information (achievement)

• or an ability to acquire information (aptitude) about a particular subject matter or domain

• Achievement Test

• Aptitude Test

Ability Assessment: (2)

Personality Assessment

examination of individual attributes, types, and traits related to cognitions, emotions, actions, and attitudes.

• Structured (Objective)

• Unstructured (Projective)

PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT Can be classified as: (2)