psychological assessment - l2

China, 2200 BCE

It’s where and when tests and testing programs first came into being.

Song Dynasty

It was when there were tests that placed emphasis on knowledge of classical literature, where they identify people who demonstrated excellence in this as having acquired the wisdom of the past, which makes them entitled to a government position.

Francis Galton

He aspired to classify people according to their natural gifts and to ascertain their derivation from an average, which credited him in contributing to the development of many contemporary tools of psychological assessment.

Wilhelm Max Wundt

He focused on questions relating to how people were similar, not different. He viewed differences as a frustrating source of error in experimentation.

James McKeen Cattell

Coined the term, mental test, and completed a doctoral dissertation that dealt with individual differences in reaction time.

Emil Kraeplin

Word association technique as a formal test

Lightner Witner

He founded the first psychological clinic in the US and is known as the little-known founder of clinical psychology.

Alfred Binet

Measurement of abilities such as memory and social comprehension; Designed a test to help identify mentally retarded Paris school children

David Wechsler

He introduced a test designed to measure adult intelligence.

Intelligence

According to Wechsler, this was the aggregate or global capacity of the individual to act purposefully, think rationally, and deal effectively with his environment.

Woodworth Psychoneurotic Inventory

This was the first self-report test of personality to be widely used.

Projective Test

This is a test which an individual is assumed to ‘project’ onto some ambiguous stimulus their own unique needs, fears, hopes, and motivation.

Culture

This may be defined as the socially transmitted behavior patterns, beliefs, and products of work of a particular population, community, or group of people.

Culture-specific tests

These are designed for use with people from one culture but not from another

Level A

This test qualification level are those that can be adequately administered, scored, and interpreted with the aid of the manual and a general orientation to the kind of institution or organization in which one is working for

Level B

This is a test qualification level that requires some technical knowledge of test construction and use, as well as supporting psychological and educational fields

Level C

This is the test qualification level that require a substantial understanding of testing and supporting psychological fields together with supervised experience in the use of these devices

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