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Psychological Testing
Concepts and Functions
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• What is testing?
• Why do we have so many tests?
• What are the pros and cons to testing?
• How can we use testing to improve . . .?
• What types of tests do we take?
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Psychological Testing
• A psychological test is a standardized measure of a sample of a person’s behavior that is used to measure the individual differences that exist among people.
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Types of Psychological Testing
• There are two types of Psychological tests.–Mental Ability tests
–Personality tests
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Why use tests?• Psychological
tests are used in research, however, most serve a practical purpose.
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Mental Ability Tests
• Includes three subcategories.–Intelligence tests
–Aptitude tests
–Achievement tests
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Intelligence tests• Measure
general mental abilities. They are intended to measure intellectual potential.
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Examples• Emily is four years old. Her big
sister Amy is three times as old as Emily. How old will Amy be when she is twice as old as Emily?
• WOLF is to FLOW as 8526 is to: 2856 - 6258 - 5862 - 5682 - 6852
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Examples• Hanger is to closet as tree is to:
Branch - Bushes - Forest - Ground - Nest
• What would be the next number in this series? 15 ... 12 ... 13 ... 10 ... 11 ... 8 ... ?
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Aptitude tests• Assess talent
for specific kinds of learning. (clerical speed, mechanical reasoning, etc.)
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Examples• Are You a Self-Starter?• Climbing the ladder would bring a load
of responsibility and pressure that I wouldn't want to carry.
• If my boss or supervisor told me I were being promoted, the fact that they had so much confidence in my abilities would:
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Achievement tests• Gauge a
person’s mastery and knowledge of various subjects
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Examples
• Who was the 43rd President of the United States?
• What is 5x6 divided by 2?
• How many branches of Government exist in the U.S.?
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Personality Tests• Measure
aspects of personality, including motives, interests, values, and attitudes.
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Examples• Do you become
upset when. . ?• Do you feel
like you lose control when. .?
• Are you happy when . . ?
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Test Design• In order for a test to be accurate, it
must meet the three standards below.– Standardization
– Validity
– Reliability
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Standardization• Standardization refers to the
uniform procedures used in administrating and scoring a test.
• Test norms: information used to rank scores in relation to other scores on the test.
• Can you think of examples
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Validity• Refers to the
ability of a test to measure what it was designed to measure.
• Examples
• What psychologist promoted introspection?
• Who developed the four mechanisms for dreaming?
• What school of psychology does Skinner belong to?
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Reliability• Reliability
refers to the measurement consistency of a test (or other techniques).
• Example
• You take a personality test and are scored as “assertive”. Three weeks later you take the same test and are scored as “passive”. A drastic change is probably a result of an unreliable test.
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Testing ReliabilityTest-retest–Comparing subjects’ scores on
two administrations of a test.Correlation Coefficient–A numerical index of the degree
of relationship (-1, +1)
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Visual example
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Visual example
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Think!• Why do we have so many tests?
• How can we use testing to improve . . .?
• How does psychological testing apply to school, careers, sports, etc?