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Assessment |
A broad array of evaluative procedures that give you information about a person. |
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Test |
a subset of assessment; instruments that yield scores based on data collected |
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Precursors to assessment: |
jean Esquirol- Forerunner for verbal IQ Edouard Seguin- forerunner for performance IQ Sir Francis Galton-correlation coefficient Wilhelm Wundt- first to make psychological labs james McKeen Cattell-coined term "mental test" and first to use statistics in mental testing G.S. Hall- mentored many; early experimental psychologist; Founder and 1st president of the APA Alfred Binet- created 1st modern IQ test Lewis Terman-enhanced Binet's work; created Stanford-Binet IQ test; also coined Intelligence Quotient/ IQ (ratio of mental age to chronological age) Robert yerkes-pres. of APA; helped create Army alpha test for recruits
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Army Alpha/ Army Beta |
first modern group test used during WW1 for recruits |
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More precursors to assessment |
James Bryant Conant -Developed Scholastic Aptitude Test Edward Thorndike -developed Stanford Achievement Test Frank Parsons- Leader in testing for vocational counseling J.B. Miner-developed 1st interest inventories Edward Strong-founder of Strong vocational interest blank-still used today Emil Kraeplin-made early word association test Woodworth's personal data sheet-first modern personality inventory used during WWI |
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Personality Tests( Testing in the affective realm) |
1)interest inventories
2) objective personality tests 3)projective personality tests |
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Objective personality assessment- |
used to identify people who may have mental issues--forerunner for other tests such as the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory
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Projective testing |
a stimulus is presented to an idividual to tap into their unconscious mind |
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More forerunners |
Carl Jung-used word associations to identify mental illness Herman Rorshcach- developed the famous Rorschach inkblot test Henry murray-developed thematic apperception test (TAT) --asks a person to view a number of standard pictures and create a story that explains the situation. |
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informal assessment procedures |
these are user created and situational; Types of informal assessments are: observation, rating scales, classification techniques, review of records and personal document |
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Modern Day Testing |
Divided into 3 groups: 1) testing in the cognitive domain("ability testing" 2)testing in the affective domain ("personality assessment" 3)informal assessment |
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Assessments and their functions |
Ability: measure what a person can do cognitively Achievement: tests what you've learned Aptitude: measure what you're capable of learning |
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Assessments and their functions (con't) |
Personality: asesses habits, temperament, likes and dislikes, character. Types of personality tests: Objective-multiple choice, T/F; used to increase client-insight and identify psychopathology Projective- tests present a stimulus for subjects to respond to. Interest Inventories- tests that measures likes and dislikes and personality orientation. |
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Informal Assessment Instruments |
Often developed by user, these tests tend to assess broad areas of avility or personality and tend to be specific to the testing situation. |
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Types of Informal Assessments |
Observation: observe a person to develop a deeper understanding of their behavior Rating Scales: developed to assess attributes of the examinee. Classification Methods: a tool that allows a person to identify whether he or she has specific |
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Eugenics and the testing movement |
Galton, Terman and Yerkes believed that tests revealed who was bright and who was dumb. They used this information to push the Eugenics movement which encouraged the upper class to procreate and find ways to prevent the lower classes from having children. They used the results of the Army Alphan and Beta test to push the Eugenics movement. This also may have also influenced the goverment who they would allow to immigrate to the U.S. |
