Guidelines For The Assessment Process (Vocabulary)

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Psychological Assessment

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The development, construction and evaluation of suitable means to gather and process case-related information

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Assessment Process

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A sequence of steps the assessor must take in order to answer the client's question.

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Assessment Procedures

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Instruments, tests, techniques, and other measurement devices, including qualitative methods for gathering information.

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Assessor

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A person qualified to conduct an assessment

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Bias

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Systematic error or disposition to errors of a kind that is likely to distort the assessment process.

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Case Formulation

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A description and analysis of the subject's problem/demand/question.

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Client

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A person or customer who engages the services of an assessor as expert.

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Consent (Informed)

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Subject's agreement with assessments or intervention activities after thoroughly informed.

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Construct

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A conceptual variable that is inferred or constructed bust is not directly observed.

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Cost-effectiveness

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The extent to which the assessment procedures produce equal of better results than those of a competitor.

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Data

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Material gathered during the course of an assessment that serves as the basis for information, discussion and conclusion.

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Evaluability Assessment

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To determine whether the program is suitable for an evaluation,

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Evaluation

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Collection and interpretation of the evidence on the functioning and consequences of an intervention.

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Ethical Criteria

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Professional norms as defined by professional organizations of psychologists.

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Follow-up

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Assessment of the long-term effects of an intervention.

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Formal Agreement

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Oral or written contract referring to the assessments tasks.

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Guideline

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Action rule recommended by experts for improving or optimizing the assessment process.

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Hypothesis

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An assumption about a state of affairs which seems to be probable in the light of previously established facts.

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Intervention

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Set of actions carried out by a professional with a subject for a given purpose.

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Monitoring

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Checking and keeping track of an intervention for purpose of control or surveillance.

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Norm/s

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A single value, or distribution of values, representing the typical performance of a given individual or group.

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Outcomes

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Final or decisive results, post-treatment effects or changes produced by a given action.

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Psychological Assessment Professional

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A psychologist qualified in the field of psychological assessment

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Professional Knowledge

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Set of theories, methods, procedures and related application conditions used or considered by a professional in the field of assessment.

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Professional Relationships

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Interpersonal links between a professional and his/her client and subject.

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Quality (of data)

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The degree to which data meet the best standards available.

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Relevant Others

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All persons, other than the client, assessor, and subject,involved in the assessment.

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Report

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Communication in a written or oral form of information resulting from the assessment.

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Side Effects

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Unintended effects of assessment and intervention.

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Standard

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A principle commonly agreed upon b experts in the conduct and use of assessment procedures and instruments.

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Stakeholders

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Individuals or groups that may effect ot be affected by an evaluation.

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Subject

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A person, group of person or organization that is assessed

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Test

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An evaluative device or procedure in which a sample of the examinee's behavior in a specified domain is obtained and subsequently evaluated and scored using a standardized process.