Psychological testing

Animal testing is a useful tool for psychologists to conduct tests and experiments. Scientists use animals to test theories before applying the theory to humans. This testing keeps humans from being harmed by experiments, while also gaining new information. It is important for people to understand themselves and animal testing opens the world up to gaining more information about people’s minds and how the human race has evolved and developed over time. Testing on animals is acceptable for psychological research because of the new information experts learn from their experiments that can be helpful for people and even animals. While there are many negatives to psychological animal testing, there are many more positives to it. In all psychological…

Psychologists use a variety of testing methods in order to answer important questions regarding our everyday lives. How psychologists chose to use and administer these tests depend on factors including the type of population they are attempting to study as well as what their objectives are. Some testing procedures such as standardized tests have strict procedures that must be followed by test developers and test users (Cohen, Swerdlik & Sturman, 131). Level C standardized testing is the most…

Likewise, personality testing is primarily designed based on specific personality theories and are developed empirically through tests that identifies individuals of differing personalities. Some of the most prominent theories from which personality testings’ are derived include; psychodynamic approaches, behavioral approaches, trait, type and state theories, humanistic approaches and empirical approaches. Some techniques for categorizing personality tests were proposed by Koppitz and include…

The American Educational Research Association (AERA) seeks to promote educational guidelines and practices that reliable scientific research has shown to be helpful, and put a stop to those found to have negative effects. AERA disputes statements on its research-based position on educational matters of public concern. AERA has stated a contemporary problem, which is the increasing use of high-stakes test as instruments of educational procedure. The statement on high-stakes testing is grounded on…

Ethical Issues The use of psychological testing in the workplace may not be unheard of; however, there are ethical limitations that must be respected by prospective employers wishing to take advantage of these resources. A testing scenario, consisting of a plethora of ethical faux pas due to the hiring manager, Dr. Martin, overstepping her degree of psychological testing related knowledge, is a prime example of why such regulations are needed. Herein, the account of Dr. Dorothy Martin’s…

fully mapped a human’s entire DNA. This mapping opened up the world to many new ideas such as genetic testing. Genetic testing involves looking at a person’s DNA for abnormalities in the sequencing. Testing can happen to tell whether the person carries the gene of the disorder, will have that disorder, or the disorder has already developed (“Genetic Testing”). However, this new testing should not yet have reliance put into it. Genetic testing has no benefit for patients and should not take…

Objective personality test are given to determine the personality and socio-emotional functioning of a parent. These test screen for symptoms of personality disorders. Test include the MMPI-II, MCMI-II, PAI and Beck Depression Inventory II. Projective personality test are given to access personality and emotional symptoms, test given are the Thematic Apperception Test, The sentence Completion Series and the Rorschach Inkbot Test. along with parenting assessment tests. The outcome of these…

There are also substantial differences, including in a clinical setting the psychologist is usually found to be empathic for the client obtaining a more trusting relationship, but a forensic examiner should maintain neutral presence between the parties involved to attain the forensic evidence needed for the presented case (Greenberg, 2007) . Psychological assessments are used to provide a foundation of information to which the psychologists can use to have more stable and valid sources that can…

identified 10 defense mechanisms, but only 5 are commonly used and widely recognized today; repression, regression, projection, reaction formation and sublimation. Despite that, Freud’s idea was that the primary function of your defense mechanisms is to alter reality in order to protect you against anxiety. This in fact is completely true since you aim to suppress your anxiety with anything that’ll alter your state for example, all the defense mechanisms, drugs, alcohol, etc. With Reading 35…

mental health professional is able to use a variety of assessment tools to carry out a complete psychological assessment and provide an enhanced picture of the patient (Kring et al., 2014). This essay will explore two assessment measures used in clinical practice; clinical interviews and neurobiological methods. The benefits and weaknesses of each method along with general aspects of assessment will be explored, revealing patterns in clinical practice that have been present during the past few…