CHAPTER 1
accommodation : (1) In Piagetian theory, one of two basic
achievement test
alternate assessment
behavioral observation
CAPA
case history
case history data
case study
central processing
collaborative psychological
assessment
consultative report
mental operations through which humans
learn, this one involving change from what is
already known, perceived, or thought to fit
with new information (contrast with
assimilation); (2) in assessment, the
adaptation of a test, procedure, or situation,
or the substitution of one test for another in
order to make the assessment more suitable
for an assessee with exceptional needs; (3)
in the workplace, modification of or
adjustments to job functions or
circumstances, 30–32, 292 Accounting
Program Admission Test (APAT), 344
Evaluation of accomplishment or the degree
of learning that has taken place, usually with
regard to an academic area, 20, 328–331
An evaluative or diagnostic procedure or
process that varies from the usual,
customary, or standardized way a
measurement is derived, either by some
special accommodation made to the
assessee or by alternative methods designed
to measure the same variable(s), 30
Monitoring the actions of others or oneself
by visual or electronic means while recording
quantitative and/or qualitative information
regarding those actions, typically for
diagnostic or related purposes and either to
design intervention or to measure the
outcome of an intervention, 12–13, 435–
437, 565 Behavior Assessment System for
Children-3 (BASC-3), 335 Behn-Rorschach,
408 Bell Curve, The (Herrnstein/Murray),
315 bell-shaped curve. See normal curve
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dementia
diagnosis
diagnostic test
dynamic assessment
ecological momentary assessment
educational assessment
extended scoring report
format
groupthink
health psychology
informal evaluation
integrative report
interpretive report
interview
local processing
motivational interviewing
naturalistic observation
panel interview
portfolio
protocol
pseudodementia
psychological assessment
psychological autopsy
psychological test
psychological testing
psychometrician
psychometrics
psychometric soundness
psychometrist
Q-Interactive
quality of life
rapport
remote assessment
retrospective assessment
role play
role-play test
score
scoring
scoring report
simple scoring report
social facilitation
teleprocessing
test
test catalogue
test developer
test manual
testtaker
test user
therapeutic psychological assessment
utility