Psychological Assessment

Senior In-Service Training

Worksheet #2

Name: TABAC, AICES JANNAE TROCIO, RUCEL MAE

Date: JULY 29, 2020

IDENTIFICATION EXERCISE: PEOPLE YOU SHOULD KNOW

The name of the person is provided Please put each one s major contribution to the field of ps chological
assessment.

Person Major Contribution

Christian Von Wolff He had anticipated psychology as a science and

psychological measurement as a specialty within that
science

Charles Darwin He spurred scientific interest in individual differences.

His evolutionary link between human beings and
animals conferred new scientific respectability on
experimentation with animals.

Song Dynasty It emphasized knowledge of classical literature. Test

takers who demonstrated their command of the
classics were perceived as having acquired the wisdom
of the past and were therefore entitled to a
government position.

Francis Galton Heavily inspired by the writings of Charles Darwin, and

made tests that categorize people according to their
own natural gifts to understand their divergence from
an average. He was also responsible for developing
psychological assessment tools such as; questionnaires,
rating scales, and self-report inventories.

Karl Pearson He developed the product-moment correlation

technique, and its roots can be traced directly to the
work of Galton.
He made tests that primarily focus on describing an
Wilhelm Max Wundt individual's abilities such as; reaction time, perception,
 and attention span. Although tests that highlight
individuality and differences were a trend in his time,
he studied more about how people are on and the
same.
He is a founding member of the American Psychological
James McKeen Cattell Association and became the fourth president of the
organization. He was the psychologist who was
responsible for coining the term mental test

Edward Boring His research as primaril based on one s perceptual

and sensory experiences. He is an advocate for women
and military psychology.

Emil Kraepelin He studied with Wundt and published research that

employed a word association test. She also identified
the distinction between manic depression and
schizophrenia.

Person Major Contribution

Victor Henri He together with Alfred collaborated on papers to

measure a higher mental process.

E.B. Titchener Was credited with originating the concept of test

reliability as well as building the mathematical
framework for the statistical technique of factor
analysis.

Stanley Hall Was also credited because of originating the concept of

test reliability and the building of a mathematical
framework for the statistical technique of factor
analysis.

Lightner Witmer He is a director of the psychological laboratory at

Upenn. He established the first psychological clinic in
the United States, at the University of Pennsylvania.

Alfred Binet He, together with Henri collaborated on papers to

measure a higher mental process. He also published a
30-item measuring scale of intelligence designed to
help Paris schoolchildren with intellectual disability,
which later on launched the intelligence testing
movement and clinical testing movement.

David Wechsler He introduced a test designed to measure adult

intelligence. He originally made the Wechsler-Bellevue
Intelligence Scale, but it was revised and renamed as
Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale (WAIS). The WAIS has

Robert S. Woodworth
Hermann Rorschach
Henry A. Murray
Christiana D. Morgan
KEY TERM EXERCISE:
Key Term
Affirmative Action
been revised several times since then, and versions of
Wechsler s test have been published that e tend the
age range of test takers from early childhood through
senior adulthood.
He is a governmental committee on Emotional stress
and was tasked to make tests that measure
adjustments and emotional stability, which will be
administered to the recruited groups of the
government as quickly as possible. He and his
committee made Personal Data Sheet hich
requires volunteers and draftees to answer yes or no
questions. He also developed a test for civilian use
called Woodworth Psychoneurotic Inventory, which
was first widely used as a self-report measurement for
personality.
He developed the most well-known projective test
called the Rorschach, which is composed of a series of
inkblots. He provided 28 case studies employing
undiagnosed subjects and people with various
psychiatric diagnoses to illustrate his test.
He together with Morgan published the Thematic
Apperception Test (TAT) pronounced by saying the
letters, not by rhyming with cat the instrument that
has come to be the most widely used of all the picture
storytelling projective tests.
He, together with Murray published the Thematic
Apperception Test (TAT). It is an aid to eliciting fantasy
material from patients in psychoanalysis. It consists 31
cards, one of which is blank.
Definition
It refers to voluntary and mandatory efforts
undertaken by federal, state, and local governments,
private employers, and schools to combat
discrimination and to promote equal opportunity for
all in education and employment
Code of Professional Ethics A code that is recognized and accepted by members of
a profession

Collectivist Culture It is mostly associated with dominant countries such

as the Philippines. In this type of culture, value is
placed on traits such as conformity, cooperation,
interdependence, and striving toward group goals

Confidentiality It concerns matters of communication outside the

courtroom, while privilege protects clients from
disclosure in judicial proceedings.

Culture The socially transmitted behavior patterns, beliefs,

and products of work of a particular population,
community, or group of people

Culture-Specific Test Tests designed for use with people from one culture
but not another.

Discrimination It is defined as the practice of making distinctions in

hiring, promotion, or other selection decisions that
tend to systematically avour members of a majority
group regardless of actual qualifications for positions.

Disparate Impact It refers to the consequence of an emplo er s hiring or

promotion practice that unintentionally resulted in a
discriminatory result or outcome.

Disparate Treatment It refers to the consequence of an emplo er s hiring or

promotion practice that was intentionally devised to
yield some discriminatory result or outcome.

Ethics It is a body of principles of right, proper, or good

conduct.

Eugenics The science of improving the qualities of a breed

through intervention with factors related to heredity

Individualist Culture It is mostly associated with countries such as the

United States. It is characterized by the value being
placed on traits such as self-reliance, autonomy,
independence, uniqueness, and competitiveness.

Informed Consent It is where the test takers know why they are being
evaluated, how the test data will be used, and what (if
any) information will be released to whom.
 Laws These are rules that individuals must obey for the
good of the society as a whole or rules thought to be
for the good of society as a whole.

Litigation It is the process of taking legal action.

This concept recognizes the freedom of the individual
Privacy Right to pick and choose for himself the time,
circumstances, and particularly the extent to which he
wishes to share or withhold from others his attitudes,
beliefs, behavior, and opinions.

Privileged Information

Projective Test One in hich an individual is assumed to project into

some ambiguous stimulus his/her own unique needs,
fears, hopes, and motivation

Psychoanalysis It is a theory of personality and psychological

treatment developed by Sigmund Freud, symbolic
significance is assigned to many nonverbal acts.

Quota System It is a selection procedure whereby a fixed number or

percentage of applicants from certain backgrounds
were selected.4

Reverse Discrimination It is defined as the practice of making distinctions in

hiring, promotion, or other selection decisions that
systematically tend to favor members of a minority
group regardless of actual qualifications for positions.

Self-Report A process whereby assesses themselves apply

assessment-related information by responding to
questions, keeping a diary, or self-monitoring thoughts
and behaviors

Standard of Care The level at which the average, reasonable, and

prudent professional would provide diagnostic or
therapeutic services under the same or similar
conditions.
 COMPARING AND CONTRASTING VERBAL AND NONVERBAL FORMS OF COMMUNICATION
Please fill out the boxes with as many differences as you can between verbal and nonverbal forms of
communication. Also include examples.
DIMENSION VERBAL
Definition It is the use of auditory language to
exchange information with other
people. It includes sounds, words, or
speaking. The tone, volume, and pitch
of one's voice can all contribute to
effective verbal communication.
Examples Ana orall said Thank ou to
express her gratitude to her
grandmother.
Cultural Differences Words and meanings can differ across
different countries. For example, the
ord thank ou can be said in
different ways according to the
country which a person is in. For
Japanese, they say thank you by
sa ing Arigatou for Koreans, they is
Kamsamnida
Language In order to understand language in
verbal cues, one must have good
listening skills to understand the
meaning of the words that are
conveyed. It is crucial to understand
that one must learn the language of a
certain country before
communicating since not all people
are fluent in english and to avoid
misunderstanding as well.
NONVERBAL
It is communication between
people through non-verbal or
visual cues. This
includes gestures, facial
expressions, body movement,
timing, touch, and anything else
that communicates without
speaking.
Ana bowed her head in front of
her grandmother to express her
gratitude to her grandmother.
Similar to words, nonverbal cues
can also differ across countries.
For instance, pointing fingers
might be okay to some other
countries such as here in the
Philippines but, it is considered
as a rude gesture to other
countries like Japan.
To understand nonverbal cues,
one must have good observation
skills to detect the meaning of
what is being conveyed. These
gestures are important to detect
what one truly feels more than
what is being stated in words.
For instance, psychologists not
only listen to what their client is
saying but, they also look at the
gestures of their client which
can shed light and give clues to
their current situation and
feelings .
References:

Cohens, R.J. and Swerdlik. M. (2018). Psychological Testing and Assessment (9th ed.). United
States of America: McGraw-Hill Education.