CHAPTER 13

PSYCHOOGICAL ASSESSMENT AND

TEST
 LEARNING OBJECTIVES
After reading this unit, the student will be able to
 CHAPTER OUTLINE

❖ INTRODUCTION AND
DEFINITION OF
PSYCHOLOGICAL TEST.
❖ NEED FOR PSYCHOLOGICAL
ASSESSMENT.
❖ CHARACTERISTICS OF
PSYCHOLOGICAL TEST.
DEFINITION

PSYCHOLOGICAL TEST
“AN OBJECTIVE AND
STANDARDIZED MEASURE OF A
SAMPLE OF BEHAVIOR”.
CHARACTERISTICS OF GOOD PSYCHOLOGICAL
TEST

UNIFORM
OBJECTIVE
INTERPRETABLE
VALIDITY
RELIABILITY
NORMS
DEVELOPMENT OF PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS

PLANNING

WRITING THE ITEM OF TEST

PRELIMINARY TRY OUT

ESTABLISHMENT OF RELIABILITY
AND VALIDITY

PREPARATION OF MANUAL
CLASSIFICATION OF PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS
VARIOUS TYPES OF PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS
VARIOUS TYPES OF PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS

ASSESSMENT OF ASD

PERSONALITY TESTS

ATTITUDE TESTS

ACHIEVEMENT TESTS

APTITUDE TESTS
LIMITATION OF PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS

FALSE
INFORMATION

ISSUES OF
RELIABILITY BIASNESS
AND VALIDITY
 CHAPTER SUMMARY
• Psychological tests are written, visual or verbal evaluations administered to assess
the cognitive and emotional functioning of children and adults.

• Personality, intelligence, aptitude, neuropsychological and achievement tests are

parts of psychological assessment.

• Projective test is unstructured and ambiguous stimulus and situation to reveal

unconscious needs, drives, motives and fears. These tests are deliberately designed
to evoke highly individual responses
 ASSESS YOURSELF
• Enumerate the uses of psychological test.

• Describe the Principles of psychological assessment

• Explain psychological assessment.

• Characteristics of psychological assessments.

• Write down a short note on aptitude test.

• Explain the role of a nurse in psychometric assessment of cognitive processes.