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Overview of Psychological Tests

This document discusses various types of psychological tests used to assess different domains. It describes tests of cognitive functions like attention, perception, memory and intelligence. Personality tests like Eysenck's Personality Inventory and 16PF are mentioned. Tests of interpersonal relationships include CAT, TAT and RCPT. Diagnostic tests discussed are Rorschach Inkblot Test and Sentence Completion Test. The document also covers factors influencing psychological testing and the typical format for studying psychological tests.

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Overview of Psychological Tests

This document discusses various types of psychological tests used to assess different domains. It describes tests of cognitive functions like attention, perception, memory and intelligence. Personality tests like Eysenck's Personality Inventory and 16PF are mentioned. Tests of interpersonal relationships include CAT, TAT and RCPT. Diagnostic tests discussed are Rorschach Inkblot Test and Sentence Completion Test. The document also covers factors influencing psychological testing and the typical format for studying psychological tests.

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  • Psychological Testing Overview: Introduces psychological testing methods, their classifications, and influencing factors.
  • Types of Psychological Assessments: Details various types of psychological assessments used to evaluate different cognitive and behavioral functions.
  • Classification of Tests: Presents a table classifying tests across several categories like verbal, non-verbal, and structured.
  • Format of Studying Psychological Tests: Explains standard procedures for studying psychological tests, covering aspects from rationale to validity.
  • Factors Influencing Psychological Assessment: Lists factors that impact the outcomes of psychological assessments such as education and socio-cultural background.
  • Specific Psychological Tests: Provides detailed information on various cognitive assessments like memory and intelligence tests.

PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTING

I. Types of assessments

II. Classification tests

III. Format of studying the psychological tests & testing

IV. Factors influencing the psychological testing

V. Specific tests
TYPES OF PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSESSMENTS

1. Assessment of Cognitive functions

2. Assessment of personality and interpersonal relationship

3. Diagnostic assessments.

4. Neuropsychological assessments

5. Vocational assessments, assessments of interests and


Aptitudes.

6. Behavioral assessment

Reliability- consistency/ dependability of the result

Validity – whether the test is going to measure what actually it is


intended to measure.
CLASSIFICATION OF TESTS
Sl. Name of Categories
no the test

Verbal Non Structured Semi Projective Children Adults


verbal structured

1 Knox - + + - - + +
cube
2. Colour - + + - - + +
& digit
cance.
3 BGT - + + - - + +
4 PGI + + + - - + +
5 BVRT _ + + - - + +
6 WMS + + + - - - +
7 Gessell + + + - - + -
8 VSMS + - + - - + -
9 DST + - + - - + -
10 SFB - + + - - + -
CLASSIFICATION OF TESTS
Sl. Name of Categories
no the test
Verbal Non Structured Semi Projective Children Adults
verba structured
l
11 RPM - + + - - + +
12 BKT + + + - - + _
13 Bhatia - + + - - _ +
14 WISC + + + - - - +
15 WAIS - + + - - - +
16 EPI + - + - - - +
17 16 PF + - + - - - +
18 CAT + - - + + + -
19 TAT + - - + + - +
20 Rorschach + - - - + + +
21 Willoughby + - + - - - +
22 SCT + - + + + - +
FORMAT OF STUDYING THE
PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS & TESTING
1. Name of the author and year of test development

2. Rationale

3. Description of the procedure

4. Description of the scoring and interpretation


methods

5. Indications and contra indications

6. Reliability and Validity


FACTORS INFLUENCING THE PSYCHOLOGICAL
ASSESSMENT
1. Education

2. Occupation

3. Sex

4. Socio- cultural background

5. Interest

6. Motivation

7. Co-operation

8. Physical or sensory impediments

9. Clinical attitude of the clinician


ASSESSMENT OF COGNITIVE FUNCTIONS
1. Attention and concentration:
• Cognitive process in which a specific stimulus will be selected, filtered
among the existing stimuli.
a. Knox cube imitation test – Knox, H.A. 1914
b. Color and digit cancellation test
2. Perception
• Cognitive ability in which the objective entity will be subjectively
interpreted meaningfully.
Bender Visio-motor Gestalt test – Lauretta bender, 1938
3. Memory and Learning
• Memory refers to the ability of animals & people to acquire, retain &
use the information or knowledge (Tulving, 1987)
(i) Weschler’s Memory Scale - 1948
(ii) PGI memory scale – Persahad & NN Wig, 1987
(iii) Benton’s Visual retention test – 1955

Three types of memory –


Sensory memory, Short term memory, Long term memory,
ASSESSMENT OF COGNITIVE FUNCTIONS
4. Intelligence - concept of IQ, MA & CA

(i) 3 F.F.B. – part of Gessell’s schedule

(ii) Gessell’s developmental schedule (1949)


infant schedule & preschool schedule.

(iii) Vineland social maturity scale


Edger A. Doll – 1965 ( Western )& Malin, A J -1971( Indian)

(iv) Developmental screening test - Bharathraj, J- 1982

(v) Seguin Form Board Test – Arthur & Grace -1933


( taken from Arthur Point Scale of performance tests)

(vi) Raven’s Progressive matrices


(Colour – 1947,Standard - 1938 and Advanced - 1947)

(vii) Binet Kernath Test of Intelligence (B.K.T.)- 1936


( Indian version of Binet scale-1911)

( Viii) Bhatia’s Performance Test Battery of Intelligence – 19

(ix) WISC – 1949 ( total 11 subtests – 6 performance and 5 verbal)

(X) WAIS - 1939 – Provision for Deterioration Quotient.


ASSESSMENT OF PERSONALITY

Personality
The dynamic organization within the individual of those
psychophysical systems that determine his characteristic
behavior & thought ( Allport, G. 1961)

(I) Eysenck’s Personality inventory - 1953

(ii) 16 Personality factor questionnaire – Cattell, R. B. 1956-57


ASSESSMENT OF INTERPERSONAL
RELATIONSHIP

(i) CAT – Children’s Apperception test


( Bellack & Bellack – 1944.

(ii) TAT – Thematic apperception test – 1943 ( Murry, H.A. –


Western version & Uma Chowdhery- 1978- Indian version

(iii) RCPT – Raven’s Controlled Projection test


( Used for children)
DIAGNOSTIC TESTS

(i) Rorschach Ink – Blot Test – ( projective test)


Hermann Rorschach – 1921 ( A Swiss psychiatrist)

(ii) Sentence completion Test – Sax’s & Rohde – 1957

(vi) Willoughby’s questionnaire

PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTING I. Types of assessments II. Classification tests III. Format of studying the psychological tests &
TYPES OF PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSESSMENTS 1. Assessment of Cognitive functions 2. Assessment of personality and interpersonal re
CLASSIFICATION OF TESTS Sl. no Name of the test Categories Verbal Non verbal Structured Semi structured Projective Ch
CLASSIFICATION OF TESTS Sl. no Name of the test Categories Verbal Non verba l Structured Semi structured Projective C
FORMAT OF STUDYING THE PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS & TESTING 1. Name of the author and year of test development 2. Rationale 3.
FACTORS INFLUENCING THE PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSESSMENT 1. Education 2. Occupation 3. Sex 4. Socio- cultural background 5. Int
ASSESSMENT OF COGNITIVE FUNCTIONS 1. Attention and concentration: • Cognitive process in which a specific stimulus will b
ASSESSMENT OF COGNITIVE FUNCTIONS 4. Intelligence - concept of IQ, MA & CA (i) 3 F.F.B. – part of Gessell’s sc
ASSESSMENT OF PERSONALITY Personality The dynamic organization within the individual of those psychophysical systems t
ASSESSMENT OF INTERPERSONAL RELATIONSHIP (i) CAT – Children’s Apperception test ( Bellack & Bellac

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