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 WHAT ARE PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS?
It is a measurement instrument that consists of a sample of behavior obtained
under standardized conditions and evaluated using established scoring rules.

WHY IS IT IMPORTANT?
1. Allows us to make important decisions about people.
E.g. Early School Placement, College Entrance Decisions, Military Job
Selections.
2. Allows us to describe & understand behavior.
3. Measures personal attributes.
4. Measures performance.
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 ASPECTS OF A GOOD TEST
• Standardization - Consistency and uniformity of
conditions and procedures.

• Objectivity – Scoring must be free of bias.

• Test norms – Provide a comparison.

• Reliability - Consistency of a measure.

• Validity - Test measure what it intends to

measure.

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 APPLICATION OF
PSYCHOLOGICAL
TESTS

Educational Personnel Clinical

Testing Testing Testing

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 TYPES OF PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS
Achievement and Aptitude Tests
Achievement and aptitude tests are usually seen in
educational or employment settings, and they attempt
to measure either how much you know about a certain
topic such as mathematics or spelling, or how much
of a capacity you have (i.e., your aptitude) to master
material in a particular area, such as mechanical
relationships.

Intelligence tests
Intelligence tests attempt to measure your intelligence—
that is, your basic ability to understand the world around
you, assimilate its functioning, and apply this knowledge
to enhance the quality of your life. IQ (or cognitive) tests,
a series of tasks is presented to the person being
evaluated, and the person’s responses are graded
according to carefully prescribed guidelines.

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 Projective Tests
In psychology, a projective test is a
type of personality test in which the
individual offers responses to
ambiguous scenes, words or images.
Learn more about different types of
projective tests and how these tests
are used. Personality Tests
Personality tests attempt to
measure your basic
personality style and are most
used in research or forensic
Interest Tests settings to help with clinical
Interest tests designed to clarify an diagnoses.
individual’s vocational potential or to
his interest preference. Comparison
made of individual’s performance
with the average scores of a specific
population.

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 ROLE OF A PSYCHOLOGIST
Trained Professional
Apply principles of Psychology
Trained to carry out psychological and psycho educational assessment, counseling,
psychotherapy.

They use tests as a tool to assess the clients which gives objective accurate data about the
specific areas.
They plan sessions, mode of psychotherapy and remedial duration of the sessions, frequency
of the session.

They develop treatment plan.

They involve parents and teachers as the part of the work.

Feedbacks and follow ups conducted with parents and teachers as per the need.

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 • To find a practical solution to an identified
problem.

What is • To recognise the underlying potential of

an individual through purposeful
Career conversation.

Counselling? • Standardized psychometric tests help in

evaluating oneself in a short span of time.

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 Importance of Career
Counselling
Gives them a
Helps them Helps give them the
platform to voice
understand their required confidence
their opinion about
own strengths and to change their
what they would
weaknesses. domain.
like to pursue.

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 Key Components of Career
Counselling

Career
Career Career
Developmen
Planning Management
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 ROLE OF PARENTS IN MAKING
DECISIONS
• The role of the parents plays a vital role in choosing a right career.
• They must not only share a healthy relationship with the child but also
be free of the prejudices related to the various careers.
• Instead, they must play a guiding role and encourage the child to take
up the area of his/her interest.
“Our talents are the
gift that God gives to
us….What we make of
our talents is our gift
to God.” - Leo
Buscaglia

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 Personality

Interest Intelligence
Areas to
assess for
career
counselling

Emotional Aptitude
quotient

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 Let’s look at a Career Counselling
Report!

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 Thank You!

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