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Psy 39 Midterm Notes
Psy 39 Midterm Notes
Educational assessment
● the science of psychological
measurement.
● refers to, broadly speaking, the use of
tests and other tools to evaluate
Psychometrist / Psychometrician
abilities and skills relevant to success or
failure in a school or pre-school ● both terms referring to a professional
context. who uses, analyzes, and interprets
psychological test data
Test
Utility
● a measuring device or procedure.
● the usefulness or practical value that a
Psychological Test
test or other tool of assessment has for
a particular purpose.
● a device or procedure designed to
measure variables related to
Interview
psychology.
● a method of gathering information
Format
through direct communication
involving reciprocal exchange.
● form, plan, structure, arrangement,
● The interviewer is taking note of both
and layout of test items as well as to
verbal and nonverbal behavior.
related considerations such as time
limits.
Panel interview / board interview
Score
● interviews may be used to help
professionals in human resources to
● A code or summary statement, usually
make more informed
but not necessarily numerical in
recommendations about the hiring,
nature.
firing, and advancement of personnel.
Motivational interviewing Computers as tools
Construct
Assumption 5: Various Sources of Error Are
Part of the Assessment Process
● an informed, scientific concept
developed or constructed to describe
● error need not refer to a deviation, an
or explain behavior.
oversight, or something that otherwise
violates expectations. To the contrary,
Overt Behavior
error traditionally refers to something
● observable action or the product of that is more than expected; it is
an observable action, including test- actually a component of the
or assessment-related responses. measurement process. More
specifically, error refers to a
Assumption 2: Psychological Traits and States
long-standing assumption that factors
Can Be Quantified and Measured
other than what a test attempts to
measure will influence performance
● Whatever exists at all exists in some
on the test.
amount. To know it thoroughly involves
knowing its quantity as well as its
Assumption 6: Unfair and Biased Assessment
quality.
Procedures Can Be Identified and Reformed
Local Norms
Norms
● Typically developed by test users
themselves, local norms provide
● are the test performance data of a
normative information with respect to
particular group of test takers.
the local population’s performance on
Norming some tests.
Sampling to develop Norms Random error
Raven’s Test