1. THE PARADOX OF PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTING AS ASSESSMENT TOOLS BY OBAFEMI-MOSES, OLAYINKA AYODEJI(MR)

2. INSTRUMENT DESIGNED TO MEASURE UNOBSERVED CONSTRUCTS.
DEFINITIONS
WRITTEN,VISUAL OR VERBAL EVALUATIONS TO ASSESS COGNITIVE AND EMOTIONAL FUNCTIONING.
INSTRUMENT DESIGNED TO MEASURE UNOBSERVED CONSTRUCTS.
TASKS/PROBLEMS THAT RESPONDENTS MUST SOLVE.

3. BE IN FORM OF QUESTIONNAIRE.
FACTS
BE IN FORM OF QUESTIONNAIRE.
VALID
RELIABLE
SPECIFIC
STANDARDIZED
OBJECTIVE

4. HISTORY ORIGIN DATED BACK TO 18TH AND 19TH CENTURIES.
TESTS WERE DONE THROUGH:
-PHRENOLOGY
PHYSIOGNOMY

5. PURPOSE ASSESS MENTAL ABILITIES ASSESS ATTRIBUTES ASSESS ACHIEVEMENTS
ASSESS PERSONALITIES
ASSESS NEUROLOGICAL FUNCTIONING
DIAGNOSING PSYCHOPATHOLOGY
SCREENING JOB CANDIDATES.
DETERMINATION OF PRSONALITY STRENGTHS &WEAKNESSES

6. TYPES OF PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS
ACHIEVEMENTS AND ABILITY TESTS
PERSONALITY TESTS
NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS
INFANTS & PRE-SCHOOL ASSESSMENT TESTS

7. PRECAUTIONS REQUIRES CLINICALLY TRAINED EXAMINERS
NOT TO BE USED AS SOLE BASIS FOR DIAGNOSIS
CULTURAL AND LANGUAGE DIFFERENCES MAY AFFECT PERFORMANCE
LEVEL OF MOTIVATION MAY AFFECT TEST RESULT

8. NO SIGNIFICANT RISKS ARE INVOLVED
ANY RISK?
NO SIGNIFICANT RISKS ARE INVOLVED

9. REFERENCES
The American Psychological Association. Standards for Educational and Psychological Testing. Washington, DC: APA Press, 1999
Braaten, Ellen and Gretchen Felopulos. Straight Talk About Psychological Testing for Kids. New York: Guilford Press, 2003.
The Buros Institute of Mental Measurements at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. The Fifteenth Mental Measurements Yearbook ed. Barbara S. Plake and James C. Impara. Lincoln, NE: University of Nebraska Press, 2003.

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