PYC4807/101/0/2013 Tutorial letter 101/0/2013 Psychological Assessment PYC4807 or PSY4988 Year module Department of Psychology IMPORTANT INFORMATION: This tutorial letter contains important information about your module. CONTENTS Page 1 INTRODUCTION ............................................................................................................................ 3 1.1 Tutorial matter ............................................................................
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Table of context 1. Introduction 3 2. Steps and phases in developing a psychological measure 3 2.1 Planning phase 3 2.2 Item writing 4 2.3 Assembling and pretesting the experimental version of the measure 4 2
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References: Ambrosini PJ‚ Metz C‚ Bianchi MD‚ Rabinovich H‚ Undie A (January 1991). "Concurrent validity and psychometric properties of the Beck Depression Inventory in outpatient adolescents". Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry 30 (1): 51–7. doi:10.1097/00004583-199101000-00008. PMID 2005064. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez
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1‚ 2011 from http://www.jamiedyce.com/6113.htm Dyce‚ J. (n.d.b).Introduction to personality. PSYC6113 Professor’s PowerPoint Notes. [Audio recordings]. Retrieved on August 1‚ 2011 from http://www.jamiedyce.com/Audio3.mp3 Dyce‚ J. (n.d.c). Psychometrics‚ assessment and research design. PSYC6113 Professor’s PowerPoint Notes. [Audio recordings]. Retrieved on August 1‚ 2011 from http://www.jamiedyce.com/Audio6.mp3 Personality Disorder Test. Retrieved on July 24‚ 2011 from http://www.4degreez
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MBTI assessment is a psychometric questionnaire which is designed to measure psychological preferences about how people view the world and the way they make decisions. The main objective of MBTI is to make the theory of psychological types that is described by C.G. JUNG in a comprehensive
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As it was once said‚ “The benefits of taking competencies approach is that people can identify and isolate the key characteristics which would be used as the basis for selection‚ and that those characteristics will be described in terms which both can understand and agree.” Over the past centuries‚ organizations have sought different ways and attempts at hiring the right candidate. Assessment and selection activities are the most important step in building and maintaining any kind of specialized
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Aptitude tests Psychological tests to measure specific abilities‚ such as mechanical or clerical skills. Sometimes these tests must be specially designed for a particular job‚ but there are also tests available that measure general clerical and mechanical aptitudes. An example of Aptitude test is the Minnesota Clerical Test; it is a 15-minutes individual or group test in two parts: number comparison (matching 200 pairs of numbers) and name comparison. Applicants are instructed to works as fast as
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In my argumentative essay‚ I will discuss the problem of why standardized achievement tests should not be used to measure students’ achievement in denver public schools. When‚ by whom and for what reason were standardized achievement tests created? How has the purpose of these tests changed since their beginning? I found a lot of information regarding this issue in different scholars sources. In my essay‚ I will use some of them in order to prove my argument that denver public education authorities
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Myers-Briggs Type Indicator assessment‚ its accuracy in determining the personality type and how it can affect an individual’s work and relationships. Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) Assessment Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) Assessment is a psychometric test designed to measure natural psychological preferences in how people perceive the world and make decisions ("Myers-Briggs Type Indicator"‚ n.d.). It is based on the theory that people have innate behavioral tendencies and preferences. It uses
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individuals with special skills‚ some with brain damage to determine what type of intelligence they had. He also consulted various studies including prodigies‚ idiot savant but also autistic children. In addition‚ he used physiological training Psychometric studies combined between them. • What arguments is the author putting forth? He put forth on arguments that corroborate the theory of multiple Intelligence. Mr. Gardner brought the idea of that intellect of a person cannot be a measure by
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