PYC4807 PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSESSMENT DEFINITIONS CHAPTERS 1 & 2 VERIFIED ANSWERS 100%

PYC4807 PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSESSMENT DEFINITIONS CHAPTERS 1 & 2 PSYCHONOMETRICS - correct answers refers to: * the systematic & scientific way in which psychological measures are developed * the technical measurement standards: 1) validity 2) reliability which is both required of such measures PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSESSMENT - correct answers a process- orientated activity * aimed at: - gathering a wide variety of informations - using psychological assessment measures / tests - gather information from other sources like: #interviews #person's history * information is evaluated & integrated to reach a conclusion and/or make a decision ASSESSMENT - correct answers also called: # test #testing#assessment # measurement *involves the measurement of behaviour *use of key elements of evaluative process for psychological assessment ASSESSMENT PROCESS - correct answers * test selections * administration *scoring *interpreting *reporting *feedback ASSESSMENT MEASURE - correct answers *an objective, standardised measure that is used to gather data for a specific purpose: #to determine a person's intellectual capacity STANDARDISED CONDITIONS - correct answers controlled conditions TEST BIAS - correct answers if a measure is differently valid for different subgroups ASSESSMENT BATTERY - correct answers #combination of measures used in assessment measure PROPERTIES OF MEASUREMENT - correct answers #identity #magnitude #equal unit size= equal intervals # absolute zero MAGNITUDE - correct answers -Greatness of size, strength, or importance = a scale has the property of magnitude if we can say that one attribute is more than/less than or equal to another ABSOLUTE ZERO - correct answers = obtained when there is absolutely nothing present of the attributes measured EQUAL INTERVALS - correct answers =means that the possible scores are each an equal distance from each other FUNCTIONS OF MEASUREMENT - correct answers =sorting =ordering =rating =comparing CATEGORICAL DATA - correct answers #is in the form of discrete or distinct categories = males / females 2 types: * nominal measurement levels * ordinal measurement levels NOMINAL MEASUREMENT LEVELS - correct answers =numbers are assigned to an attribute to describe or name it: =telephone number/P.O BOX ORDINAL MEASUREMENT LEVELS - correct answers =numbers are assigned to objects that reflects some sequential ordering of amounts of attributes: =people ranked according to order in which they finished a race