PYC4807 Assignment 3 PORTFOLIO (COMPLETE ANSWERS) 2025 (185521)- DUE 25 September 2025

PYC4807 Assignment 3 PORTFOLIO (COMPLETE ANSWERS)
2025 (185521) DUE 30 September 2025


PSYCHONOMETRICS
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
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

,PSYCHONOMETRICS
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
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
also called:
# test #testing#assessment # measurement
*involves the measurement of behaviour
*use of key elements of evaluative process for psychological assessment



ASSESSMENT PROCESS
* test selections
* administration
*scoring
*interpreting

, *reporting
*feedback



ASSESSMENT MEASURE
*an objective, standardised measure that is used to gather data for a specific purpose:
#to determine a person's intellectual capacity



STANDARDISED CONDITIONS
controlled conditions



TEST BIAS
if a measure is differently valid for different subgroups