OF CONTENTS 1 PAGE NUMBER 1. INTRODUCTION 3 1. WHAT IS PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSESSMENT? 4 1.1. DEFINING PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSESSMENT 4 1.2. THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSESSMENT AND RELATED TERMS 4 1.2.1. Measurement and Assessment 4 1.2.2. Evaluation and Assessment 4 1.2.3. Psychometrics and Assessment 5 1.2.4. Testing and Assessment 5 1.2.5. Psychometric Testing and Assessment 5 1.3. THE USE OF PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSESSMENT 5 1.4. THE VALUE OF PSYCHOLIGICAL ASSESSMENT IN
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Let alone‚ one topic that resonated with me is the topic about psychological disorders. I didn’t really know a lot of the disorders that this topic talk is about but after the course and the topic‚ I was able to understand different kinds of disorders that affects one and what one can do to prevent all those disorders. For instance‚ obsessive-compulsive disorders were one of the disorders that resonated me because learning this disorder enabled me to understand more how people get stressed. In the
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Material Issues in Psychological Testing Worksheet Using the text for this course‚ the University Library‚ the Internet‚ and/or other resources answer the following questions. Your response to each question should be at least 200 words in length. .1 What are at least two ethical issues associated with psychological testing? What impact do these issues have on the field of psychological testing? There are a lot of ethical issues that are associated with psychological testing but the two that
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Assignment II Essay Historical Globalization In the period of historical globalization‚ a lot of horrible events had happen and many people have suffered‚ also lost what they had such as land‚ culture‚ languages‚ family‚ freedom‚ and dignity. Like the Rwanda incidents‚ Apartheid Law in South Africa and the incidents in Residential Schools in Canada. Although those things had happened‚ they still survive and right now is rebuilding and moving forward to not let it happen again with the
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Conclusion Psychological motives are basically caused due to some psychological needs and are not based on physical needs. It is very important in the development of the individuals’ personality. It related to self-esteem‚ self-security‚ self-expression and self-freedom. There are some several psychological needs‚ which are; 1. Need for Affiliation: It is the desire to be with others and have harmonious and satisfying relationships with them. 2. Need for Approval: It is the need for approval
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AND ITS BACKGROUND INTRODUCTION: In this thesis entitled “EFFECTIVENESS OF PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTING ON THE PERFORMANCE OF THE EMPLOYEES” includes the variety of mental abilities and attributes including achievement and ability‚ personality‚ and neurological functioning of the employees. This thesis questions what is the real importance of psychological testing on the performance of the employees? Psychological testing is defined as formalized measures of mental functioning and is mostly objective
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There are many psychological disorders that we have studied through the years. The categories for most of them are anxiety‚ personality‚ and dissociative disorders. The one that has helped identify the majority of criminals is antisocial personality disorder. This disorder is one that develops early in people‚ as early as the age of three‚ and as stated before can lead the person to become a criminal. However‚ if the person who has this disorder is raised well he could end up being a hero of
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What is psychological assessment? Psychological assessment is a process of testing that uses a combination of techniques to assist in arriving at some hypotheses about a person and their behaviour‚ personality and capabilities which is used to make effective decisions such as those in the selection process. Psychological assessment is also referred to as psychological testing‚ or performing a psychological battery on a person. The South African Context Psychological assessment has developed
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Test case design techniques II: Blackbox testing CISS Overview • Black-box testing (or functional testing): • Equivalence partitioning • Boundary value analysis • Cause-effect graphing • Behavioural testing • Random testing • Error guessing etc… Domain analysis • How to use black-box and white-box testing in combination • Basics : heuristics and experience CISS Black box testing requirements output input events SUT y domain testing x CISS Black-box: Three major approaches • Analysis of
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Abnormal Psychology The definition of "psychological disorder" is as follows: A psychological dysfunction within an individual that is associated with distress or impairment in functioning and a response that is not typical or culturally expected. There are three main components to this definition. They can be designated as a) psychological dysfunction‚ b) distress or impairment and c) atypical response. Psychological dysfunction is when you fail to function as would be considered normal‚ whether
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