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• 1 Applications and consequences of psychological testing

• 1.1.4 Types of tests

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• Measure an individual's ability in relatively global areas such as verbal comprehension, perceptual organization, or reasoning and thereby help determine potential for scholastic work or certain occupations

  Intelligence tests

• Measure the capability for a relatively specific task or type of skill; a narrow form of ability testing

  Aptitude tests

• Measures a person's degree of learning, succes, or accomplishments in a subject or task

  Achievement tests

• Assess novel, original thinking and the capacity to find unusual or unexpected solutions, especially for vaguely defined problems

  Creativity tests

• Measure the traits,qualities, or behaviors that determine a person's individuality; such tests include checklists, inventories, and projective techniques

  Personality tests

• Measure an individual's preference for certain activities or topic and thereby help determine occupational choice

  Interest inventories

• Objectively describe and count the frequency of behavior, identifying the antecedents and consequences of the behavior

  Behavioral procedures

• Measure cognitive, sensory, perceptual, and motor performance to determine the extent, locus, and behavioral consequences of brain damage

  Neuropsychological tests

• 1.1.5 Uses of testing

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• A variety of procedures that schare a common purpose: assigning a person to one category rather than another

  Classification

• The sorting of persons into different programs appropriate to their needs or skills

  Placement