Questions for the class:
Question 1: Psychological tests are typically categorized into four major types: screening, intelligence, personality, and achievement tests.
Describe a given testing situation and the type of test that would be most useful in that situation. Provide an overview of the type selected, support your statements with research, and demonstrate both the strengths and weaknesses of the test type chosen. Be sure to put all information in your own words, cite accordingly, and include a list of references used in APA format. Your post should be at least 300 words.
Question 2: Ethical Testing
Discussion instructions: Standards and ethical codes have been created to guide those who administer and score psychological tests. Choose two standards or ethical issues for the focus of your post. Find at least two scholarly, peer-reviewed research articles on the chosen topics. Include the following in your post for both topics: description of the standard or ethical code, overview of the information presented in the articles found, and discussion of the importance of the standard or ethical code. Be sure to put all information in your own words, cite accordingly, and include a list of references used in APA format. Your post should be at least 300 words.
Questions 3: Test Standardization
Discussion instructions: Based in research, describe the basic concepts and types of reliability and validity that apply to testing and assessments. What is Norm-Referenced Interpretations and how does this apply to testing and assessments?
Be sure to put information in your own words and cite accordingly
Question 4: Reliability and Validity
Discussion instructions: In your own words, describe the basic concepts and types of reliability and validity that apply to tests. Include explanations for why a test may be high or low in each of these areas. How might a researcher developing a test increase the reliability and validity of that test? Provide at least three suggestions for increasing reliability and three suggestions for increasing validity. Be sure to put information in your own words and cite accordingly.
Question 5: Intelligence and Achievement Tests
Discussion instructions: Discuss the importance of considering test bias. List 3 major factors that should be considered based on research. Be sure to put all information in your own words, cite accordingly, and include a list of references used in APA format. Your post should be at least 300 words.
Question 6: Issues in Testing
Discussion instructions: Select one of the stages of test development. Discuss that selected stage and the items that must be done in the development of a test.
Be sure to put all information in your own words, cite accordingly, and include a list of references used in APA format. Your post should be at least 300 words.
Question 7: Intelligence Tests
Discussion instructions: Intelligence tests are commonly used in psychological and educational fields, as well as for the basis of various factors. Select an intelligence test that is published and the information is available online for review. Explain the test to include age ranges, language available, subtest and how the scores are reported. Explain your choices.
Paraphrase and do not quote the material. Make certain to site the website and testing publisher in your posting. Remember that references used in APA format. Your post should be at least 300 words.
Question 8: Achievement Tests
Discussion instructions: Achievement tests are commonly used in psychological and educational fields, as well as for the basis of various factors. Select an Achievement test that is published and the information is available online for review. Explain the test to include age ranges, language available, subtest and how the scores are reported. Explain your choices.
Paraphrase and do not quote the material. Make certain to site the website and testing publisher in your posting. Remember that references used in APA format. Your post should be at least 300 words.
Question 9: Observations and Interviews
Discussion instructions: The four methods covered this week for measuring personality include observations, interviews, checklists, and rating scales. For this assignment, focus on the use of observations and interviews as you create a posting that includes the following elements:
• comparisons and contrasts on the use of observations and interviews in assessing personality, which can include the types, strengths and weaknesses, reliability,
• validity, ethical concerns, or demographic issues of each method;
• explanation of when one of these methods might be preferred over the other; and
• explanation of the clinical judgment issues that might play a role in using these methods to assess personality.
Be sure to put all information in your own words, cite accordingly, and include a list of references used in APA format. Your post should be at least 300 words.
Question 10: Checklists and Rating Scales
Discussion instructions: The four methods covered this week for measuring personality include observations, interviews, checklists, and rating scales. For this assignment, focus on the use of checklists and rating scales as you create a posting that includes the following elements:
• comparisons and contrasts on the use of checklists and rating scales in assessing personality, which can include the types, strengths and weaknesses, reliability,
• validity, ethical concerns, or demographic issues of this method;
• explanation of when one of these methods might be preferred over the other; and
• explanation of the clinical judgment issues that might play a role in using these methods to assess personality.
Be sure to put all information in your own words, cite accordingly, and include a list of references used in APA format. Your post should be at least 300 words.
Question 11: Objective and Projective Techniques
Discussion instructions: Based on the multiple topics that are covered this week for Vocation, Neuropsychological, and Forensic Testing:
• Select one of these topics and provide the importance for that type of testing, include how and when it should be used and the "pitfalls" with regards to ethical standard and Best Practice model that must be followed per the selected instruments.
Be sure to put all information in your own words, cite accordingly, and include a list of references used in APA format. Your post should be at least 300 words.