Description
In this assignment, you will be critiquing two psychological tests, a personality test and an intelligence test. You will be critiquing the following categories for each test: General Test Content, Technical Format, Test Strengths and Weaknesses, and Multicultural Applications of the test. You will need to submit a worksheet for each test. The length requirements are listed in each section. Each test critique will be the equivalent of 3-4 pages.
Your paper must also:
Be in APA format, including a title page and reference page.
Be proofread and contain few to no grammar errors, misspellings, or typographical errors.
Incorporate a minimum of three supportive scholarly citations and references to support content and conclusions.
Examples of Personality Tests:
Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory- 2nd edition
Millon Clinical Mulitaxial Inventory- 3rd edition
NEO Personality Inventory
Personality Assessment Inventory
California Psychological Inventory
16 Personality Factors
Thematic Apperception Test
Rorschach Inkblot Test
Examples of Intelligence Tests:
Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children - 4th Ed
Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale- Revised
Test of Nonverbal Intelligence
Stanford Binet Intelligence Scale
Potential resources include, but are not limited to:
Test Materials (test manual, test booklets, etc.)*
- Online databases (such as the ETS Test Collection database at http://www.ets.org/testcoll/)
- Mental Measurements Yearbook
- Test Critiques
- Tests in Print
Findings of reliability and validity studies published in scholarly journals. Journals include:
- Applied Psychological Measurement
- Educational and Psychological Measurement
- Journal of Applied Psychology
- Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology
- Journal of Educational Psychology
- Journal of Personality Assessment
- Journal of Psychoeducational Assessment
- Journal of School Psychology
- Personnel Psychology
- Psychological Assessment
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General Test Information
The intelligence test has been made in such a way that it
would aid in testing the intelligence level amongst
individuals of different races, age, and other characters.
The test has been made in such a way that it would
measure the anxiety levels, emotional and capability of
taking action against certain things.
Intelligence Testing
Name of Test
Published by David Wechsler in 1955
Publisher and Publication Date
Test Description (30-word minimum)
Construct(s), domain(s) or variable(s)
the test measures (30 word
minimum)
The test had been taken to an educational institution. The
test had been taken to an education department to come up
with ways that would aid in the process of identifying
children who were deemed to be lagging behind
academically.
Intelligence tests are regarded to be the total scores that
have been derived from various standardized tests that had
been designed to assess the intellectual capacity of human
beings. A psychologist identified as William Stern had
coined the abbreviation IQ. The main focus of the test was
on children who had been selected, and a comprehensive
analysis had been done to them (Castro, 2015).
The main focus of the test was on children who had been
selected, and a comprehensive analysis had been done to
them (Castro, 2015). Through the test, several children
were handpicked, and the test was conducted on the
Assignment adapted from Nicolai, K. (2005). Student Workbook for Psychological Testing: Principles,
Applications and Issues. Thomson/Wadsworth, ISBN 0-534-63308-0.
Theoretical Foundation of Test (50word minimum)
Purpose and potential uses of the test
(50-word minimum)
Whom the test is designed for (30word minimum)
Number of items
Item Format (such as multiple choice,
true or false)
The first intelligence test was identified as the Binet-Simon
test that had been conducted by Alfred Binet in 1905. In
the same year, the test had been taken to an educational
institution. The test had been taken to an education
department to come up with ways that would aid in the
process of identifying children who were deemed to be
lagging behind academically.
Intelligence tests are regarded to be the total scores that
have been derived f...