Description
In Unit 1, you read "The Concerns of the Profession" on pages 66–68 of your Psychological Testing and Assessment text as well as the Code. While the Code addresses the roles of test developers and test users separately, you will be following the standards for test users and, specifically, the section on selecting tests (refer page 5). There are nine elements to consider when selecting a test. You will focus on the first four of these elements for this assignment.
In your paper:
- Identify a test category that is relevant to your academic and professional career goals. The List of Tests by Type document identifies the 10 categories you may choose from. They include (1) intelligence/cognitive abilities, (2) achievement/aptitude, (3) personality, (4) behavior, (5) adaptive behavior, (6) neuropsychological, (7) career/business/organization, (8) autism, (9) depression, and (10) preschool.
- Select three tests from a single category using the List of Tests by Type document. Note: If you have an interest in a particular test that is not on this list, then you may, as an option, submit a request to your instructor to include it in your first assignment with two other tests on the list in the same category. Your instructor will review it and determine if you may proceed with including that test in your assignment or recommend that you select three tests from the list.)
- Compare and contrast these three tests according to the Code's first four elements.
- Access the Capella library and conduct a search. Use the Mental Measurements Yearbook (MMY) database from Buros to locate and read a review for each test. Mental Measurements Yearbook is located on the Capella Library's Database A–Z page.
- Visit the publishers' Web site for each test to obtain additional information.
- Return to the Capella library to choose a database, for example, PsycINFO, PsycARTICLES, ERIC (education research). Search for journal articles that are relevant to the four elements and each test. (See the PSY7610 Library Search Guide, linked in the Resources, for search advice. An optional worksheet is also provided to you in the resources to facilitate your research and literature review.)
Organize your paper using the following headings (please use these headings):
- Title page (required).
- Abstract (optional).
- Introduction.
- Identify your particular area of specialization and career goals, and the three tests you will research and review.
- Element 1. "Define the purpose for testing, the content and skills to be tested, and the intended test takers" (Code, 2004, p. 5, See #1). Describe your findings for all three tests citing references. Use this section to introduce each test and report on each of the three elements: purpose, content and skills, and intended test takers.
- Element 2. Describe "the appropriateness of test content, skills tested, and content coverage for the intended purpose of testing" (Code, 2004, p. 5, See #2). Describe your findings for each test citing references. Use this section to report on unique comments or research that evaluate any aspects of the appropriateness of each test. There may be a wide range of facets considering appropriateness that may be unique to each particular test under consideration.
- Element 3. Describe "materials provided by test developers and select tests for which clear, accurate, and complete information is provided" (Code, 2004, p. 5. See #3). Describe your findings for each test, citing references. Use this section to describe either reviews or your evaluation of the materials described in the sources you locate for each test under consideration.
- Element 4. "Select tests through a process that includes persons with appropriate knowledge, skills, and training" (Code, 2004, p. 5. See #4). Include specific publisher information about test-user qualification (for example, Level A, B, or C; or other classification). Describe your findings for each test, citing references.
- Compare and contrast.
- Compare and contrast the three tests based on these four elements (that is, 1–4).
- Decide which test will be the focus of your course project, based on your evaluation of the three tests. Explain your choice. All future assignments will be focused only on this one test that you determine here.
- References (required, use current APA format and style).
You may use the Optional Research Worksheet given in the resources to complete this assignment.
Additional Requirements
Your paper should meet the following requirements:
- References: A minimum of nine references are required for this assignment. These resources may include all of the reference sources identified in your Psychological Testing and Assessment text (pages 29–35), but must include:
- Three Mental Measurements Yearbook test reviews from Buros (one for each test).
- Three test publisher Web sites (one for each test).
- Three journal articles (one for each test).
- Length of paper: A minimum of five pages of content, not including the title page or references (an abstract is not required).
- APA format: Current APA format and style is required throughout. Be sure to use correct format and style for each respective type of reference, for example, Web site versus journal).
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Applied Behavior Analysis-Outline
Thesis: The test to focus on is the behavior test and this is important in the evaluation of motives
and the needs in the academic discipline.
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Behavior Test
A. Harmony
B. Behaviors
II.
Achenbach Systems of Empirically Based Assessment
A. Questionnaire
B. Competencies
III.
Behavior Assessment System for Children – 3 (BASC-3)
A. Interactions
B. Predictor values
IV.
Conners Comprehensive Behavior Rating Scales
A. Interventions
B. Diagnosis
Running head: APPLIED BEHAVIOR ANALYSIS
Applied Behavior Analysis
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Institution
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APPLIED BEHAVIOR ANALYSIS
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Applied Behavior Analysis
Psychological tests are important in the assessment process and there is the usage of the
procedures that guide the evaluation of the behavior of the individuals and the processes
mentally. The test that is important in the evaluation process focus on the standardization of the
behavior and the assessment of the clinical tests that are important in the in the clarification of
the diagnosis. The focus on the scope and the nature of the disturbance of the individual is
important as it helps in the selection of the best tests and the need to measure the processes
through which the individual undertakes in the identification of the behaviors. The particulars
that I have selected are specialization in Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA) and my career goals
is obtaining my Masters in Psychology with a specialization in ABA to eventually become a
Board-Certified Behavior Analyst (BCBA). The test to focus on is the behavior test and this is
important in the evaluation of motives and the needs in the academic discipline.
Behavior Test
Behavioral tests are commonly used in the different institutions and this is important in
helping to make decisions and ensuring there is an introduction to the different practices in the
environment. In the introduction of the behavioral tests, there is a need to focus on their
performance on the different tasks ad this assists in the harmonious application of the tests in
identifying the behavior of the individuals. There is a focus on the interactions in the
environment and this is important as it helps in the analysis of the different considerations in the
environment. The emphasis on the behavior of the people is directed to the observations in their
natural habitats and this is important as there is the creation of the features that help in the
stimulation of the behaviors of the individuals (Curtis, 2009). The process of the identification of
APPLIED BEHAVIOR ANALYSIS
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the behaviors is important as it guides the treatment process and ensures there is positivity in the
identification of the different behaviors.
Achenbach Systems of Empirically Based Assessment
The Achenbach Systems of Empirically Based Assessment is important in the offering of
comprehensive approaches that help in the assessment of the functioning and the adaptive nature
of the individuals. The tests are important in providing the specific patterns and this assists in the
determination of the favorable measures to apply in the interaction. The comparison is on the
usage of the questionnaire that helps in the assessment of the behavior of the children. There is
focus on the different interactions in the environment and the capturing of the consistencies that
might exist in the behavioral patterns. The focus on the different situations and the role that the
partners play in the questionnaire is important as there is the management of the behavior of the
participant and the analysis of the settings that exist in the improvement of the mental health
(Van Meter et al., 2018). The comparison exists where there is focus on the social settings and
the setting of the right mood as this helps in the assessment of the settings that guide translation
of the information to suit the different changes in the scoring of the information in the
questionnaire. There is need to focus on the operation of the systems as these guides the need to
analyze the changes in the environment and how they affect the individual moods and the
activities that they engage.
The standards set by using the form are important as there is an analysis of the integration
of the assessments and this helps in the translation of the changes taking place and the need to
focus on the different tests scores. A difference exists in the where there are different informant
ages and the multicultural tests also differ (Van Meter et al., 2018). It is important to assess ...
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