Psychological Tests
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Standardized tests designed to measure abilities, as in intelligence, aptitude, and achievement tests, or to evaluate personality traits. |
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DF: PSYCHOL TESTS |
Psychological Tests Categories.
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Aptitude Tests - Primarily non-verbal tests designed to predict an individual's future learning ability or performance. |
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Language Tests - Tests designed to assess language behavior and abilities. They include tests of vocabulary, comprehension, grammar and functional use of language, e.g., Development Sentence Scoring, Receptive-Expressive Emergent Language Scale, Parsons Language Sample, Utah Test of Language Development, Michigan Language Inventory and Verbal Language Development Scale, Illinois Test of Psycholinguistic Abilities, Northwestern Syntax Screening Test, Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test, Ammons Full-Range Picture Vocabulary Test, and Assessment of Children's Language Comprehension. |
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Neuropsychological Tests - Tests designed to assess neurological function associated with certain behaviors. They are used in diagnosing brain dysfunction or damage and central nervous system disorders or injury. |
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Personality Tests - Standardized objective tests designed to facilitate the evaluation of personality. |
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Psychometrics - Assessment of psychological variables by the application of mathematical procedures. |
Psychological Tests Definitions and Terms
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