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Tests are standardized procedures used to measure and predict behavior. Psychological tests specifically measure personality traits objectively through verbal and non-verbal responses. There are two main types: individual tests administered to one person at a time, and group tests administered simultaneously to multiple people. Ability tests measure accuracy and speed, while personality tests gauge typical behaviors like traits and temperament. Personality tests are used for assessing theories, diagnosing problems, evaluating therapy effectiveness, and predicting future behavior.
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sources of information which is drawn on, how that information is sampled, and the types of
instruments that are utilized in data collection. It also depends if the methods collect qualitative
data, quantitative data or both of them.
Qualitative psychological researches are those where the research findings are not arrived at by
statistical or other quantitative procedures.Quantitative psychological research is where the
research findings result from mathematical modeling and statistical estimation or statistical
inference. Since qualitative information can be handled as such statistically, the distinction
relates to approach, rather than the topic studied.
Experimental Method
The field of psychology commonly uses experimental approaches in what is best known as
experimental psychology. Researchers design experiments to test specific hypotheses aka
deductive approach, or to evaluate functional relationships aka inductive approach. The method
of experimentation involves an experimenter changing some influence on the research subjects,
and studying the effects it produces on an expected aspect of the subjects behaviour or
experience. Other variables researchers consider in experimentation are known as the extraneous
variables, and are either controllable or confounding
Observational Methods:
Observational research is a type of non-experimental, correlational research. It involves the
researcher observing the ongoing behaviour of their subjects. There are multiple approaches of
observational research such as participant observations, non-participant observations and
naturalistic observations
Survey Method:
Most of the interviews intrude as a foreign element into thesocial setting that they describe. They
create as well as measure attitudes, they play vital role and responsibility. Though they are
limited to those who are accessible and who will cooperate, but the responses obtained are
produced in part by dimensions of individual differences irrelevantto the concerned topic under
discussion.
Case Study Method:
Normally case study is an intensive analysis of a person, group, or event that stresses
developmental factors related to the topic. Case studies may as well be descriptive or
explanatory. Explanatory case studies explore causation to figure out the underlying principles.
But there often is a debate to whether case studies count as a scientific research method or not.
Clinical psychologists use case studies most often, especially to describe abnormal events and
conditions, which are particularly .
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Personality testing
- 2. A test is a measurement device or technique used to quantify behavior or aid in the understanding and prediction of behavior. A test is a standardized procedure for sampling behavior and describing it with categories and scores.
- 4. According to Freeman: “A Psychological test is a standardized instrument designed to measures objectively one or more aspects of a total personality by means of samples of verbal and non-verbal responses, or by means of other behaviors”
- 5. individual test: test can be given only to one person at a time. Group test: administered to more than one person at a time by a single examiner.
- 6. Ability test: contain items that can be scored in terms of accuracy, speed or both. Personality test: measure typical behavior such as traits, temperaments, dispositions
- 7. Personality test measures the traits, qualities or behaviors that determine a person‘s individuality, this information helps predict the future behavior.
- 9. The personality tests are used for the following purposes: for assessing theories to look at changes in the personality to evaluate the effectiveness of therapy diagnosing psychological problems
- 10. in forensic settings to conduct risk assessments establish competence and in child custody disputes Tells us about a person's coping in general with stress and life, sometimes by creating a stressful situation in the act of testing, giving us a chance to watch the person react,
- 11. Personality tests are used to asses’ personality traits To diagnose a problem To screen out jobs recruit Widely used in selection for arm forces To look out changes in personality To evaluate the therapy process either it is effective or not
- 12. They are usually quite long (expect to complete in approx. 30 - 90 minutes) They are usually un-timed They are usually paper and pencil tests but are increasingly offered in computer based format There are no right or wrong answers They typically contain questions in a "forced choice" format rather than free response
- 13. Questions are often quite vague, (i.e. could be answered differently depending on the situation) and subsequently a person's first or gut response is the best indication of how they would generally respond in the situation. Answering honestly about yourself, rather than how you would like to be or how you think the employer wants you to respond, will help you get the truest picture of your personality characteristics and help the employer make an appropriate choice. They usually contain an inconsistency and/or a good impression scale
- 14. Psychological assessment is the gathering and integration of psychology related data for the purpose of making a psychological evaluation that is accomplished. Through the use of tools such as tests, interviews, case studies, behavioral observation, and specially designed apparatuses and measurement procedures.