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1. VIDYAKIRANA COLLEGE OF
NURSING BANGALORE
SUBJECT- PSYCHOLOGY
TOPIC- PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSESSMENT AND TEST
PRESENTTED BT – MRS. SULEKHA DESHMUKH

2. PSYCHOLOGICAL TEST

3. • Psychological has long tradition of scientific research
on human behavior and personality
• Through this research a multitude of psychological
assessment scale have been developed to objectively
and precisely measure various aspects of
psychological functioning and personality
characteristics

4. Psychological assessment
• Psychological assessment refer to the type of test
that we use to help identify strength and areas for
growth that affect one’s emotional, personal and
professional development or adjustment

5. Psychological test
• Psychological test are standard measure devised to
assess behavior objectively and used by psychologist
to help people make decision about their lives and
understand more about themselves

6. USES OF PSYCHOLOGICAL TEST
It is easier to get information from test than clinical
interviews
It help to assist in diagnosis
They are assisting in the formulation of
psychopathology and identification of areas of stress
and conflict
They help to determine the nature of difficult
present [ how affecting my daily life]

7. It help for treatment
These test are also used in forensic evaluation or
criminal charge
These test assess level of functioning or disability,
help direct treatment and assess treatment outcome

8. TYPE OF PSYCHOLOGICAL TEST
Individual and group test
Speed and power test
Computer assisted test
Paper pencil and performance test

9. INDIVIDUAL AND GROUP TEST

10. • INDIVIDUAL TEST- individual test are designed to be
administered to one person at a time
• GROUP TEST – are designed to administered the
large number of people at the same time

11. SPEED AND POWER TEST

12. • SPEED TEST – speed test have a fixed time limit at
which point everyone taking the test must stop
• POWER TEST – power test have no time limit
applicants are allowed as much time as needed to
complete the test

13. COMPUTER
ASSISTED
TEST

14. • It is a means of administering psychological test to
large group of applicants in which an applicant’s
response determine the level of difficulty of
succeeding items

15. PEPER PENCIL
AND
PERFORMANCE
TEST

16. • These tests are in printed form, answer are recorded
on a standard answer sheet
• Performance test assess- complex skills, such as
ward processing or mechanical ability for which
paper pencil test are not appropriate

17. Development of psychological test- how to
make
• 1- analysis of the situation- in the first step detailed
analysis of the psychological process required for
successful performance of the task in question is
carried out .
• 2 – tentative selection of the test item – in the
second step after the analysis has been made the
psychologist selects tests already available or device
tests which he feel will measure the process

18. • 3 – development of standardized procedure –
psychological test are administered and scored in the
same way for every individual tested in order to
obtain consistence result
• 4- administration of the test to a representative
group – in this step the psychologist administers the
test to a representative group of subject to see if
they score the way expert judgement or other
evidence suggests

19. • In this way psychologist are able to determine the
effectiveness of the test
• 5 – final selection of the test item – in this process
many test item are either discarded or revised so
that they contribute more directly to the overall
purpose of the test

20. • 6- evaluation of the final test – effectiveness of the
final test is evaluated in term of a specified criterion

21. Characteristic of psychological test
•Standardization
•Objectivity
•Test norms[ result ]
•Reliability
•Validity
Psychological
test have
several
characteristics

22. Principles of psychological
• Psychological test should have three components –
standard, content[satisfied what we have or do] and
the procedure that make it possible for anybody to
administer it anywhere anytime
• Test should have norms to compare an individual
test score to the score of know group who have
taken the test

23. • Test item are high technical quality prepared by
experts pretested and selected
• Direction for administering score are precisely stated
so that procedures are standard for different users of
the test [one ans sheet should be there]
• A test manual and other accessory materials are
provided as a guide for administration, scoring
evaluating its quality and for interpreting and using
the results

24. Interpretation of psychological test[making
result]
• The integration of test finding into a comprehensive
meaningful report is probably the most difficult
aspect of psychological evaluation
• Most clinician follow some general outline in
preparing a psychological report such as test
behavior intellectual functioning personality
functioning

25. • Reality testing ability impulse- control, manifestation
of depression and guilt interpersonal conflict
• Interred diagnosis, degree of present overt
disturbance, prognosis for social recovery,
motivation for personality change, primary asset and
weakness, recommendation[what should be done in
particular situation] and summary

26. Role of nurse in psychological
assessment

27. • Nurse should become familiar with many
standardized psychological test that are available to
enhance each stage of the nursing process
• This test will help in providing care
• A nurse should have knowledge about all the
psychological test that will enable her to clarify the
patients and relatives doubts regarding psychological
test they have to undergo