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When we speak about Psychological assessment (PA) we are referring to...

• The application of psychological tests

• A dynamic process of decision-taking when evaluating an individual using different psychological tests and different technicques

• Conduct diagnostic interviews for psychological disorders

• Reaching conclusions after the application of psychological tests

Select the correct one about the Psychological Assessment (PA) in a therapy procedure:

• It is a process or phase that is almost always dispensable in clinical settings

• It is an indispensable process or phase in 99.99% of the cases

• It is a phase that modern psychology no longer uses

• All of them are true

Regarding the return of information to the clients or users, point out the false one

• Results report must ALWAYS be returned.

• Sometimes, e.g. in the forensic field, we are not required to

• May be verbal or written

• The report has a logical structure for the presentation of results

Regarding projective techniques

• They are the main source of information in almost all cases

• Techniques with many reliability and validity limitations

• They can be use as the starting point to gather information in many cases

• I do not know what projective technique is

Regarding the psychological interview

• Verbal and non-verbal skills must be used properly in order to adapt to the person you are assessing

• The same interview scheme, in which you are an expert, should always be followed in order to conduct a reliable interview

• Both are wrong

• Both are correct

Regarding intelligence assessment, select the true one:

• They are usually self-report measures

• They are usually performance tests: problems to be solved

• There are a multitude of tests for Gardner's multiple intelligences.

• All of them are correct.

Regarding observation techniques

• a. One type of these are self-reported

• b. The observation should always be filmed

• c. Self-observation is a type of observation

• a and c are correct

Regarding the areas of application or fields of work in Psychological Assessment (PA)...

• PA is only useful in Clinical Psychology

• PA is only useful in Human Resources

• Assessment is applicable to any field of psychology.

• All of them arre incorrect

Are there any differences between a clinical psychological assessment and a forensic psychological assesment?

• a. Yes, for example, in clinical practice there is professional secrecy, while in forensic practice there is no professional secrecy

• b. Yes, for example, when assessing someone in forensic contexts we have to think about or assess the risk of simulation or deception

• c. No, both of them are psychological assessment practices and should follow similar guidelines.

• d. a and b are correct

Why is validity important in testing?

• a) Because a test should actually measure what it claims (otherwise it’s like using a bathroom scale to measure intelligence)

• b) Because it makes the test look fancy

• c) Because we need tests that consistently give similar results, like that one friend who always shows up late

• d) Because without it, we’d just be guessing — and even Google doesn’t like that