Foundation of Psychological Testing

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Foundation of Psychological Testing
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Topic 1

• What are the Mental Ability Tests Personality
  Tests?
• Give Example.

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Personality Test - focuses more on personal
characteristics like extroversion, agreeableness,
and openness to experience. This type of
awareness can be useful when assessing for
managerial roles and job positions that require a
high degree of communication with other
people. 16 personalities https//www.16personalit
ies.com/free-personality-test Personality
Perfect https//www.personalityperfect.com/test/fr
ee-personality-test/ Jung Typology Test
http//www.humanmetrics.com/cgi-win/jtypes2.aspqu
estionnaire Test Color http//www.testcolor.com/
personalitytest/personalitytest.php PRO
Testing for how well that person will fit into
the company culture and can be used as part of a
career development program or for enhancing
productivity in a team-based environment. CON
Can be problematic if they inadvertently
discriminate against individuals who would
otherwise perform effectively.
Mental Ability Test - measure mental
capabilities like general intelligence, verbal
fluency, numerical ability, and reasoning
ability. Wonderlic Test https//www.wikijob.co.u
k/content/aptitude-tests/test-types/wonderlic-test
s Predictive Index Test https//www.wikijob.co.uk
/content/aptitude-tests/test-types/predictive-inde
x-tests SHL Tests https//www.wikijob.co.uk/conte
nt/aptitude-tests/test-providers/practice-shl-test
s Revelian Tests https//www.wikijob.co.uk/conten
t/aptitude-tests/test-providers/revelian-tests
PRO best indicative of general intelligence, as
opposed to specialized areas of intelligence like
reading comprehension and spatial relations.
Great predictors of performance, career success
and job satisfaction. CON Sometimes unfair, and
may create lower levels of minority
representation.
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Topic 2

• What are the Construct, Content, Concurrent
  Predictive Validity?

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• Face (Construct) Validity
• - the content of the measure is to reflect the
  construct being measured studied through
  judgment and non-expert ratings doesn't
  necessarily mean a measure is assessing the
  construct well typically makes test takers
  happy example overt vs subtle integrity tests
  overt has face validity, subtle does not.
• Content Validity
• - measure sufficiently covers the area it is
  intend to cover measures of depression should
  measure all aspects of depression

• Concurrent Validity
• - studies the relationship between the measure
  and criterion at the same time to determine if
  people differ on a construct in a meaningful
  (theoretical) way give measures to multiple
  groups, and test for differences e.g., high/low
  extraverts in a sales task can use in lieu of
  predictive validity in appropriate cases
• Predictive (Criterion-Related) Validity
• - scores on the measure predicted behavior on a
  criterion measured at a time in the future used
  for validating selection tests E.G., GER, SAT,
  job selection

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What is ?
TestRetest
Equivalent Forms
Split-Half
Interscorer / Interrater
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• Test - Retest Reliability
• - A measure of consistency for tests and other
  instruments. The test of interest is taken at
  first and then later retake it again for
  comparison. The closer the scores are, the more
  reliable the test, because it shows the accuracy.
  
• Equivalent Forms Reliability
• - A term used in psychometrics (the measurement
  of intelligence, skills, aptitudes, etc.) to
  identify if two or more forms of tests that are
  designed to measure some aspect of mentality are
  truly equivalent to one another.

• Split-Half Reliability
• - A measure of consistency where a test is split
  in two and the scores for each half of the test
  is compared with one another. It is a test that
  is consistent most likely is measuring something
  the experimenter does not know what that
  "something" is the same. This is the reliability
  sets the ceiling of validity.
• Interscorer/Interrater Reliability
• - Refers to statistical measurements that
  identify how similar the data collected by
  different raters who are scoring or measuring a
  performance, behavior, or skill in a human or
  animal.

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Topic 3

• Whats your intelligence type?

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Result

• Real life examples
• While waiting in a queue, I will definitely be
  daydreaming.
• I like to see colourful things.
• When looking at the map, I know where I am going.
  I wont get lost.
• When playing pictionary, I normally represent my
  group to draw out the given words for my team to
  guess.
• I find it easier to understand quickly by looking
  at the graphs and charts.
• I find that doing assignments for making posters
  are enjoyable.
• I know how to take good photographs.

• Intelligent Type
• Spatial (Picture Smart)

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Topic 4

• What is in your mind?

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• 1. I like the atmosphere of being at the Garden
  by the Bay.
• 2. I am typing out my answers to complete these
  sentences.
• 3. My teachers are informative in their teaching.
• 4. I hardly ever feel hopeful when the number of
  virus cases are increasing everyday.
• 5. The saddest thing is facing lack of food
  supply during the lockdown .
• 6. Fathers are a mixture of fierce and great
  sense of humours.
• 7. I hate being disturbed.
• 8. I would like to discover some innovative
  advanced technologies.
• 9. I hope that I never get a positive result for
  the virus.
• 10. I often daydream about how I should do things
  more in a proper way.

• 11. Mothers are full-time multi-professions.
• 12. Three wishes are healthy, joyful and no
  worries.
• 13. Boys are tall and strong.
• 14. I get help from Google, lecturers, seniors,
  and friends.
• 15. I get mad when I am wrongly blamed.
• 16. I need to change my body poster for health.
• 17. My biggest problem is lack of vocabulary.
• 18. I nearly always feel hungry these days.
• 19. Dating apps are getting popular in this
  generation.
• 20. My future is unpredictable due to the virus.

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• 31. I look up to those with good personalities.
• 32. Most adults are facing jobless these days.
• 33. A job I would hate is working long hours,
  because I cannot get enough rest.
• 34. Brothers are playful.
• 35. Students at my school are quiet.
• 36. My thoughts are full everyday.
• 37. I get frustrated when I can't follow
  everyone's pace.
• 38. When I was younger, I started to enjoy
  imitating the sounds of different slang.
• 39. I regret of waiting for others.
• 40. The happiest thing is to get things done
  early.

• 21. Sisters are very sociable.
• 22. I secretly learn some IT skills.
• 23. I failed my test one.
• 24. Most students think I am friendly.
• 25. I am scared when I am in danger.
• 26. What annoys me the most is the noise that I
  cant sleep well.
• 27. I worry about the spread of the virus.
• 28. Girls are smarter than boys.
• 29. I remember my friends who are very close to
  me.
• 30. A job I would like is working short hours,
  because I can get enough rest.

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What are your personality traits,
states and types?
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• Personality Type
• - ESFJ-A
• Assertive Consul Outgoing, loyal and
  tender-hearted
• Sentinel Role Observer
• People Mastery Strategy Fearless to do things

• Personality Trait
• - Openness
• - Try new things and engage in imaginative and
  intellectual activities like think outside of the
  box
• - Curious, imaginative, wide range of interests,
  independent

• Personality State
• - Too busy
• - Exhausted

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What trigger you?
Whats your underlying issues?
3. What can you do about it to resolve your
underlying issues?
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• What trigger you?
• New vocabulary
• Whats your underlying issues?
• Having a hard time to understand the message
• What can you do about it to resolve your
  underlying issues?
• Look up for the definitions in words and images

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Topic 5

• Whats your DISC Personality?

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• 5. EEE - Pattern 34/SC
• 6. FFF - Pattern 3/S
• 7. GGG - Pattern 5/S
• 8. HHH - Pattern 43/CS

• 1. AAA - Pattern 43/CS
• 2. BBB - Pattern 134/DSC
• 3. CCC - Pattern 3/s
• 4. DDD - Pattern 3/S

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What does a happy life look like?
How do you measure happy?
Is there a difference between a happy life and a
meaningful life?
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• How do you measure happy?
• How I measure happy is by the less amount of
  worry or sad in life, and the healthy lifestyle
  that I have.

• What does a happy life look like?
• It looks like nothing to worry, which would cause
  someone to feel sad easily, losing motivation and
  even experiencing weight loss. It is getting
  along with everyone is always a cheerful moment.

• Is there a difference between a happy life and a
  meaningful life?
• Yes, there is a difference. We can live happily,
  but it doesnt mean we can live a meaningful
  life.
• I dont think having a meaningful life can always
  make us happy, because we need to plan what we
  need to do that some people might find it quite
  hassle to decide during the process of finding
  the information and doing the analysis.

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Give 1 Example for Each

• Meaningful Life but Not Happy
• Always doing charity and helping those in needs,
  but living alone with no family and true friends.
• Having the occupation that we are passionate of
  but not making much money.
• Overcoming a challenge or a difficult situation
  by sacrificing something valuable
• Do what you want to do but be criticized by your
  family.
• Having all the motivations in life but has no one
  to support you in whatever you do,
• Helping others at the expense of your own
  happiness
• Can learn, but no enjoyment
• Doing a job that makes us happy and satisfied but
  doesn't have a good salary
• Being kind with people just to satisfy other

• Happy Life but Not Meaningful
• Eat what i love to eat.
• Stress free by doing drugs
• Being rich but lonely.
• Can do whatever they want in life but when they
  die, no one truly remembers or care about them.
• Having a good job but not enjoying it
• Can enjoy, but not learning
• Niusharich but not happy
• Having many companion(it can be friends,
  relatives, colleagues, etc) but none of them are
  genuine.
• Powerful to ask people to do everything for you