Psy563M

 is the field of behavioral science concerned with

methods of identifying similarities and differences
among people in their personal characteristics and
capacities.
 As such, psychological assessment comprises a
variety of procedures that are employed in diverse
ways to achieve numerous purposes.
 Assessment has sometimes been equated with
testing, but the assessment process goes beyond
merely giving tests.
 Psychological assessment involves
integrating information from

1. test protocols,
2. interview responses,
3. behavioral observations,
4. collateral reports, and
5. historical documents.
 The diverse ways in which assessment procedures
are employed include many alternative approaches
to obtaining and combining information from
different sources, and the numerous purposes that
assessment serves arise in response to a broad
range of referral questions raised in such companion
fields as clinical, educational, health, forensic,
and industrial/organizational psychology.
collecting assessment
data of appropriate kinds and in sufficient amounts to address
referral questions in meaningful and useful ways.

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