Psychological Testing: Establishing Diversity Paper
Psychological Testing: Establishing Diversity
Manrise Moore
Townsend State University
Individual Appraisal 647101
Dr. Justin Massey
December 3, 2013
Psychological Testing: Establishing Diversity Psychological testing is the backbone of how psychologists are able to gain a higher level of understanding regarding human beings and how/why they act as they do. Good psychological exams can help tremendously in the task of problem-solving and in getting a better snapshot of a person’s psychological or mental health issues while identifying strengths and weaknesses. Furthermore, a precise psychological exam helps to exam an individual’s precise point in time in a mode which examines their present-functioning in …show more content…
“For clients, parents and clinicians, the central issue is one of long-term consequences that may occur when mean test results differ from one ethnic group to another—Blacks, Hispanics, Americans Indians, Asian Americans and so forth. Important concerns include, among others, that psychiatric clients may be overdiagnosed, students disproportionately placed in special classes and applicants unfairly denied employment or college admission because of purported bias” (Reynolds & Suzuki, 2003). One way that I would develop a test would be to make the bulk of the test less verbal and word-based but to have the questions on the exam more picture-based, as I feel that there are more images, colors and notions related to those factors which are transcend cultural …show more content…
While this type of test, is used by many professionals in the field, has been criticized for a failure to accurately identify the range of psychological disorders, the test has shown to be effective in the diagnosis of illnesses characterized by distorted thinking, such as schizophrenia and bipolar disorder (Cheery, 2013). This is largely because of the fact that the test revolves around pinpointing universal themes of interpretation to visual stimuli and working to classify these interpretations into norm of regular thinking versus irregular. This test in and of itself can be quite useful in allowing for the assessment of human behavior according to trends inherent in the human condition. This test, because of the fact that it is based on visual cues and interpretation, offers forms of interpretation along the lines of broader references, rather than the narrower codes of reasoning given to
Manrise Moore
Townsend State University
Individual Appraisal 647101
Dr. Justin Massey
December 3, 2013
Psychological Testing: Establishing Diversity Psychological testing is the backbone of how psychologists are able to gain a higher level of understanding regarding human beings and how/why they act as they do. Good psychological exams can help tremendously in the task of problem-solving and in getting a better snapshot of a person’s psychological or mental health issues while identifying strengths and weaknesses. Furthermore, a precise psychological exam helps to exam an individual’s precise point in time in a mode which examines their present-functioning in …show more content…
“For clients, parents and clinicians, the central issue is one of long-term consequences that may occur when mean test results differ from one ethnic group to another—Blacks, Hispanics, Americans Indians, Asian Americans and so forth. Important concerns include, among others, that psychiatric clients may be overdiagnosed, students disproportionately placed in special classes and applicants unfairly denied employment or college admission because of purported bias” (Reynolds & Suzuki, 2003). One way that I would develop a test would be to make the bulk of the test less verbal and word-based but to have the questions on the exam more picture-based, as I feel that there are more images, colors and notions related to those factors which are transcend cultural …show more content…
While this type of test, is used by many professionals in the field, has been criticized for a failure to accurately identify the range of psychological disorders, the test has shown to be effective in the diagnosis of illnesses characterized by distorted thinking, such as schizophrenia and bipolar disorder (Cheery, 2013). This is largely because of the fact that the test revolves around pinpointing universal themes of interpretation to visual stimuli and working to classify these interpretations into norm of regular thinking versus irregular. This test in and of itself can be quite useful in allowing for the assessment of human behavior according to trends inherent in the human condition. This test, because of the fact that it is based on visual cues and interpretation, offers forms of interpretation along the lines of broader references, rather than the narrower codes of reasoning given to