1. Other Types of Tests
Chapter 12

2. Achievement Tests Measure how much a person has learned
Generally standardized tests
Not designed to to predict future performance
Controversy over clear distinctions between aptitude and achievement tests
Ex: OGT, SAT, ACT
Discuss answers to questions

3. Aptitude Tests Discover a person’s talents
Predict ability to learn new skills
General Aptitude Test Battery
9 different tests
Determine promise for an occupation
GATB most widely used test
Aptitude tests that are specific across several fields

4. Interest Tests No right or wrong answers
Determine person’s preferences, attitudes, and interests
Vocational interest test
Interest ≠ skills
VIT – what occupation you might like

5. The Difference Achievement tests measure what you know
Aptitude tests attempt to predict your abilities
Interest tests attempt to predict amount of joy and success in certain fields

6. Personality Tests Objective Projective “Forced choice”
Person must select an answer out of choices
Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI-2)
550 statements; true/false/cannot say
Looking for patterns of responses
Statements DO NOT identify personality types
Open-ended examiniations
Want test-takes to tell stories
Subject will project feelings into story
Rorschach ink-blot test
Hands ink-blot to subject
Asks to say what is seen
Some answers relate to specific things, others more general

8. Situational Testing
Closer test is to situation, more useful the results
Measures performance in terms of emotional, attitudinal, and behavior responses to “true life” situations
Began with OSS
Job-placement tests must be job-relevant

9. Review Game
Choose four of the six following categories and write one review question for each one you selected.
Reliability, Validity, and Norms
Intelligence and IQ
Test Taking Strategies
Aptitude, Achievement, and Interest Tests
Personality Tests
Situational Tests