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Also known as: psychological measurement, psychometrics
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psychometrics
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Sir Cyril Burt
L. L. Thurstone
James McKeen Cattell
Robert M. Yerkes
Joy Paul Guilford
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psychological testing, the systematic use of tests to quantify psychophysical behaviour, abilities, and problems and to make predictions about psychological performance. The word “test” refers to any means (often formally contrived) used to elicit responses to which human behaviour in other contexts can be related. When intended to predict relatively distant future behaviour (e.g., success in school), such a device is called an aptitude test. When used to evaluate the individual’s present academic or vocational skill, it may be called an achievement test. In such settings as guidance offices, mental-health clinics, and psychiatric hospitals, tests of ability and personality may ...(100 of 6102 words)

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