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Hello Hector,
In psychology, the fields of educational and occupational testing are two vast disciplines that employ testing extensively compared to other areas (Nowak, 2017). This demand, therefore, requires that professionals in the fields have an in-depth comprehension of the testing technicalities involved. Additionally, with further developments in working environments, advancements in employees’ skills are demanded, thus demanding the improvement of existing testing instruments to match ensuing dynamics. Likewise, in educational testing, cognitive tests are also essential to ensure that students are the best fit for their expected academic and co-curricular activities. Different tests, therefore, exist to serve various purposes, which include intelligence tests, academic achievement tests, vocational tests, and personality or psychopathology tests.
Notably, in your post, you discussed the Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale-Fourth Edition (WAIS-IV), the Career Assessment Inventory, and the 16 Personality Factor Myers-Briggs (the revised NEO Personality Inventory). Apart from Myers-Briggs’ 16 personality factors, the other two tests are vaguely discussed. According to your argument on WAIS-IV, you stated that the 2008 version is comprised of 14 subsets. This could be incorrect since, according to Peyre and co-authors, there are ten core subsets and five supplement subsets (Peyre et al., 2016). Furthermore, it would be more informative and exhaustive to mention some critical characteristics of WAIS-IV, such as the time taken to complete the test and its superiority to the previous versions. Other elements of WAIS-IV, such as the Wechsler Preschool and Primary Scale of Intelligence (WPPSI) and the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children (WISC-IV), could also be included in explaining the specific contexts within which WAIS is used. On Career Assessment Inventory (CAI), there is a need for you to mention particular settings within which the test is applied and the age bracket involved. You could also add that there exist two versions of CAI, namely: the Enhanced version and the vocational version with the enhanced version being superior to the professional version (Elosua, 2007).
References
Elosua, P. (2007). Assessing vocational interests in the Basque Country using paired comparison design. Journal of Vocational Behavior, 71(1), 135-145.
Nowak, K. (2017). Mental Measurements Yearbook. The Charleston Advisor, 19(2), 35-38.
Peyre, H., Ramus, F., Melchior, M., Forhan, A., Heude, B., Gauvrit, N., & EDEN Mother-Child Cohort Study Group. (2016). Emotional, behavioral and social difficulties among high-IQ children during the preschool period: Results of the EDEN mother–child cohort. Personality and Individual Differences, 94, 366-371.
Hi Amanda,
Thank you for your post. I have noted that you selected to discuss the Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale-Fourth Edition (WAIS-IV), Strong Interest Inventory (SII), and the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality (MMPI-2) test in your response to occupational and educational testing. I must commend you for the exhaustive and well-informative content that you have posted. From your discussion of MMPI-2, for example, you have meticulously articulated the progression from the original MMPI-1 to the current version. Your research also compares the differences between the two versions. According to your post, you have indicated that MMPI-2 contains 567 statements ((Ben-Porath & Tellegen, 2011). However, you could refine the word “statement” further and state that the 567 statements are true-false questions since the phrase “statement” is too general. Additionally, you could also add that the 567 true-false questions take between 60 to 90 minutes to be completed. Notably, your listing of the ten clinical scales such as schizophrenia, depression, paranoia, and hysteria, among other clinical issues addressed by MMPI-2 is indeed correct (Bianchini et al., 2018).
Finally, your distinction of core subsets and supplements in WAIS-IV is commendable. In most posts by my colleagues, I noticed that a majority failed to distinguish the difference between the two categories but rather treated them as a single category. It is indeed accurate to state that a full-scale intelligence quotient (FSIQ) and four composite scores are provided by the Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale-Fourth Edition (WAIS-IV) (Drozdick et al., 2018). Additionally, you could consider including the different forms of the WAIS-IV that are used on different ages of individuals on whom the test is administered. For example, a test such as the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children (WISC-IV) is employed on individuals aged between 6 and 16 years (Drozdick et al., 2018). On the other hand, the Wechsler Preschool and Primary Scale of Intelligence (WPPSI-IV) is used on individuals aged between 2½ and seven years as well as those aged seven years.
References
Ben-Porath, Y. S. & Tellegen, A. (2011). Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory–2–Restructured Form. https://www.pearsonassessments.com/store/usassessments/en/Store/Professional-Assessments/Personality-%26-Biopsychosocial/Minnesota-Multiphasic-Personality-Inventory-2-Restructured-Form/p/100000631.html
Bianchini, K. J., Aguerrevere, L. E., Curtis, K. L., Roebuck-Spencer, T. M., Frey, F. C., Greve, K. W., & Calamia, M. (2018). Classification accuracy of the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory-2 (MMPI-2)-Restructured form validity scales in detecting malingered pain-related disability. Psychological assessment, 30(7), 857.
Drozdick, L. W., Raiford, S. E., Wahlstrom, D., & Weiss, L. G. (2018). The Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale—Fourth Edition and the Wechsler Memory Scale—Fourth Edition.