Psychological Testing

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Psychological testing is one component of psychological assessment. Psychological testing uses samples of behavior (observations over time of task performance, which usually has been determined beforehand) in order to develop some generalization about a particular person the tester is interested in knowing more about. The technical term for the science behind psychological testing is psychometrics. The types of psychological testing are broken down into these various areas:

Achievement

Aptitude

Intelligence

Personality

Educational

Neuropsychology

Health Psychology

Clinical Psychology

Forensic

Developmental

Consumer

Occupational