Rorschach test

today. Many people believe that it should happen because the recipients could use their income to buy illegal substances, but others believe that it could be considered discrimination and that it violates human rights. As of right now, 13 states drug test welfare recipients. The people who support welfare drug testing have quite a few reasons as to why they think it should happen. One of the biggest reasons I’ve seen as to why the recipients should be drug tested is that it could save taxpayers…

simply assumed they all have high levels of generalizability. However, this class has helped open my eyes to the different forms of personality tests and their benefits. I never took the time to think about the different forms of determining qualities of an individual’s personality. Whether it is a projective test (e.g., the Rorschach Inkblot test) or objective test (Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory), psychologists have utilized multiple forms and variations of personality assessment…

Reading 30 addresses Freud’s daughter study over her father’s theories of egos while Readings 35 and 36 go over studies dealing with psychotherapy. Nonetheless, as Rotter goes over internal and external locus of control fate, he inevitably develops a test ultimately measuring a person’s locus of control. However, his work was far from being over. Only then, after creating the IE scale he began to measure people’s characteristics and could then study…

Objective personality test are given to determine the personality and socio-emotional functioning of a parent. These test screen for symptoms of personality disorders. Test include the MMPI-II, MCMI-II, PAI and Beck Depression Inventory II. Projective personality test are given to access personality and emotional symptoms, test given are the Thematic Apperception Test, The sentence Completion Series and the Rorschach Inkbot Test. along with parenting assessment tests. The outcome of these…

to determine whether an inmate should be considered for a release program; and to evaluate effectiveness of treatment interventions. Models of clinical assessments include the psychodiagnostic and the psychometric models. Examples of commonly used tests in counseling are: occupational or work values; problem solving and coping skills; developmental needs; and relationships with…

Resources are already available to healthcare providers to either suggest drug tests or refer to rehabilitation. With the use of electronic medical records the potential to provide substantial befits too many practices. They help manage and approve reduced costs and financial benefits along with previous medical records. (Wang, S. 2013) With all of this information being available to them they should be able to require a drug test without being unreasonable. Since there is never a better or more…

Standardized testing is often scrutinized by teachers instead of being looked at in a positive manner. There are many ways to utilize such a test. The best possible way would be to teach to the test. It not only benefits the original reason standardized tests are in place, it also provides a backbone for what to teach. It allows you to stay within professional boundaries and also allows the teacher to teach to their liking with what material is provided. A process such as this would help with…

thousands, of tests. They develop a skill to a highly calibrated degree in an exercise that will essentially become useless immediately after their last day in school.” – Howard Gardner 1991 The NCLB (No Child Left Behind) act was implemented in the year 2001 by President Bush as a way to improve our education system in America. A way that has caused for an over emphasis on testing while holding teachers accountable for those results; thus leading to lecturing and teaching to the test as a way…

I was naïve to think that I would pass that exam with flying colors. Reflecting on that test I started to develop a “fixed mindset” as Carol Dweck calls it. In the article, “The Perils and Promises of Praise” by Carol S. Dweck asserts, “In the fixed mindset, students care first and foremost about how they’ll be judged: smart or not smart.…

cannot be equated with higher test scores. In his article he elaborates on six key flaws of using testing like VAM to evaluate teachers. When using a test to measure teacher effectiveness, there is a statistical error rate of 35 percent when using one year’s worth of data, which would cause many to be misevaluated. Naturally, the test scores of students depend ultimately upon the students themselves, so year after year as students go through a teacher’s classroom the test scores can fluctuate…