COGNITIVE AND PERSONALITY TESTS

Aims:

- Historic developments of psychological tests and their methodological background.

- Discrimination among different test typologies and aims of use.

- Possible technical errors in the application and interpretation of the tests, incorrect use of the results.

- Quantitative and qualitative levels in psychometric approach.

- Criteria for choosing the cognitive and personality tests and correct use of them.

- Scoring and interpretation of the most used psychodiagnostic instruments.

Contents:

• Definition, characteristics and history of psychological testing.
• Reliability and validity, standardization of tests.
• Test of level and development of intelligence.
• Psychometric and criterion tests.
• Differences between tests and questionnaires.
• Traits and dynamics in the evaluation of personality.
• Clinical use of psychometric instruments.
• Projective tests.
• Inventories
• Tests for the assessment in work and organizations.

1. DI NUOVO S. Misurare la mente. I test cognitivi e di personalità, Laterza, Bari-Roma (pages: 150).

2. GRANIERI A. (a cura di) I test di personalità, Utet, Torino (chapters 4-7, pages: 180). Second Edition.

The laboratory will deepen and exemplify the use of the WAIS test and the Rorschach (pp. 131-189 from the book edited by Granieri).