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GENERAL ABILITIES ASSESSMENT [2 records]

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Record 1 1990-05-31

English

Subject field(s)
  • Psychometry and Psychotechnology
CONT

Personality Assessment : Observations, Interviews, and Ratings. Personality, according to the most general definition, is a composite of mental abilities, interests, attitudes, temperaments, and other variables characterizing thoughts, feelings, and behavior.... From the above definition it follows that methods of assessing personality include a broad range of cognitive and affective variables. Among these variables are the measures of achievement, intelligence, special abilities, interests, and attitudes.... Other emotional, temperamental, and stylistic characteristics, which have more traditionally been referred to as personality variables, are also important in understanding and predicting behavior.

OBS

Assessment. Appraising or estimating the level or magnitude of some attribute of a person. The assessment of human behavior and mental processes involves observations, interviews, rating scales, checklists, inventories, projectives, and psychological tests.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Psychométrie et psychotechnique

Spanish

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Record 2 1986-10-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Psychometry and Psychotechnology
DEF

[An assessment of] general mental ability or scholastic aptitude.... [A] multiple item test of a broad range of cognitive abilities. Divided into six levels : Primary I and II, Kindergarten-Grade 1; Elementary I and II, Grades 1-6; Intermediate, grades 7-9; and Advanced, Grades 10-12. No reading required at first three levels.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Psychométrie et psychotechnique
CONT

[...] l'Épreuve d'Habileté Mentale Otis-Lennon offre six niveaux : Primaire I, Primaire II, Élémentaire I, Élémentaire II, Intermédiaire et Avancée.

Spanish

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