Discussion Thread: Developing Psychological Tests
A psychological test that has not been created, but should be, would be a test to find if an
individual has an inherent gene or personality trait for commitment. Not to explore if the person
is afraid of commitment or has relationship commitment issues, but a predisposition to
commitment. Commitment to learning, relationships, honesty, God, etc. This test would be used
in clinical psychology, relationship counseling, school psychology, or as a test for employment,
Once there has been the conceptualization for this test then the next step would be to
construct the test (Cohen, 2022 p. 251). Focusing on what the test will measure. For instance,
inherent commitment questions might be written that apply to the test takers history, such as,
when one was in kindergarten did one commit to learning to write letters or did one quickly give
up? This will assist in knowing if the person was predisposed to commitment or it is a learned
cognitive behavior.
As part of the trying out process would be to give the text to ten children, ten teenagers, and
ten adults. Administering the test by age groups will assist in the test construction by confirming
the best age for which the test should be administered. After the test is given the test as a whole
and each item will be analyzed for reliability and validity (Cohen, 2022 p. 251). If the items do
not pass the requirements, then the items will be revised and will have to be tried out again,
analyzed individually again, and revised again if necessary.
Creating a psychological test for the life effects of being inherently committed has the
objective to gauge the difficulties that, depending on the level of predisposition to commit, this
might cause, for instance, not knowing when to give up or not knowing how to accept defeat
which might foster anger issues.
Someone who is a test creator has questions that they would love to have answered.
Inquisitiveness is like music, God made it, and man has made it into something bad as well as the
good thing for which God intended. In the Bible, Genesis 3:1-24, Eve became curious about the
tree of knowledge and instead of being obedient to God and not touching it she listened to Satan
and not only touched it but ate of it. Human beings have felt the repercussions of that act of
curiosity for thousands of years. In Proverbs 4:4-9 God tells us that wisdom and insight are
important, and wisdom will take care of us. To be a questioning individual is a good thing if one
approaches it with humility and Godliness.
References
Cohen, R. J. (2022). Psychological testing and assessment: An introduction to tests and
measurement. McGraw-Hill.
King James Bible. (2017). . Cambridge University Press.
(Original work published 1769)
Responses:
Aloha, Samantha.
Sounds like a great idea for a test!
I think there is such a wide variety of traumas and so many different reactions, or side effects,
(Sartor et al., 2023) that if the test was made to delineate between what type of trauma, sexual or
physical assault, witnessing an incident, threatened by death, etc., (Sartor et al., 2023) and what
their symptoms are, sleep problems, anxiety, mood problems that masquerades as a mood
disorder, gastrointestinal problems, and muscular issues (Sartor et al., 2023). Then the
delineations could be shown by age, so that one knows what PTSD trauma possibly causes which
syptoms the most in what ages. Then these findings could be indications that could be used when
one is doing intakes for new client counseling as to what is going on with the client and what
treatments have worked for patients of that age, who have PTSD from a particular trauma. The
test would not have to be changed from what you brought to the table, what would be enhanced
is the gleaning of results.
Reference
Sartor, Z., Kelley, L., & Laschober, R. (2023). Posttraumatic Stress Disorder: Evaluation and
Treatment. American Family Physician, 107(3).
