Is Dr. Frost Doing More Harm Than Good? The Dangers of Exposure in Psychological Testing
Moving While Black: Intergroup Attitudes Influence Judgments of Speed
The Journal of Experimental Psychology recently published an article exploring the…
This semester, one of the assignments for PSYC 406: Psychological Tests at McGill University is to develop our own psychological test, get people to fill it out, and then analyze the results. For this assignment, I chose mental…
Psychological testing on the internet: Know your deepest fears, recover repressed memories and discover your implicit biases all in 6 easy questions!
The technological revolution has made a plethora of information more accessible. We can read about gardening tools on our way to work, listen to a lecture psychological…
Personality Tests on Athletes: Are They Right?
Employment testing has been widely used with the hope of correlating results of the various tests with job performance. One of the notable types of tests used are personality tests. They have been used in many different facets in life to see if an individual is right for the…
Narcissism is a personality trait that can simply be described as excessive self love. The word itself comes from the story of Narcissus, who in Greek mythology, was known for his beauty and falling completely in love with himself. His overbearing self love led to his demise, which…
In motivational psychology last semester, we discussed the difference between talent and skill, exploring the views of Erikson, Baumeister, and Coyle, and learnt about deliberate practice and what that entails…
It’s time for stories!
— — assessing the Big Three Motives from your imaginative work
Mindlessly scrolling through my Facebook homepage, I happened to stumble across an article from the DailyMail…
When competing in sporting events, I have always had an internal struggle between my instincts and my conscious. I would always worry about making mistakes and how I could…
The term psychopath. We hear it, we use it, do we misinterpret it? You could have crossed a psychopath in the streets yesterday and you would not have realized it. The reality is that psychopathy is among us in our everyday lives and is often under diagnosed and…
As someone who was a camp counsellor for many years, I got to meet hundreds of campers, all…
Many of us these days spend more time sitting in front of the computer and internet than in front of the TV. Many of us have also realized that this does not mean less annoying advertisements.
Test Anxiety: A Major Educational Problem and What Can Be Done About It by Kennedy T. Hill and Allan Wigfield
People who detain power can often act however they want and get away with it. Does the reverse also…
Emma Stewart
The Difficulties of Creating a Test
In the following post I would like to address certain issues that I faced so far while creating a short emotional…
Upon researching for psychological tests on an individual’s sex life, a plethora of results come up. But why even begin to test whether one is satisfied with their sex life, or dissatisfied with their genital appearance? Does it have some sort of psychological significance, or physiological…
Since the turn of the century, psychometricians like Alfred Binet and David Wechsler have…
The majority of students have experienced the feeling of doing well on a test, but then the grade turns out to be horrible, or they don’t know if they did well, despite knowing that they studied a lot for the test. This disappointment and/or uncertainty happen often…
No matter how intuitive psychological tests seem, measuring a construct is a little more than throwing a questionnaire at participants. The construction of a test is a process that requires constant revision and consideration of outside factors that may affect the…
An issue that often arises when discussing the creation of psychological tests is that of malingering — participants who deliberately ‘fake bad’ in order to reap certain benefits from the outcome of their test. Clearly, this is an issue of test…
When tests fail those who need it most.
I recently presented my poster on research I had conducted this past summer at an intervention program at Yale. This program is designed to take children with severe psychiatric diagnoses or criminal histories and apply multisystematic therapy in an attempt to prevent further violence…
The dialogue between the pros and cons of social media has been long and ongoing…
Plus de répondants oui, mais à quel prix?
Ceux qui veulent continuer leurs études à la maitrise seront d’accord avec moi : les notes ne suffisent pas. Même avec un GPA parfait, il est important de s’impliquer au sein des organisations universitaires. C’est pourquoi j’ai pris la décision l’an dernier de travailler dans un…
Psychopath: our go-to “crazy guy” word, our favourite label for the deranged and…
Eating disorders are becoming more and more common with the ideals society increasingly places on how men and women’s bodies should look like. While we see women’s curves being appreciated in historical paintings, we also witness…
Personality has been studied for centuries, dating back to the crude techniques of phrenology, whereby personality characteristics were…
As students, we all enjoy sharing with others new information that we have learned. However, when it comes to psychology, information is not always as finite as in other classes. For example, in a History class you can clearly state that World War I started in 1914 and ended in 1918. But psychology is…
We are all familiar with the term intelligence. We constantly use the word in our daily…
One would like to believe that the first responders serving our communities are the epitome of perfect health, both physically and mentally. They work hard to serve fellow citizens while maintaining their composure and exhibiting a calm demeanor in…
Let’s Fall In Love : What Influences Test Performance
Test takers and administers alike may dream their test scores reflect pure performance, but in reality…
Recognizing Learning Disabilities at an Early Age
From pre-kindergarden all the way up to when we graduate from high school, we are tested to see how well we are doing. No matter at what age, we are learning something new, and are expected to excel in what we have learned. However, how well do we identify the kids that need…
If you were to ask any of my high school teachers to describe me as a student, you would probably hear some of the following: driven, diligent, conscientious, hard-working. I do not believe that I am an inherently gifted student; however, I do believe that I am a student who wanted to succeed above my…
I recently came across an article in the Health section of the New York Times with the headline “Panel Calls for Depression Screenings During and After Pregnancy”. This headline immediately caught my interest as I was surprised that…
In middle school, my Health & Careers teacher provided my seventh grade class with a career test. Surely, my teacher had good intentions — a career test is a great way to gage a student’s interests and line them up with a potential future job. After all…
I volunteer in a psychology lab here at McGill, and recently we have begun testing. The first few months I was…
In mid February of this year, the Scottish government passed a bill that would ensure that every child would be appointed a ‘Named Person,’ that is a state worker (social worker, teacher, etc.) in charge of this child’s well-being until they reach the age of 18. These workers…
Could more tests be the solution to imperfect tests?
Most of us will, at some point in our life, be judged by an institution based on a test score. May it…
As the semester approaches, it’s great to see how the concepts learnt from this course can be applied to the final project. The test measures an individual’s achievement motivation. This post will talk about the progress I have been making for this project:
All individuals perceive stressful events differently; it often depends on personal factors as well as circumstantial factors…
Questionnaire administration is an invaluable way to collect information for a number of interests. Whether your research interests are clinical, academic, or in marketing, a well-designed questionnaire can provide a lot of information about your population of…
The Trouble With Creating a New Psychological Test
When we were told that we’d have to create our own psychological test, I already knew it would be difficult. Considering the amount of psychological tests already in existence, how many revisions of each of those exist and the sheer amount of slight differences on various…