psychometric test
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5.1
- noun
- /ˌsaɪkəˈmɛtrɪk tɛst/
- Specialized
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prueba psicométrica
- Before starting therapy, she took a psychometric test to help the clinicians understand her mental health profile.
- psychometric test performance
Examples
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Unlike traditional psychometric tests, dynamic assessment emphasizes intra-individual change rather than static performance.
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"In the 1990s, I worked with psychologists to administer psychometric tests to engineering students, and we found that most innovators think adapters are not really creative," Thompson said.
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Take a personality or psychometric test.
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These are all different psychometric tests.
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No single standard psychometric test of intelligence has yet been developed that can be used across such a diverse population of potential test-takers.
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A study by Groner et al. 14 of pregnant young women found better performance on psychometric tests in women treated with iron than in controls.
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"Psychometric tests," Werner explained, "reveal the product of thinking, not the processes responsible for the product" (p. 366).
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On the face of it, such research advances our understanding of higher cognitive processes and helps us move the field beyond the imprecision of factor analysis and the vagaries of psychometric tests in general.
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The company requires all job applicants to complete a psychometric test to assess their suitability for the role.
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In educational settings, many teachers use a psychometric test to evaluate students' cognitive abilities and learning styles.
Synonyms
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1.0
An exam with questions to check knowledge or skill
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2.7
A test that measures how smart a person is
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2.8
A test that shows what kind of person someone is
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A test that measures how well a person can think and solve problems
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A set of questions or tasks that measure memory, thinking and intelligence
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A test with questions to find out how a person thinks, feels, and behaves
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A list of questions that asks about a person's feelings, thoughts and behaviour
A set of questions people answer about their own thoughts and behavior to show what kind of person they are
How Accurate
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- Specialized
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Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'a standardized assessment of psychological attributes' is directly derivable from combining 'psychometric' (pertaining to assessment of psychological attributes) with 'test' (a formal assessment). This is a regular adjective + noun composition found across languages, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents will readily infer the MWE meaning.
Etymology
Psychometric test gets its name from the parts psyche and metric, which mean 'mind' and 'measure'. So, a psychometric test is literally a way to 'measure' the 'mind', and today it means a standard test of ability or personality.