lunes, 28 de noviembre de 2016

Bienvenida

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Nosotros somos estudiantes de quinto semestre Psicología de la Universidad Manuela Beltrán y decidimos hacer un blog que contenga todas las Pruebas Psicológicas que hayamos tenido la oportunidad de ver a lo largo del 2016-2

- En la parte superior de nuestra página, podrás encontrar un menú donde están clasficadas todas las fichas técnicas y las pruebas, por área de aplicación.

-De igual forma, también encontrarás las fichas técnicas de algunas pruebas (EN INGLÉS), justo abajo de esta entrada. - Down here, you will find some information (of course, in english) about some Psychologycal Tests we used and knew all along this semester.

¡Muchas gracias por visitarnos!
Thanks for coming here!

Bilingualism - Internationalization at UMB

Welcome, here you will find some tests in English. 
BUT, why did we decide to do this?
Really easy to answer..., because we want everyone to know us :)


DEVELOPMENT TEST:

BATELLE


Name
·         Inventory of developmental Batelle

Author
·         J. Newborg, J. R. Stock y L. Wenk
Age of application
·         0 to 95 months (8 years).
Duration
·         The screenning from 10 to 30 minutes, the complete inventory from 60 to 90 minutes.
Application
·         Individual.
Objective
·         The principal purpose of this test is children identify late or handicap in some area of development, allows to take decisions with regard to the location of the child, to orientate the teachers and / or therapists and provides longitudinal history of the development of the first infancy.  Evaluates personal  - social area, adaptative area, motorboat and cognitive area.

Context
·         It is used by therapists, psychologists and pediatricians to identify strong and weak points of the development of the children with or without disorders, is used specially in children from 0 to 2 years that are considered in risk in some areas, is used in children's general evaluation in education preschool and primarily and also it is used in evaluation of equipments and of programs of individual development (PID).


  • Newborg, J. (2010). Inventory of developmental Batelle. Recovered of http://web.teaediciones.com/battelle-inventario-de-desarrollo.aspx




Neuropsychological Tests:


WISCONSIN


Name
·         Wisconsin Card Sorting Test
Author
·         R. K. Heaton, G. J. Chelune, J. L. Talley, G. G. Kay y G. Curtiss.
Age of application
·         6 to 89 years.
Duration
·         Variable.
Application
·         Individual.
Objetive
·         Designed initially to evaluate executive functions that allow to answer to new situations and to be the base to control other cognitive, emotional processes and comportamentales, to support the necessary strategies of solution of problems to achieve a concrete aim..
Context
·         It is a test used in the context of the clinical psychology and neuropsychology that shows that so sensitive it is the evaluated one before possible injuries that  imply to the frontal lobes and therefore to the affectation of the executive functions or the abstract reasoning.


  •  Heaton, R., Chelune, G., Talley, L., Kay, y Curtiss, G. (2016). Wisconsin Card Sorting Test.  . Recovered of http://web.teaediciones.com/wcst-test-de-clasificacion-de-tarjetas-de-wisconsin.aspx

Personality Testing


WARTEGG


Name
·         Warteegg, graphical test of personality.
Author
·         Ehrig Warteegg.
 Age of application
·         Children, teenagers and adults.
Duration
·         From 20 to 45 minutes approximately.
Application
·         Autoapplied
Objective
·         The aim is to analyze dynamic aspects of the personality as positioning opposite to the way, interpersonal relation managing of anxieties and frustrations, expectations, ambitions and project of life; utilization of the vital energy for the achievement of aims, raising of facilities or difficulties in cognitive processes of analysis, association and synthesis and ethical behavior opposite to the values.
Context
·         The test was created by Ehrig Warteegg in 1940 due to the fact that in the 20s it began to be interested in topics as the psychology of the Gestalt, the mystical philosophy and the modern art, which can consider the origins of the test that today is one of named test proyectivos used in clinical psychology and organizacional.

  • Wartegg, E.(1960). Warteegg, test de personalidad gráfico-proyectivo. PSEA: Bogotá, Colombia. 



Legal Tests


SVA- CVCA


Name
·         System of analysis of validity of declarations.
Author
·         P. Randal kropp, Stephen D. Hart, Christopher D. Webster y Derek Eaves. 
  Age of application
·         2 to 17 years.
Duration
·         Variable.
Application
·         Individual
Objective
·         The SVA - CBCA is applied often to corroborate the credibility of the testimony of minors who were victims of sexual violence, across the analysis of the content of the statements.
Context
·         It is a test that was adapted in order that it could be used by psychologists, psychiatrists, social workers, policemen and the whole personnel that is employed at the management of the risk of the violence against the pair and other types of familiar violence.

  • Kropp, R., Hart, S., Webster, C. y Eaves, D. (2005). Manual de valoración del riesgo de violencia contra la pareja. Publicacions  i Edicions Universidad de Barcelona: Barcelona, España 



Organizational Testing

CESQT




Name
·         Questionnaire for the evaluation of the syndrome of burout in the work.
Author
·         Pedro R. Gil Monte.
  Age of application
·         Since 19 years.
Duration
·         From 10 to 15 minutes approximately
Application
·         Individual or in groups.
Objective
·         It evaluates the syndrome Burnout or of burning in the work understood as response to the job stress.
Context
·         It is used principally in persons who realize his labor activity attending persons like teachers, psychologists, nurses, doctors, etc. It possesses the version  “professional disenchantment " directed those who are not employed at direct contact with persons.


  • Gil, P. (2011).  Cuestionario para la evaluación del síndrome de quemarse en el trabajo. Recovered of http://web.teaediciones.com/CESQT--CUESTIONARIO-PARA-LA-EVALUACION-DEL-SINDROME-DE-QUEMARSE-POR-EL-TRABAJO.aspx



Clinical Trials


YESAVAGE



Name
·         Scale of geriatric depression - test of Yesavage.
Author
·         Brink and Yesavage.
  Age of application
·         Since 65 years.
Duration
·         From 15 to 20 minutes approximately.
Application
·         Individual.
Objective
·         This test was developed by the aim to measure the characteristics of the plans and suicidal desires of the subject, being his concrete aim conscious suicide quantifying the intensity of the intention in the current moment, as well as the attitude of the subject towards this type of ideas
Context
·         The Scale of Yesavage's geriatric depression designed by Brink and Yesavage in 1982. It is one of the instruments of choice in the exploration, to value the depression for elderly patients principally for the area of clinical psychology or in elders who are become institutionalized across a semi-structured interview. The advantage takes root in that it does not centre on physical inconveniences, but in aspects directly related to the state of mind.

  • Brink y Yesavage. (2014).  Escala de depresión geriátrica—Test de yesavage. Recovered of http://www.hvn.es/enfermeria/ficheros/test_de_yesavage.pdf


Intelligence tests


WAIS


Name
·         Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale.
Author
·         David Wechsler.
   Age of application
·         16 to 94 years.
Duration
·         20 minutes approximately.
Application
·         Individual.
Objective
·         The aim of the WAIS is to evaluate the global intelligence understood with C.I's terms (intellectual coefficient) that provides four punctuations: verbal comprehension, perceptive reasoning, memory of work and speed of thought and another additional call intellectual total coefficient.
Context
·         The first version of this test appeared in 1939 and later the author realized applications to other different ages, introducing updates and improvements. Wechsler created these tests on not having given itself satisfied with the in force test at the time of Binet's CI. Nowadays this one is one of the tests more commonly applied


  • Weshler, D.(1981). Escala Wechsler de inteligencia para adultos. Manual Moderno: México D.F, México. 


Sports Testing


IPED


Name
·         Psychological inventory of Sports Execution.
Author
·         Antonio Hernandez Mendo.
   Age of application
·         14 to 45 years.
Duration
·         Variable or in groups.
Application
·         Individual.
Objective
·         The principal aim is to evaluate the weak and strong points of the psychological competitive profile from which we can plan the aspects on which it is going to centre on the intervention and psychological training.
 Context
·         Test used in the area of psychology of the sport to measure skills of the sportsman. It measures Self confidence, control of negative confrontation, attentional control, imaginative control, motivational level, control of positive confrontation, attitudinal control.

  • Hernández, A (2006). Un cuestionario para la evaluación psicológica de la ejecución deportiva: estudio complementario entre TCT y TRI. Revista de Psicología del Deporte.15 (1) 72-92.


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