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Alternative to Psychological Testing

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  • Anima Sen

    (University of Delhi, Delhi)

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Mental tests have come in for a volley of criticisms ever since their inception at the beginning of the present century. Such criticisms came from many quarters, the promi nent among them being that the successful performance on such tests was primarily dependent upon acquired knowledge which was not equitably available to all indivi duals. The problem of bias (resulting from cultural, socio-economic and racial) has been experienced as discriminative against certain social and ethnic groups. Recent developments in psychology have mobilised efforts in the quest of alternatives to psychological testing technology. This paper examines the suitability of various attempts for measuring intelligence in terms of information processing speed (RT), inspection time (IT), STM, iconic image duration. It also reviews attempts made to diagnose functional psychosis in terms of memory processes in the form of Trace Inaccessibility (TI) of memory and assessment of personality in terms of signal detection parameters.

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  • Anima Sen, 1991. "Alternative to Psychological Testing," Psychology and Developing Societies, , vol. 3(2), pages 203-220, September.
    • Handle: RePEc:sae:psydev:v:3:y:1991:i:2:p:203-220
    DOI: 10.1177/097133369100300205
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