THE USE OF TESTS AS AN INDICATOR OF THE MODELS OF PSYCHOLOGICAL ACTION:: A STUDY AMONG PORTUGUESE PSYCHOLOGISTS

• Autor(a) principal: Almeida, Leandro S.
• Data de Publicação: 2012
• Outros Autores: M. S. R. Cruz, Orlando
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Psicologia (Universidade de Brasília. Online)
• Texto Completo: https://periodicos.unb.br/index.php/revistaptp/article/view/17047

After a brief analysis of factors that explain the increasingand decreasing of psychological testing, some aspects concerning this use in Portugal are described. Most of Portuguese psychologists, speciallythose that work in the school context do not spend a significativeamount of time with testing and only organisational psychologists thinkthat tests should be used more in future. The results show a positive relationbetween a higher utilisation of tests and an attitude of acceptance byother professionals with whom the psychologists work. The existence ofnorms and the comparability between subjects are the most positivelyevaluated aspects by organisational psychologists. The intelligence andaptitudes tests, and in some way the personality scales, are the most positivelyevaluated ones, while the achievement tests are less evaluated.The projective technics are only appreciated for purposes of therapeuticassessment and clinical diagnosis. Finally, psychologists think they havethe responsability of deciding about tests utilisation and about who shouldreceive the results. However, most of them think that professional associationsshould decide about deontological aspects.