clinical interviewing
- structured, semi-structured, unstructured
informal assessment
- observation of behavior, rating scales, classification techniques, records, personal documents
personality assessment
- standardized tests, projective tests, interest inventories
ability assessment
- achievement tests, aptitude tests, intelligence tests
measurement
the process of defining and estimating the magnitude of human attributes and behavioral expression
assessment
broad term that involves the systematic process of gathering and documenting client information
test
subset of an assessment and is used to yield data regarding an examinee’s responses to test items
evaluation
making a determination of worth or significance base on the result of a measurement