Knowledge test
Tests are methods of psychological diagnosis , standardized using test method the knowledge to identify a person and to evaluate ( "knowledge diagnosis"). As a component of intelligence , knowledge is counted among the more education and culture-dependent components. Intelligence refers to the ability to apply this acquired knowledge.
A distinction is made here:
- Specialized knowledge (e.g. mathematical and scientific knowledge at high school level as the basis for admission to medical studies at the HAM-Nat or part of the MedAT )
- Differentiated general knowledge (e.g. naturalization tests in Germany or Switzerland or as a vocabulary test to measure crystalline intelligence as part of performance diagnostics )
- Social knowledge (e.g. situational judgment tests as an assessment of social situations in terms of perception and reaction to assess social skills )
- general procedural knowledge ( practical knowledge , know-how )
In contrast to an examination or an exam, the procedures meet the criteria of psychological tests , especially with regard to standardization (usually the same forms that have been empirically tested beforehand) and normalization (comparability of results between people using standard values) and other quality criteria of psychodiagnostic procedures . However, the word usages exam and test are often not clearly delimited, and work to check learning progress is also called "test" in schools .
Knowledge acquisition parts can be found in numerous multi-dimensional intelligence tests , such as B. the HAWIE or HAWIK by David Wechsler , the IST 2000R by Liepmann, Beauducel, Brocke and Amthauer and other tests. The Bochum knowledge test is z. B. a specific knowledge test for eleven facets of general knowledge.
By their nature, these tests belong to the easily trainable tests - if they are used as a selection procedure in the context of aptitude diagnostics , there is usually also a preparation or training scene (e.g. medical approval with HAM-Nat or MedAT ).
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b knowledge diagnosis in COD Encyclopedia of Psychology
- ↑ Intelligence, crystallized and fluid in DORSCH Lexicon of Psychology
- ↑ procedural knowledge on Spektrum.de