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Knowledge in psychological assessment

The present study had as aim to analyze the knowledge of psychology students regarding contents related to the psychological assessment. Participated 342 students, from an institution of education in the interior of the province of São Paulo and other of Rio Grande do Sul. For the accomplishment of the study a 45 items test was elaborated with dichotomy questions, whose objective was to investigate the concept of assessment, the use of tests and the learning of tests. The results have indicated that there was difference among the groups and that students without courses of psychological assessment have gotten better performances than the ones.

Psychological assessment; psychological tests; learning of assessment


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