Assessment Process

Introduction

In solving daily life problems, we automatically execute a lot of judgement and decision making. We also gather information or consult others in order to make well-informed decisions and judgements. The assessment process in the field of psychology is about the gathering and processing of information by a professional in order to get well-informed judgements and decisions concerning a specific request made by a person or an organization. The client is either a person or an organization that made the request; the subject is the person or organization who is the target of the assessment. Psychological assessment refers to the judgements and decisions made by the professional psychologist. Assessment process refers to how these judgements and decisions came about and how these judgements and decisions ...