Psychological tests in Colombia at the end of the XXth century

Authors

  • Rubén Ardila Universidad Nacional

Keywords:

Tests psicológicos, psicología como profesión, psychological tests, psychology as profession

Abstract

With the purpose of investigating on the implementation of psychological tests performed by Colombian psychologists, a survey was conducted covering 200 psychologists from different areas of specialty and who work in the country's main cities. Results were compared to those found by González (1977) two decades ago. Starting from the highest ranking, the top ten tests used by Colombian psychologists are the following: (l) Wechsler (WAIS - Rand WISC - R), (2) MMPI-2, (3) 16 PF, (4) California Personality Inventory (CPI), (5) Inventory of Anxiety State-Characterisrics, (6) Luria-Nebraska Neuropsychological Battery, (7) Eysenck Personality Inventory (EPI), (8) Kuder Preference Record, (9) Primary Mental Abilities, and (1O) Rorschach. The changes that have been found are analyzed within the context of development that the practice of psychology has suffered in Colombia during the last two decades.

Author Biography

Rubén Ardila, Universidad Nacional

Psicólogo de la Universidad Nacional. Magister y Ph.D. en Psicología Experimental de la Universidad de Nebraska. Profesor de la Universidad Nacional e investigador de Colciencias.

Published

2010-08-13

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