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Describe a situation in which testing is more appropriate than assessment.

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This solution describes a situation in which psychological testing is more appropriate than assessment.

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Pyschological testing is a field characterized by the use of samples of behavior in order to assess psychological constructs such as cognitive and emotional functioning of a certian individual. Samples of behavior are observations of an individual performing tasks that have beeen prescribed beforehand, which often means scores on a test. These answers are often complied into statistical tables ...

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