First Asia-Pacific Conference-Workshops on Psychological Testing
Conference Theme:
Directions, Perspectives and Future Trends in Psychological Testing in the Asia-Pacific Region
Conference Objectives:
1. To bring together different stakeholders in psychological testing - test distributors, test developers, and test users - for a sharing of their practice and ideas on the future of psychological testing in the region;
2. To provide an avenue for a discussion and possibly resolution of issues and concerns in psychological testing.Programme
I. Plenary Sessions
Plenary Session 1:
Psychological Testing in Business and Industry Setting: Directions and Perspectives in the Asia-Pacific Region
Plenary Session 2:
Psychological Testing in the Educational Setting: Directions and Perspectives in the Asia-Pacific Region
Plenary Session 3:
Issues and Trends in Psychological Testing in the Asia-Pacific Region
II. Concurrent Workshops
Concurrent Workshops 1: Intelligences Testing
Workshop 1-A: Cognitive Intelligence Testing
Workshop 1-B: Emotional Intelligence Testing
Workshop 1-C: Multiple Intelligences Testing
Workshop 1-D: Testing for other intelligences
(e.g., Adversity Quotient)
Concurrent Workshops 2: Personality Assessment
Workshop 2-A: Developing Instruments to Assess Personality
Workshop 2-C: Personality Assessment and Culture
Workshop 2-D: Issues and Trends in Personality Assessment
Concurrent Workshops 3: Assessing Families
Workshop 3-A: Instruments to Assess Families
Workshop 3-B: Developing Instruments to Assess Families
Workshop 3-C: Methods in Assessing Families (Objective,
Projective, Alternative Assessments)
Workshop 3-D: Using Test Results in Counseling Families
III. Symposia
Symposium 1: Psychometric Issues in Intelligence Testing
Symposium 2: Testing and Assessment in Action
Psychological Assessment of Migrant Workers
Forensic Psychological Assessment
Assessing Children for Inter-Country Adoption
The Psychological Report in Business and Industry
Symposium 3: Ethical, Social and Legal Issues in Psychological Testing
Standards in Assessment and Report
Ethical Issues in Psychological Testing and Assessment
Communicating Test Results
Testing Diverse Populations
IV. Paper Presentations
Paper Presentation I: Assessing Children
Paper Presentation 2: Psychological Testing and Technology
Practices in Online Testing
Developing Tests for Online Use
Issues and Concerns in Online Testing
Computers and the Interpretation of Test Scores
