A psychometric assessment is a thorough exploration of a person’s functioning across cognitive, educational, behavioural, social and emotional areas.
More specifically it includes:
- general abilities
- attention and organization skills (executive functioning)
- verbal reasoning
- processing speed
- nonverbal reasoning
- scholastic abilities
- listening skills
- phonological processing
- visual motor skills
- quantitative reasoning
- learning style (verbal vs nonverbal skills)
- information processing skills (auditory and visual)
- memory and retention, rote learning · basic language ability
- integration of processing modes (e.g. visual/motor)
As well as:
- social processing skills
- emotional adjustment