Application of multi-media technology to psychological and educational assessment tools
First Claim
1. A method of psychological evaluation of human subjects such as a child, an adult or a brain damaged adult, said method comprising the steps of:
- a. providing a human subject to be evaluated with a multi-media capable computer having view monitor means and computer input-response means;
b. providing a human psychological tester to operate said computer and conduct the psychological evaluation;
c. providing said multi-media computer with linguistic adaptation means;
d. displaying perceivable instructions to the human subject for responding to the psychological evaluation;
e. exposing the human subject to computer-generated multi-media psychological evaluative probing;
f. permitting the human subject to respond to the computer-generated psychological evaluative probing;
g. having said computer tally and record the responses provided by the human subject; and
h. having said computer analyze the human subject'"'"'s recorded responses;
i. having said computer prepare a report based upon the human subject'"'"'s recorded responses; and
j. having said computer suitably transfer its report, such as by a computer-readable diskette, or by printing to a printer.
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Abstract
Multi-media technology is applied to the testing of children, brain damaged adults and the general population using standard psychological and educational assessment tools. To avoid the inherent bias occurring when a tester speaks in a language or dialect not fully comprehended by the student or other human subject, the multi-media computer has a linguistic adaptation means, such as a sound card and data associated therewith, which can produce sounds, such as test instructions, in the most appropriate language and dialect of the test taker, such as a student, so that the human tester can provide the human subject with instructions for responding to the psychological evaluation. The human subject is exposed to computer-generated multi-media psychological evaluative probing, so that the human subject can respond to the computer-generated psychological evaluative probing. The computer tallies and records the student'"'"'s responses and analyzes the human subject'"'"'s recorded responses. Afterward the computer automatically prepares a report based upon the human subject'"'"'s recorded responses, and transfers its report, such as transfer to a computer-readable diskette or by printing to a printer.
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26 Claims
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1. A method of psychological evaluation of human subjects such as a child, an adult or a brain damaged adult, said method comprising the steps of:
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a. providing a human subject to be evaluated with a multi-media capable computer having view monitor means and computer input-response means; b. providing a human psychological tester to operate said computer and conduct the psychological evaluation; c. providing said multi-media computer with linguistic adaptation means; d. displaying perceivable instructions to the human subject for responding to the psychological evaluation; e. exposing the human subject to computer-generated multi-media psychological evaluative probing; f. permitting the human subject to respond to the computer-generated psychological evaluative probing; g. having said computer tally and record the responses provided by the human subject; and h. having said computer analyze the human subject'"'"'s recorded responses; i. having said computer prepare a report based upon the human subject'"'"'s recorded responses; and j. having said computer suitably transfer its report, such as by a computer-readable diskette, or by printing to a printer. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25)
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26. A multi-media computerized system for psychological evaluation of a human subject such as a child, adult or brain damaged adult, said system comprising:
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a multi-media computer having a view monitor means, and a computer input-response means, said input-response means being provided for a human psychological tester to input communicated sensory data from the human subject to said multi-media computer, to conduct a psychological evaluation of the human subject, a linguistic adaptation means to avoid the inherent bias occurring when a tester speaks in a language or dialect not fully comprehended by the student or other human subject, said means comprising a computer readable library of pre-recorded sets of audible test instructions in a plurality of language and dialects, a user selectable means for selecting at least one set of pre-recorded test instructions in at least one language and dialect thereof, an audible playback means for communicating audibly said at least one set of pre-recorded test instructions in said at least one language and dialect thereof, said audible playback means having a sound card and data associated therewith, said sound card audibly producing audible test instruction sounds, in said at least one language and dialect thereof, at least one software program further including a plurality of discrete audible and/or visual segments such as questions to be responded to by the human subject being evaluated, said discrete audible segments including audibly-reproducible randomly accessible non-volatile computer memory for producing sounds to be responded to by the human subject being evaluated, a user-selectable set of computer-generated multi-media psychological evaluative probing data communicating with said audible playback means, and a recording means for recording recordable responses of the human subject in response to the computer-generated psychological evaluative probing; a tally means tallying and recording the test taker'"'"'s responses, a computer output printing means for automatically preparing a written record of the human subject'"'"'s recorded responses in a written report, and a transfer means for transferring said report to a computer readable means, said report stored in randomly accessible non-volatile computer memory of said multi-media computer.
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