DPSY5102

Psychological assessment part 1 ( points)

(MED)

Leader: Dr Pauleen Bennett

Offered:
Clayton First semester 2004 (Day)
Clayton First semester 2005 (Day)

Synopsis:

Objectives: On completion of this unit students should: 1. Understand the principles of psychological measurement and their application; 2. Have become proficient in the administration, scoring and interpretation of some of the most commonly used psychological tests. 3. Show competency in evaluating psychometric instruments for research puposes and in screening referrals for psychometric assessment, selecting appropriate tests, integrating results and providing oral and written communication of results to interested parties.

Assessment: Satisfactory attendance and participation are required to pass the subject. In addition, each student will be required to present a 20 minute talk and prepare a class handout on a selected, clinically-relevant psychological test (30%). They will also complete a short take-home exercise concerning psychometric issues (30%) and will be required to prepare a psychological report of approximately 500 words or less (40%). Prior to the completion of Semester 1, students must administer and score two WAIS-III's and two WMS-III's (hurdle requirement). They will be required to demonstrate two randomly chosen subtests of the WAIS-III (hurdle requirement).