Psychology - advanced psychological assessment and classification
Two 3-hour seminars per week * Second semester * Caulfield
Objectives On the completion of this subject students should have the ability to select appropriate psychological tests or procedures to achieve specified purposes; to use assessment procedures with a minimum of supervision from a fully qualified psychologist, to administer, score and interpret three major intelligence tests. Students will be able to select, administer and interpret two non-projective personality tests and will acquire basic interview skills.
Synopsis Testing and assessment theory and practice. The theoretical rationale of assessment procedures and tests. Reliability, validity and validation procedures. Critical review and evaluation of tests and of underlying assumptions. Development of skills for the administration, interpretation, and reporting of tests and test results. Intelligence, ability and achievement tests; personality tests; diagnostic and vocational assessment procedures. Behavioural assessment procedures: introduction to behavioural assessment theory and methods; relevance to clinical application. Classification systems: objectives and types of classification systems; psychometric, organisational and other factors affecting classification decisions. Organisational and individual decision making.
Assessment Written: 60% * Seminar participation: 40%
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