PY5001 - Psychological Assessment in Professional Practice
| Credit points: | 03 |
| Year: | 2009 |
| Student Contribution Band: | Band 1 |
| Administered by: | School of Arts & Social Sciences |
This subject will provide training and experience in the practical details of test administration, interpretation and report writing. The main areas of psychological assessment with adults will be addressed. Forms of assessment covered will include behavioural assessment, cognitive, personality, and neuropsychological evaluation. Child and adolescent assessment will also be introduced. The variety of tools available for psychological assessment will be critically reviewed. Understanding of the basic principles of psychometric assessment will be assumed.
Learning Outcomes
- ability to integrate test results into a useful, problem oriented, report;
- knowledge of relevant issues in the use of assessment tools, including psychometric properties, use with minority groups, ethical concerns and the limitations and strengths of psychometric versus clinical evaluations;
- the acquisition of skills in test administration, scoring and the interpretation of test results;
- the development of skill in test evaluation and selection.
| Prerequisites: | PY3107 |
Availabilities | |
| Townsville, Block, Study Period 1 | |
| Census Date 27-Mar-2009 | |
| Face to face teaching 30-Mar-2009 to 27-May-2009 (Workshop 1 will be 30 March to 1 April and Workshop 2 will be 25-27 May 2009) | |
| Coord/Lect: | Dr Alistair Campbell, Professor Russell Hawkins. |
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| Assessment: | practical skills (40%); essays (30%); weekly exercises (30%). |
| JCU Singapore, Block, Study Period 51 | |
| Census Date 27-Mar-2009 | |
| Face to face teaching (3 weekends (Apr 18&19, May 16&17 and Jun 13&14)) | |
| Lecturer: | jc202144. |
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| Assessment: | practical skills (40%); essays (30%); weekly exercises (30%). |
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