PY5001 - Psychological Assessment in Professional Practice
| Credit points: | 03 |
| Year: | 2011 |
| 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, Limited, Study Period 1 | |
| Census Date 24-Mar-2011 | |
| Face to face teaching 21-Mar-2011 to 18-May-2011 (Two workshops per Study Period, 21-23 March & 16-18 May) | |
| Coordinator: | Professor Edward Helmes |
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| Assessment: | other exams (10%); practical skills (30%); essays (25%); weekly exercises (25%); participation (10%). |
| JCU Singapore, Internal, Study Period 58 | |
| Census Date 24-Mar-2011 | |
| Coord/Lect: | Professor Nigel Marsh. |
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| Assessment: | other exams (10%); practical skills (30%); essays (25%); weekly exercises (25%); participation (10%). |
Note: Minor variations might occur due to the continuous Subject quality improvement process, and in case of minor variation(s) in assessment details, the Subject Outline represents the latest official information.