2009 Course Handbook
PSY962: Psychological Assessment I
This unit covers the principles and methods of psychological assessment in the clinical context. The unit covers general topics related to psychological assessment including: selection of appropriate assessment techniques including selecting tests for treatment planning and outcome evaluation; administration, scoring, and interpretation of assessment devices; communication of information about assessments (report-writing and feedback to clients); and ethical principles relating to assessment. The assessment tools covered in the unit include tests of intelligence, personality, and psychopathology. As a result of successful completion of this unit, students will be able to administer, score, and interpret an individual test of intelligence, measures of normal personality, general measures of psychopathology. In addition students will be skilled to report on the results of assessments in written and oral form, justify the choice of assessment techniques on the basis of scientific evidence, describe the process of assessment of outcome as a result of psychological treatment and demonstrate knowledge of the ethical principles guiding use of assessment techniques. The two-hour teaching session each week will involve theoretical coverage of the topic as well as practical skills.
| Credit Points: | 2 |
| Contact Hours: | -- |
| When Offered: | D1 - Day; Offered in the first half-year |
| Staff Contact: | Dr Lorna Peters |
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| Unit Designations: | -- |
| Assessed As: | Graded |
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Faculty of Human Sciences |
Timetable Information
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