- Code
- PSD 212
- Name
- Assessment in Counseling
- Semester
- 4
- Lecture hours
- 3.00
- Seminar hours
- 0.00
- Laborator hours
- 0.00
- Credits
- 3.00
- ECTS
- 5.00
- Description
-
This course is designed to build on students’ current understanding of psychological assessment in developing expertise for its practical application in different assessment settings. Moreover the course designed to provide students with an introduction to the principles of psychological testing and assessment. Through both didactic instruction and hands-on experience, students will learn about the history, development, theories, and applications of the process of psychological testing and assessment. The process of psychological assessment will be explored in detail, from making effective referrals to understanding and utilizing the resulting evaluation reports.
- Objectives
-
Students will: 1. Acquire knowledge of the various assessment methods and techniques used in different assessment settings. 2. Acquire an understanding of the principles and applications of the legal,ethical, and professional issues involved in the administration and interpretation of assessment methods. 3. Acquire an understanding of the uses and limitations of the assessment methods 4. Acquire knowledge of the procedures used to select and use appropriate assessment methods depending on the assessment settings.
- Java
- Tema
- 1
- Introduction to Course, overview of the topics to be covered
- 2
- The assessment process
- 3
- Psychometric Characteristics of Assessment Procedures
- 4
- Ethical issues in psychological assessment
- 5
- Testing and assessment in cross-cultural psychology
- 6
- Psychological Tests and Their Uses
- 7
- The assessment interview
- 8
- Midterm exam
- 9
- Behavioral assessment
- 10
- Assessing personality and psychopathology with self-reported inventories
- 11
- Assessing personality and psychopathology with projective methods
- 12
- Assessment of intellectual and neuropsychological functioning
- 13
- Psychological assessment in school and industrial-organizational settings
- 14
- Psychological assessment in clinical and forensic settings
- 15
- Evaluating Report
- 16
- Final Exam
- 1
- Demonstrate familiarity with relevant methods of psychological assessment
- 2
- Demonstrate understanding of the cultural implications (ethnicity, language, gender, age, SES) of assessment and potential for test bias
- 3
- Demonstrate understanding of the ethical implications of assessment
- Quantity Percentage Total percent
- Midterms
- 1 30% 30%
- Quizzes
- 0 0% 0%
- Projects
- 1 20% 20%
- Term projects
- 0 0% 0%
- Laboratories
- 0 0% 0%
- Class participation
- 1 10% 10%
- Total term evaluation percent
- 60%
- Final exam percent
- 40%
- Total percent
- 100%
- Quantity Duration (hours) Total (hours)
- Course duration (including exam weeks)
- 16 3 48
- Off class study hours
- 14 3 42
- Duties
- 1 0 0
- Midterms
- 1 9 9
- Final exam
- 1 16 16
- Other
- 1 10 10
- Total workLoad
- 125
- Total workload / 25 (hours)
- 5.00
- ECTS
- 5.00