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Unit Summary
Unit type
UG Coursework Unit
Credit points
12
AQF level
Level of learning
Intermediate
Former School/College
Pre-requisites
Unit aim
Develops knowledge and skills in methods of observation, measurement and psychometric assessment, including the use of formal psychological tests.
Unit content
Introduction and unit overview
- Psychological testing and assessment
- Historical, cultural and legal/ethical considerations
- Research in Psychological Assessment
- Intelligence and its measurement
- Tests of intelligence
- A brief stats refresher; reliability and validity
- Tests and testing
- Personality assessment overview and methods
- Clinical and counselling assessments
- Assessments in the disability sector (functional analysis, adaptive functioning measures, case management, etc...)
- Preschool and educational assessment; Paediatric testing and assessment
- Neuropsychology
Learning outcomes
Unit Learning Outcomes express learning achievement in terms of what a student should know, understand and be able to do on completion of a unit. These outcomes are aligned with the graduate attributes. The unit learning outcomes and graduate attributes are also the basis of evaluating prior learning.
| On completion of this unit, students should be able to: | GA1 | GA2 | GA3 | GA4 | GA5 | GA6 | GA7 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | demonstrate knowledge of types and uses of psychological tests | |||||||
| 2 | demonstrate an understanding of societal and ethical issues surrounding psychological testing including factors that may unfairly bias assessment and some potential solutions | |||||||
| 3 | understand methods for test construction and scoring | |||||||
| 4 | understand and apply the statistics used to judge the appropriateness (e.g. culturally, developmentally) and psychometric properties of tests (e.g. explain, analyse and report reliability and validity coefficients) | |||||||
| 5 | describe a number of common psychological tests of ability, personality and clinical diagnosis | |||||||
| 6 | understand major issues regarding selection, administration, and scoring of tests, and interpreting and reporting assessment results | |||||||
| 7 | write a clear, concise description of test and interview results | |||||||
On completion of this unit, students should be able to:
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demonstrate knowledge of types and uses of psychological tests
- GA4:
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demonstrate an understanding of societal and ethical issues surrounding psychological testing including factors that may unfairly bias assessment and some potential solutions
- GA4:
- GA7:
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understand methods for test construction and scoring
- GA4:
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understand and apply the statistics used to judge the appropriateness (e.g. culturally, developmentally) and psychometric properties of tests (e.g. explain, analyse and report reliability and validity coefficients)
- GA1:
- GA4:
- GA7:
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describe a number of common psychological tests of ability, personality and clinical diagnosis
- GA4:
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understand major issues regarding selection, administration, and scoring of tests, and interpreting and reporting assessment results
- GA1:
- GA4:
- GA7:
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write a clear, concise description of test and interview results
- GA4:
Prescribed texts
- Please obtain this text early and advise the unit assessor immediately if you do not have a copy prior to the 1st week of classes as you will quickly fall behind with the required reading.: Cohen, RJ, Swerdlik, M & Sturman, E, 2018, Psychological Testing and Assessment: An Introduction to Tests and Measurement, 9th edn, McGraw Hill. ISBN: 978-1-259-87050-7.