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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
Topic 1: Psychological testing and assessment
Topic 2: Historical, cultural and legal/ethical considerations
Topic 3: Research in Psychological Assessment
Topic 4: Intelligence and its measurement
Topic 5: Tests of intelligence
Topic 6: A brief stats refresher; reliability and validity
Topic 7: Tests and testing
Topic 8: Personality assessment overview and methods
Topic 9: Clinical and counselling assessments
Topic 10: Assessments in the disability sector (functional analysis, adaptive functioning measures, case management, etc...)
Topic 11: Preschool and educational assessment; Paediatric testing and assessment
Topic 12: 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 | |
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1 | demonstrate knowledge of types and uses of psychological tests | Knowledge of a discipline | ||||||
2 | demonstrate an understanding of societal and ethical issues surrounding psychological testing including factors that may unfairly bias assessment and some potential solutions | Knowledge of a discipline | Cultural competence | |||||
3 | understand methods for test construction and scoring | Knowledge of a discipline | ||||||
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) | Intellectual rigour | Knowledge of a discipline | Communication and social skills | Cultural competence | |||
5 | describe a number of common psychological tests of ability, personality and clinical diagnosis | Knowledge of a discipline | ||||||
6 | understand major issues regarding selection, administration, and scoring of tests, and interpreting and reporting assessment results | Intellectual rigour | Knowledge of a discipline | Cultural competence | ||||
7 | write a clear, concise description of test and interview results. | Knowledge of a discipline | Communication and social skills |
On completion of this unit, students should be able to:
- demonstrate knowledge of types and uses of psychological tests
- GA4: Knowledge of a discipline
- demonstrate an understanding of societal and ethical issues surrounding psychological
testing including factors that may unfairly bias assessment and some potential solutions
- GA4: Knowledge of a discipline
- GA7: Cultural competence
- understand methods for test construction and scoring
- GA4: Knowledge of a discipline
- 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: Intellectual rigour
- GA4: Knowledge of a discipline
- GA6: Communication and social skills
- GA7: Cultural competence
- describe a number of common psychological tests of ability, personality and clinical
diagnosis
- GA4: Knowledge of a discipline
- understand major issues regarding selection, administration, and scoring of tests,
and interpreting and reporting assessment results
- GA1: Intellectual rigour
- GA4: Knowledge of a discipline
- GA7: Cultural competence
- write a clear, concise description of test and interview results.
- GA4: Knowledge of a discipline
- GA6: Communication and social skills
Prescribed texts
- Cohen, RJ, Swerdlik, M & Sturman, E, 2013, Psychological Testing and Assessment: An Introduction to Tests and Measurement, 8th edn, McGraw-Hill, Sydney.