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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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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.