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Faculty of Health, Engineering and Science

School: Psychology and Social Science

This unit information may be updated and amended immediately prior to semester. To ensure you have the correct outline, please check it again at the beginning of semester.

  • Unit Title

    Psychological Assessment

  • Unit Code

    PSY5197

  • Year

    2015

  • Enrolment Period

    1

  • Version

    1

  • Credit Points

    15

  • Full Year Unit

     N

  • Mode of Delivery

    On Campus

Description

The aim of this unit is to equip students with skills in assessing clients, and to familiarise them with theories and principles underlying common psychological tests and measures.

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit students should be able to:

  1. Demonstrate an advanced understanding of psychometric issues as they apply to psychological assessment.
  2. Demonstrate competence in administering and interpreting commonly used measures of personality and cognitive functioning.
  3. Evaluate the appropriateness of specific psychological tests for use with different populations.
  4. Interpret and report the results of commonly used measures of personality and cognitive functioning.
  5. Recognise the limits of psychological tests.

Unit Content

  1. Administration of common measures of personality and cognitive functioning.
  2. Interpretation and reporting of the results of common measures of personality and cognitive functioning.
  3. Psychometric properties of psychological tests.

Additional Learning Experience Information

Lectures and Seminars

Assessment

GS4 GRADING SCHEMA 4 Used for undifferentiated pass/fail units

Students please note: The marks and grades received by students on assessments may be subject to further moderation. All marks and grades are to be considered provisional until endorsed by the relevant Board of Examiners.

ON CAMPUS
TypeDescription
ReportAssessment of Cognitive Functioning
Case StudyAssessment of Personality

Text References

  • ^ Groth-Marnot, G. (2009). Handbook of psychological assessment (5th ed.). New York: Wiley.
  • Fisher, J., & Corcoran, K. (2007). Measures for clinical practice and research: A sourcebook (4th ed). Oxford: Oxford University Press.
  • Flanagan, D. P., & Kaufman, A. S. (2004). Essentials of WISC-IV assessment. NJ: Wiley.
  • Kaufman, A.S., & Lichtenberger, E.O. (2009). Essentials of WAIS-IV assessment. Hoboken, NY: Wiley.
  • Strack, S. (2008). Essentials of Millon inventories (2nd ed.). NY: Wiley.
  • Sattler, J.M. (2008). Assessment of children: Cognitive foundations (5th ed.). San Diego, CA: Jerome M. Sattler.
  • Sattler, J. M., & Dumont, R. (2004). Assessment of children: WISC-IV and WPPSI-III Supplement. La Mesa, CA: Jerome M. Sattler.
  • Sattler., J.M., & Ryan, J.J. (2009). Assessment with the WAIS-IV. San Diego, CA: Jerome M. Sattler.
  • Shrank, F. A., Flanagan, D.P., Woodcock, R.W., & Mascolo, J.T. (2002). Essentials of WJ III cognitive abilities assessment. New York: John Wiley & Sons.
  • Anastasi, A., & Urbina, S. (1997). Psychological testing (7th ed.). Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice-Hall.
  • Milton, T., & Bloom, C. (Eds.). (2008). The Millon inventories: A practitioners guide to personalized clinical assessment (2nd ed.). NY: Guilford Press.

^ Mandatory reference

Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005)

For the purposes of considering a request for Reasonable Adjustments under the Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005), inherent requirements for this subject are articulated in the Unit Description, Learning Outcomes and Assessment Requirements of this entry. The University is dedicated to provide support to those with special requirements. Further details on the support for students with disabilities or medical conditions can be found at the Access and Inclusion website.

Academic Misconduct

Edith Cowan University has firm rules governing academic misconduct and there are substantial penalties that can be applied to students who are found in breach of these rules. Academic misconduct includes, but is not limited to:

  • plagiarism;
  • unauthorised collaboration;
  • cheating in examinations;
  • theft of other students' work;

Additionally, any material submitted for assessment purposes must be work that has not been submitted previously, by any person, for any other unit at ECU or elsewhere.

The ECU rules and policies governing all academic activities, including misconduct, can be accessed through the ECU website.

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Faculty of Health, Engineering and Science

School: Psychology and Social Science

This unit information may be updated and amended immediately prior to semester. To ensure you have the correct outline, please check it again at the beginning of semester.

  • Unit Title

    Psychological Assessment

  • Unit Code

    PSY5197

  • Year

    2015

  • Enrolment Period

    2

  • Version

    1

  • Credit Points

    15

  • Full Year Unit

     N

  • Mode of Delivery

    On Campus

Description

The aim of this unit is to equip students with skills in assessing clients, and to familiarise them with theories and principles underlying common psychological tests and measures.

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit students should be able to:

  1. Demonstrate an advanced understanding of psychometric issues as they apply to psychological assessment.
  2. Demonstrate competence in administering and interpreting commonly used measures of personality and cognitive functioning.
  3. Evaluate the appropriateness of specific psychological tests for use with different populations.
  4. Interpret and report the results of commonly used measures of personality and cognitive functioning.
  5. Recognise the limits of psychological tests.

Unit Content

  1. Administration of common measures of personality and cognitive functioning.
  2. Interpretation and reporting of the results of common measures of personality and cognitive functioning.
  3. Psychometric properties of psychological tests.

Additional Learning Experience Information

Lectures and Seminars

Assessment

GS4 GRADING SCHEMA 4 Used for undifferentiated pass/fail units

Students please note: The marks and grades received by students on assessments may be subject to further moderation. All marks and grades are to be considered provisional until endorsed by the relevant Board of Examiners.

ON CAMPUS
TypeDescription
ReportAssessment of Cognitive Functioning
Case StudyAssessment of Personality

Text References

  • ^ Groth-Marnot, G. (2009). Handbook of psychological assessment (5th ed.). New York: Wiley.
  • Fisher, J., & Corcoran, K. (2007). Measures for clinical practice and research: A sourcebook (4th ed). Oxford: Oxford University Press.
  • Flanagan, D. P., & Kaufman, A. S. (2004). Essentials of WISC-IV assessment. NJ: Wiley.
  • Kaufman, A.S., & Lichtenberger, E.O. (2009). Essentials of WAIS-IV assessment. Hoboken, NY: Wiley.
  • Strack, S. (2008). Essentials of Millon inventories (2nd ed.). NY: Wiley.
  • Sattler, J.M. (2008). Assessment of children: Cognitive foundations (5th ed.). San Diego, CA: Jerome M. Sattler.
  • Sattler, J. M., & Dumont, R. (2004). Assessment of children: WISC-IV and WPPSI-III Supplement. La Mesa, CA: Jerome M. Sattler.
  • Sattler., J.M., & Ryan, J.J. (2009). Assessment with the WAIS-IV. San Diego, CA: Jerome M. Sattler.
  • Shrank, F. A., Flanagan, D.P., Woodcock, R.W., & Mascolo, J.T. (2002). Essentials of WJ III cognitive abilities assessment. New York: John Wiley & Sons.
  • Anastasi, A., & Urbina, S. (1997). Psychological testing (7th ed.). Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice-Hall.
  • Milton, T., & Bloom, C. (Eds.). (2008). The Millon inventories: A practitioners guide to personalized clinical assessment (2nd ed.). NY: Guilford Press.

^ Mandatory reference

Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005)

For the purposes of considering a request for Reasonable Adjustments under the Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005), inherent requirements for this subject are articulated in the Unit Description, Learning Outcomes and Assessment Requirements of this entry. The University is dedicated to provide support to those with special requirements. Further details on the support for students with disabilities or medical conditions can be found at the Access and Inclusion website.

Academic Misconduct

Edith Cowan University has firm rules governing academic misconduct and there are substantial penalties that can be applied to students who are found in breach of these rules. Academic misconduct includes, but is not limited to:

  • plagiarism;
  • unauthorised collaboration;
  • cheating in examinations;
  • theft of other students' work;

Additionally, any material submitted for assessment purposes must be work that has not been submitted previously, by any person, for any other unit at ECU or elsewhere.

The ECU rules and policies governing all academic activities, including misconduct, can be accessed through the ECU website.

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