Availabilities:
| Location | Domestic | International |
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| Coffs Harbour | | |
| Gold Coast | | |
| Online | | N/A |
Unit description
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
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Psychological testing and assessment
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Historical, cultural and legal/ethical considerations
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Research in Psychological Assessment
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Intelligence and its measurement
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Tests of intelligence
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A brief stats refresher; reliability and validity
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Tests and testing
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Personality assessment overview and methods
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Clinical and counselling assessments
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Assessments in the disability sector (functional analysis, adaptive functioning measures, case management, etc...)
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Preschool and educational assessment; Paediatric testing and assessment
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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.
GA1: Intellectual rigour,
GA2: Creativity,
GA3: Ethical practice,
GA4: Knowledge of a discipline,
GA5: Lifelong learning,
GA6: Communication and social skills,
GA7: Cultural competence| 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 | | | 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 | | | |
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
- 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
Prescribed texts
- Prescribed text information is not currently available.
Prescribed texts may change in future study periods.