Principles of Psychological Assessment

About this subject

• What you'll learn

  On successful completion of this subject, you will be able to:

  1. Evaluate the historical and theoretical basis of psychological testing
  2. Remember, understand, and apply statistical procedures to describe the psychometric properties of a test
  3. Generate a psychological test and examine its adequacy using empirical procedures
  4. Evaluate the theoretical and empirical bases of psychological tests used to assess the main domains of cognition and personality
  5. Evaluate the application of psychological tests in a variety of domains of psychological practice (e.g., organisational and clinical contexts)

• Topics covered

• Description

• Assessments

• Textbooks

• About Macquarie University

Entry requirements

Part of a degree

To enrol in this subject you must be accepted into one of the following degrees:

Core

• MAQ-PSY-DEG-2023 - Bachelor of Psychology

Prior study

You must have successfully completed the following subject(s) before starting this subject:

one of

• MAQ-PSYX2248-Design and Statistics II

• MAQ-PSYX248 (Not currently available)

Others

(PSY248 or PSYU2248 or PSYX248 or PSYX2248) and (10cp at 2000 of PSY or PSYU or PSYX units)
NCCW (pre-2020 units) PSYC332
NCCW (2020 and onwards)
PSYU3332 Principles of Psychological Assessment

Additional requirements

• Other requirements -

  Students who have an Academic Standing of Suspension or Exclusion under Macquarie University's Academic Progression Policy are not permitted to enrol in OUA units offered by Macquarie University. Students with an Academic Standing of Suspension or Exclusion who have enrolled in units through OUA will be withdrawn.

Study load

0.125 EFTSL

This is in the range of 10 to 12 hours of study each week.

Equivalent full time study load (EFTSL) is one way to calculate your study load. One (1.0) EFTSL is equivalent to a full-time study load for one year.

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