If you’re interested in learning various psychological tests, and how they are carried out, then this course is for you! This online psychological assessment course will exactly teach you that and more! Such as how psychological tests develop, the factors that affect clinical assessment, how the assessment interview is done, how behavioural assessments are conducted, and much more.
Learn about psychological assessment.
Learn how Psychological Assessments are carried out.
Professional Development Course for anyone working in Psychology, Counselling or Management
Self paced study, 100 hour course, Personal tuition from professional psychologists
Note: This course will not qualify you to carry out individual psychological tests or practice as a psychologist.
Course Aims
Explain the main kinds of psychological tests and why they are used, and meaning of test reliability and validity
Explain ethical and other factors that constrain clinical assessment
Describe a structured and an unstructured interview
Explain behavioural assessment and how it can be conducted
Discuss Wechsler scales in detail
Explain the purpose and use of the Wechsler Memory Test
Explain the purpose and usage of the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory
Course Structure
There are 7 lessons in this course:
Introduction
What is psychological assessment
Types of psychological tests
Achievement tests
Aptitude tests
Intelligence tests
Occupational tests
Personality tests
History of psychological testing
Justification for using tests
Advantages and disadvantages of using psychometric testing
Ethnicity and different cultures
Psychological testing of language minority and culturally different children
Why your child should be tested
Why it is important for parents to know about testing
Validity and reliability
Construct, discriminant and convergent validity
Test retest reliability
Context of Clinical Assessment
Ethical practice
Confidentiality
Case study: confidentiality
Informed consent
Record keeping
Dual relationships
Professional boundaries
Selecting tests
Case study: ethics and lie detection
Computer assisted assessment
Virtual reality; new tool for psychological assessment
Personality traits and designing a questionnaire
Weaknesses
Ambiguity and bias
Closed and open questions
The Assessment Interview
The interview
Screening for psychological disorders
Structured and unstructured interviews
SCID
Assessing Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) among veterans
Screening and referral procedure overview
If patient refuses referral to mental health care
Use of a primary care screen
Discussing screening results with patients
Discern if traumatic events are ongoing
Making a recommendation
Scheduling a follow up
Psychomentric properties of SCID
Behavioural Assessment
Behaviourism
Kinds of consequences
Reinforcers
Intrinsic and extrinsic reinforcers
Consequences and timing
The premack principle
Extinction
Criticisms of behaviourism
Methods of behavioural assessment
The focus of assessment
Functional analysis
Analysis of problem behaviour
Motivational analysis
Behavioural vs traditional assessment
Wechsler Intelligence Scales
Introduction
Measuring intelligence
Cognitive, cognitive contextural and biological theories
If you’re interested in learning various psychological tests, and how they are carried out, then this course is for you! This online psychological assessment course will exactly teach you that and more! Such as how psychological tests develop, the factors that affect clinical assessment, how the assessment interview is done, how behavioural assessments are conducted, and much more.
Learn about psychological assessment.
Learn how Psychological Assessments are carried out.
Professional Development Course for anyone working in Psychology, Counselling or Management
Self paced study, 100 hour course, Personal tuition from professional psychologists
Note: This course will not qualify you to carry out individual psychological tests or practice as a psychologist.
Course Aims
Explain the main kinds of psychological tests and why they are used, and meaning of test reliability and validity
Explain ethical and other factors that constrain clinical assessment
Describe a structured and an unstructured interview
Explain behavioural assessment and how it can be conducted
Discuss Wechsler scales in detail
Explain the purpose and use of the Wechsler Memory Test
Explain the purpose and usage of the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory
Course Structure
There are 7 lessons in this course:
Introduction
What is psychological assessment
Types of psychological tests
Achievement tests
Aptitude tests
Intelligence tests
Occupational tests
Personality tests
History of psychological testing
Justification for using tests
Advantages and disadvantages of using psychometric testing
Ethnicity and different cultures
Psychological testing of language minority and culturally different children
Why your child should be tested
Why it is important for parents to know about testing
Validity and reliability
Construct, discriminant and convergent validity
Test retest reliability
Context of Clinical Assessment
Ethical practice
Confidentiality
Case study: confidentiality
Informed consent
Record keeping
Dual relationships
Professional boundaries
Selecting tests
Case study: ethics and lie detection
Computer assisted assessment
Virtual reality; new tool for psychological assessment
Personality traits and designing a questionnaire
Weaknesses
Ambiguity and bias
Closed and open questions
The Assessment Interview
The interview
Screening for psychological disorders
Structured and unstructured interviews
SCID
Assessing Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) among veterans
Screening and referral procedure overview
If patient refuses referral to mental health care
Use of a primary care screen
Discussing screening results with patients
Discern if traumatic events are ongoing
Making a recommendation
Scheduling a follow up
Psychomentric properties of SCID
Behavioural Assessment
Behaviourism
Kinds of consequences
Reinforcers
Intrinsic and extrinsic reinforcers
Consequences and timing
The premack principle
Extinction
Criticisms of behaviourism
Methods of behavioural assessment
The focus of assessment
Functional analysis
Analysis of problem behaviour
Motivational analysis
Behavioural vs traditional assessment
Wechsler Intelligence Scales
Introduction
Measuring intelligence
Cognitive, cognitive contextural and biological theories
