COURSE UNIT TITLE

: TESTING AND MEASUREMENT IN PSYCHOLOGY

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
PSI 3009 TESTING AND MEASUREMENT IN PSYCHOLOGY COMPULSORY 3 0 0 5

Offered By

Psychology

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

DOCTOR SELVA ÜLBE AĞIRBAŞARAP

Offered to

Psychology

Course Objective

The aim of tihs course is to present theoretical knowledge about processes of psychological assessment and measurement, pyshometry and psychological testing with some relevant adiminstrations

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Able to comprehend beasic concepts of psychological evaluation adn measurement and their crtical role in processes
2   Able to describe psychological evaluation and measurement in historical perspective
3   Able to explain psychometrcial properties in psychological assessment
4   Able to describe various measurment methods
5   Able to classify various measurment and assessment methods
6   Able to evaluate various methods and ways of assessment in a critical way

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Introduction to the course,a general overview of psychological testing
2 Brief history of psychological measurement and ethical principles
3 Refreshing statistics knowledge
4 Psychometry: Validity
5 Psychometry: Reliability
6 Test development and item analysis
7 Measurement and culture: standardization and adaptation
8 Midterm
9 Intelligence tests
10 Personality assessment
11 Psychological assessment in education and industry
12 Child assessment
13 Specialized psychological tests for different subfields
14 Utilization and review of psychological tests
15 Final Exam

Recomended or Required Reading

Özgüven, I. E. (2007). Psikolojik Testler. Ankara: PDREM Yayınları.
Erkuş,Adnan(2003). Psikometri Üzerine Yazılar. Ankara:TPD Yayınları.
Domino, G. & Domino, M. L. (2006). Psyhcological Testing. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lecture
Presentation
Question-answer
Homework
Discussion

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 FIN FINAL EXAM
3 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.40 + FIN * 0.60
4 RST RESIT
5 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.40 + RST * 0.60


*** Resit Exam is Not Administered in Institutions Where Resit is not Applicable.

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

Midterm
Assignment
Final

Assessment Criteria

LO1-3: will be examined via midterm exam
LO3-6: will be examined via homework, presentation and final exam

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

70% attendance to the courses is compulsory

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

selva.ulbe@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

Tuesday 13:30-15:00

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 14 3 42
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 14 3 42
Preparation for midterm exam 2 9 18
Preparation for final exam 1 12 12
Preparing assignments 1 8 8
Final 1 1 1
Midterm 2 1 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 125

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10
LO.1554444
LO.24554444
LO.35455
LO.4554445
LO.5444545
LO.65554544