COURSE UNIT TITLE

: PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
PDR 3019 PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS COMPULSORY 1 2 0 3

Offered By

Guidance and Psychological Counseling

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR YAĞMUR SOYLU

Offered to

Guidance and Psychological Counseling

Course Objective

The aim of this course is to enable students to develop an understanding of the structure of psychological tests, their development stages, how they are used and evaluated.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Comprehend the structure and use of psychological tests.
2   Distinguishes psychological tests within the scope of psychological counseling, psychiatry and clinical psychology.
3   Explain the stages of psychological test development
4   Distinguishes various developmental/intelligence/personality tests.
5   Knows the basic statistical methods used in the evaluation of psychological tests.
6   Interprets psychological test results by adhering to ethical rules.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 The configuration of the course.
2 What is a test How did testing develop How are tests used How are tests evaluated
3 Social and Ethical concerns in Testing.
4 Statistical concepts: scale measurement, frequency distribution, Measures of central tendency, standard scores, percentiles and norm
5 Correlation; Pearson Product-Moment Correlation Reliability; definition of reliability; different methods of reliability; standard error me
6 Validity: definition of validity; strategies for validating a test; types of validity.
7 General Review, Course Evaluation, Midterm
8 General review of ability and achievement tests and interest inventories.
9 Intelligence testing; definitions of intelligence; descriptive and composite of abilities; Individual intelligence tests; group intelligence
10 Stanford-Binet Intelligence Scale, Wechsler and WISC-R scales
11 Neuro-physiological tests ( Bender-Gestalt)
12 Preschool assessment (Draw an man test, Peabody)
13 Objective personality tests MMPI Projective Tests TAT, CAT, Rorschach
14 Contemporary Issues in Personality Testing
15 The evaluation of the course and Final exam

Recomended or Required Reading

Psikiyatrik Semptomlar ve Sendromlar, Oğuz Arkomaç, Nobel Tıp Kitabevi, 1987.
MMPI Uygulama ve Yorumlama Rehberi, John R. Graham, Çeviren Oya Sorias, Ege Üniversitesi Basımevi, Bornova, Izmir, 1996.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Homework and presentation, lecture, question-answer,discussion

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 VZ Midterm
2 FN Semester final exam
3 BNS BNS Student examVZ * 0.40 + Student examFN * 0.60
4 BUT Make-up note
5 BBN End of make-up grade Student examVZ * 0.40 + Student examBUT * 0.60


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

Lecture, discussion , question-answer, research

Assessment Criteria

To be announced.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

In order to be successful in the course, it is compulsory to attend at least 70% of the courses.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

yagmur.soylu@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

meeting days and times are included in the door schedule of the lecturer.
It is possible to send messages 24/7 via online deu.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 13 1 13
Tutorials 13 2 26
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 13 2 26
Preparation for midterm exam 1 5 5
Preparation for final exam 1 10 10
Midterm 1 1 1
Final 1 1 1
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 82

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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