COURSE UNIT TITLE

: PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
PDE 4017 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 TUBA BAĞATARHAN

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 Introduction and structuring the course
2 Basic concepts in psychological testing
3 History and development of psychological testing
4 Use of psychological tests, interpretation and evaluation of results
5 Statistical concepts: Scales, frequency distribution, measures of central clustering, standard scores, and percentages
6 Reliability: Definition, types, standard error of measurement, evaluation of reliability
7 General Review, Course Evaluation, Midterm exam
8 Validity: Definition, ways of determining validity, types of validity
9 Measurement of intelligence and psychological tests (Stanford-Binet intelligence test, Weschsler intelligence tests for different age groups, Anadolu Sak (ASIS) intelligence test, Leiter international performance test)
10 Measurement of intelligence and psychological tests (Stanford-Binet intelligence test, Weschsler intelligence tests for different age groups, Anadolu Sak (ASIS) intelligence test, Leiter international performance test)
11 Assessment of development in various developmental areas and psychological tests (AGTE, Denver II developmental screening test, Peabody picture word test, Metropolitan school readiness test)
12 Measurement of personality and psychological tests (Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI), Five Factor Personality Inventory, Hacettepe Personality Inventory, Myers-Briggs Type Identifier, 16-Factor Personality Test)
13 Commonly used neuropsychological tests (Stroop test, Wisconsin card matching test, Benton line orientation test, Raven progressive matrices test, Number sequence learning test, Bender Gestalt visual-motor perception test, Gessel visual perception test)
14 Commonly used projective tests (TAT, CAT, Rorschach inkblot test, Louisa Duss psychoanalytic stories test)
15 Course Evaluation and Final Exam

Recomended or Required Reading

Öner, N. (2008). Türkiye'de Kullanılan Psikolojik Testlerden Örnekler. Istanbul: Boğaziçi Üniversitesi Yayınları Özgüven, I. E. (2000). Psikolojik Testler. Ankara: PDREM yayınları.
Tavşancıl, E. (Ed.) (2018). Psikolojik Test ve Değerlendirme. Ankara: Nobel Akademik Yayıncılık.
Yavuzer, Y. & Karataş, Z. (Ed.) (2019). Psikolojik Testler: Ilkeler, Uygulama ve Tanıtım. Ankara: Pegem Akademi Yayıncılık.
Test materyalleri ve el kitapları
Ders sunumları

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

None

Assessment Criteria

Midterm and final exams will be held.

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)

tuba.bagatarhan@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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