COURSE UNIT TITLE

: PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTING ADMINISTRATIONS I

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
PSI 4007 PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTING ADMINISTRATIONS I ELECTIVE 2 2 0 5

Offered By

Psychology

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR ORÇUN YORULMAZ

Offered to

Psychology

Course Objective

The aim of this course is to introduce objective and projective tests used for determination and discrimination of psychological disorders in adults. In the framework of this course, examination of various psychological tests frequently used in the field, and acquisition of application, scoring and reporting skills for these tests is targeted.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Be able to define basic characteristics and functions of the objective and projective tests used for adults
2   Be able to apply objective and projective tests used for adults
3   Be able to score objective and projective tests used for adults
4   Be able to report the results of the objective and projective tests used for adults
5   Be able to prepare a generic clinical assessment report by integrating the results obtained from all of the learned objective and projective tests used for adults

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 and syllabus
2 Clinical assessment procedures and ethical principles in psychological assessment
3 Clinical assessment procedures and ethical principles in psychological assessment
4 Bender Gestalt Visual Motor Perception Test
5 House-Tree-Person, MEDTZ
6 House-Tree-Person, MEDTZ
7 MMPI
8 MMPI, other objective assessment tools (Beck Depression Inventory, Beck Anxiety Inventory, State-Trait Anxiety Inventory, Beck Hopelessness Scale)
9 TAT, Sentence Completion
10 TAT, Sentence Completion
11 Presentations
12 Presentations
13 Presentations
14 Presentations

Recomended or Required Reading

Akkoyun, F. (2005) Projektif teknikler. Ankara: Nobel.
Graham, J. R. (1998). MMPI uygulama ve yorumlama rehberi (2. Baskı) (O. Sorias, Çev.). Ankara: Türk Psikologlar Derneği. (Orijinal çalışma basım tarihi bt).
Greene, R. L. (1980). The MMPI: An Interpretive manual. New York: Grune & Stratton, Inc.
Groth-Marnat, G. (2003). Handbook of psychological assessment (4th d.). New York: Wiley.
Hilsenroth, M. J. & Segal, D. L. (Eds.). (2004). Comprehensive handbook of psychological assessment: Personality assessment (2nd Vol.). New Jersey: Wiley.
Lachar, D. (1990). The MMPI: Clinical assessment and automated interpretation. California: Western Psychological Services.
Murray, H. A. (1971). Thematic Apperception Test Manual. London: Harvard University Press.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lecture
Presentation
Answer-question
Homework
Discussion
Observation and application

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 ASG ASSIGNMENT
3 FIN FINAL EXAM
4 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.30 + ASG * 0.20 + FIN * 0.50
5 RST RESIT
6 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.30 + ASG * 0.20 + RST * 0.50


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

LO 1-5: They will be evaluated by term paper/report, 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)

esin.yilmaz@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 2 28
Practice (Reflection) 14 1 14
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 14 3 42
Preparation for midterm exam 1 10 10
Preparation for final exam 1 12 12
Preparing assignments 1 16 16
Preparing assignments 1 0 0
Final 1 1 1
Midterm 1 1 1
Project Assignment 1 1 1
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 125

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10
LO.155544445
LO.25554445
LO.35554445
LO.455555445
LO.555544445

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