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Assessment, Personality & Psychopathology - PSYC2101
 Science students

   
   
   
 
Campus: Kensington Campus
 
 
Career: Undergraduate
 
 
Units of Credit: 6
 
 
EFTSL: 0.12500 (more info)
 
 
Indicative Contact Hours per Week: 4
 
 
Enrolment Requirements:
 
 
Prerequisite: PSYC1001, PSYC1011
 
 
Fee Band: 1 (more info)
 
 
Further Information: See Class Timetable
 
  

Description

Systematic measurement of various aspects of people occurs in many different settings such as clinical, counselling, legal, educational and vocational guidance, and personnel settings. An introduction to the principles and techniques of psychological measurement, including consideration of what makes tests useful, how to evaluate tests and factors that are important to consider in their interpretation. Underlying many tests are theoretical positions about personality and/or about what is 'normal' and 'abnormal' behaviour. Discussion of how aspects of personality are operationalised and measured will enable students to understand how tests relate to these theories. Importantly, theories and research relating to psychopathology will also be introduced and the basics of clinical assessment will be discussed. The practical program will provide the opportunity to explore the application of tests in a number of different settings.

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