Psychological Assessment II

Recommended Prerequisites

 Psychological Evaluation I, Statistics (I and II), Differential Psychology   

Teaching Methods

Lectures: expository method supported by slides; interrogative methods; oral or written reflection based on the presentation of audio-visual materials.

Practical courses: active methods, such as the presentation of testing materials and personality inventories; video presentation of real cases; scoring and interpretation exercises in small groups; field works – administration, scoring and interpretation of tests and personality inventories.

Evaluation - the final grade is based on the marks obtained in the theoretical component (50%) plus the practical component (50%).

Learning Outcomes

- Acquire theoretical knowledge concerning the use of intelligence and personality assessment instruments, including its psychometric basis.

- Train competences in administrating, scoring and interpreting results gathered from intelligence and personality assessment instruments, with a special emphasis on instruments standardized to the Portuguese population.

Work Placement(s)

No

Syllabus

Lectures:

1. Intelligence assessment: Using tests to assess intelligence, pros and cons. The evaluation process based on tests. New trends in intelligence assessment: dynamic assessment, assessment through the computer; assessment of "new" forms of intelligence - the example of Emotional Intelligence.

2. Personality assessment: History of personality assessment. The process of personality assessment. Construction and validation of personality inventories. Introduction to projective techniques.

Practical courses:

1. Study of intelligence tests and scales standardized in Portugal, such as: the Wechsler Intelligence Scales – WPPSI-R; WISC-III and WAIS-III; Raven Progressive Colored Matrix; Reasoning Battery of Tests (BPR).

 2. Examples of instruments for the assessment of personality and psychopathology: Eysenck Personality Questionnaire; Brief Symptom Inventory. Brief introduction to some projective techniques.

Head Lecturer(s)

Maria João Rama Seabra Santos

Assessment Methods

Assessment
Mini Tests: 5.0%
Laboratory work or Field work: 15.0%
Frequency: 30.0%
Exam: 50.0%

Bibliography

Flanagan, D. P., & Harrison, P. L. (Eds.). (2012). Contemporary intellectual assessment: Theories, tests and issues (3rd ed.). New York: Guilford.

Geisinger, K. F. (Ed.-in-Chief), Bracken, B. A., et al. (Ass. Eds.)  (2013). APA handbook of testing and assessment in Psychology (3 volumes). Washington DC: APA.

Groth-Marnat, G. & Wright, J. (2016).  Handbook of psychological assessment (6th ed.). Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley.

Saklofske, D. H., Reynolds, C. R., & Schwean, V. L. (Eds.) (2013). The Oxford handbook of child psychological assessment. New York: OUP.

Salkind, N. J. (2013). Tests & measurement for people who (think they) hate tests & measurement (2nd ed.). Thousand Oaks, California: Sage.

Sattler, J. (2008). Assessment of children: Cognitive foundations (5th ed.). La Mesa: Jerome Sattler, Publisher. 

Urbina, S. (2014). Essentials of psychological testing (2nd ed.). Hoboken, NJ: Wiley.

Weiner, I. B. & Greene, R. L. (2008). Handbook of personality assessment. Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley.