Overview

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Offerings

MURDOCH-Y-INT-2023-ONGOING

Requisites

Enrolment rules

Enrolment in M1238 Master of Applied Psychology (Professional), M1156 Master of Applied Psychology (Clinical Psychology) or D1073 Doctorate of Psychology (Clinical Psychology

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Learning activities

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Learning outcomes

1.

Demonstrate understanding of many key themes in the scientist-practitioner approach to psychological assessment.

2.

Demonstrate greater knowledge and deeper understanding of psychometric theory and how to select appropriate test/instruments on the basis of such knowledge.

3.

Administer, score, interpret and report the results of a standardised psychometric instrument commonly used in the workplace (e.g. Wechsler Intelligence Scales).

4.

Demonstrate improved reasoning, judgement, and decision-making skills by taking steps to overcome some of the biases and errors that affect human thinking.

5.

Demonstrate an understanding of the consequentiality of psychological assessment for clients and respond to this with care and attention in providing accurate and meaningful assessment feedback to clients and stakeholders.

Assessments

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Additional information

Unit content:

This unit will cover content related to different domains of psychological assessment relevant to different human domains, such as cognitive, behavioural, emotional, personality, interpersonal, and systems contexts.