| Teaching Staff
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| Language of Instruction |
Türkçe (Turkish) |
| Type Of Course |
Compulsory |
| Prerequisites |
There is no prerequisite for this course. |
| Recommended Optional Programme Component |
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| Course Objectives |
To introduce the basic concepts and issues about the selection and use of psychological tools within the scope of the clinical psychological assessment and to acquaint the most commonly used assessment tools in clinical psychology. |
| Course Content |
At first, the requirements of an accurate psychological assessment in accordance with the principles of professional ethics are emphasized. Additionally, the most commonly used assessment tools in clinical research and practice (sentence completion tests, Rorscach, TAT, projective drawings, and MMPI) are introduced focusing on the purpose, development, administration, scoring, and interpretation. |
| Learning Outcomes (LO) |
The students who attend the course and are successful at the end of semester will acquire the followings;
1- Comprehends the description of psychological assessment and how both the term and the use of assessment device change in history,
2- Defines the psychometric properties necessary for the appropriate use of psychological tests,
3- Adopts ethical principles for the selection and use of psychological tests,
4- Recognizes common tests, their psychometric properties, and usage in Clinical Psychology domain,
5- Implements (administer, score, and interpret) the MMPI. |
| Mode of Delivery |
Face to face |
| Course Outline |
| Week |
Topics |
| 1. Week |
Course introduction
Classroom application (Completion of a psychological test battery composing 10 scales for the purpose of experiential learning)
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| 2. Week |
Definitions and features of psychological assessment and tests,
Changing definitions and roles in the historical process
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| 3. Week |
External factors effecting assessment and test results |
| 4. Week |
Psychometric properties: Standardization, validity, and reliability |
| 5. Week |
Psychometric properties: Reviewing the concepts of psychometric properties through tests and statistical results obtained from the classroom application |
| 6. Week |
Psychometric properties: Reviewing the concepts of psychometric properties through tests and statistical results obtained from the classroom application |
| 7. Week |
Professional ethical principles in psychological assessment |
| 8. Week |
Mid - Terms |
| 9. Week |
Projective tests: Rorscach Inkblot Test |
| 10. Week |
Projective tests: Thematic Apperception Test |
| 11. Week |
Projective tests: Projective drawings and sentence completion tasks |
| 12. Week |
Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory: Description, development, and psychometric properties |
| 13. Week |
Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory: Constructing the profile |
| 14. Week |
Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory: Interpretation of the profile |
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| Assessment |
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Percentage(%) |
| Mid-term (%) |
40 |
| Quizes (%) |
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| Homeworks/Term papers (%) |
10 |
| Practice (%) |
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| Labs (%) |
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| Projects/Field Work (%) |
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| Seminars/Workshops (%) |
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| Final (%) |
40 |
| Other (%) |
10 |
| Total(%) |
100 |
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| Course Book (s) and/or References |
• Anafarta-Şendağ, M. (2020). Klinik Psikolojik Değerlendirmede Süreç ve Araçlar. Eğitim Yayınevi.
• Ceyhun, B & Oral, N. (2003). Minnesota Çok Yönlü Kişilik Envanteri - Değerlendirme Kitabı. Gazi Kitabevi
• Cohen, R. J., & Swerdlik, M. E. (2013). Psikolojik test ve değerleme: Testlere ve ölçmeye giriş. (Çev. E. Tavşancıl). Ankara: Nobel Yayıncılık. (Orijinal Yayın Tarihi, 2010).
• Graham, J. R. (1998). MMPI uygulama ve yorumlama rehberi. (Çev. O. Sorias). Ankara: Türk Psikologlar Derneği Yayınları. (Orijinal Yayın Tarihi, 1992).
• Türk Psikologlar Derneği Etik Yönetmeliği (2018). https://www.psikolog.org.tr/tr/files/folder/etik-yonetmeligi-x389.pdf |
| Work Placement(s) |
There is no internship for this course. |
| The Relationship between Program Qualifications (PQ) and Course Learning Outcomes (LO) |
| PQ1 | PQ2 | PQ3 | PQ4 | PQ5 | PQ6 | PQ7 | PQ8 | PQ9 | PQ10 | PQ11 | PQ12 | PQ13 | LO1 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | LO2 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | LO3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 3 | LO4 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | LO5 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 1 |
* Contribution Level: 1 Very low 2 Low 3 Medium 4 High 5 Very High |