UnitLevel 6Postgraduate

PSY6102 Psychological assessment

Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences

PSY6102 Psychological assessment is a level 6, 0-credit-point, postgraduate unit from the Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences, offered in 2020 in Semester 1 at Clayton. It has no prerequisites.

Credit points
0
Offered in 2020
Semester 1
Clayton

This is the 2020 handbook entry. See the 2027 entry.

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Overview

Students will be introduced to general principles of adult psychological assessment. They will learn how to apply a range of cognitive, behavioural and personality assessment techniques. Students will be exposed to a range of different tests and scales and will learn how to administer, score and interpret them. They will learn how to formulate psychological assessment findings and communicate this information to a range of stakeholders. Furthermore, students will cover important aspects of assessment including psychometric, ethical and cultural issues.

Offerings in 2020

Teaching periodCampusMode
First semesterClaytonOn campus

Learning outcomes

When you finish this unit, you should be able to:

  1. 1

    Critically evaluate and manage psychological assessment referrals.

  2. 2

    Design and appraise findings from behavioural observation for initial psychological assessment.

  3. 3

    Select cognitive and personality assessment tools appropriate for individual referrals and administer assessments in a standardised fashion.

  4. 4

    Appropriately score and interpret data from cognitive and personality assessments and integrate these within client case formulations

  5. 5

    Communicate assessment findings to a range of stakeholders across different mediums.

Contacts

Unit Coordinators
Dr Rene Stolwyk
Chief Examiners
Dr Rene Stolwyk

Common questions

What are the prerequisites for PSY6102?

PSY6102 has no prerequisites.

When is PSY6102 offered?

In 2020, PSY6102 runs in Semester 1 at Clayton.

More details

Credit points
0
Level
6
Study level
Postgraduate
Faculty
Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences
Organisational unit
Psychology
Type
HDR
EFTSL
0
Student contribution
SCA Band 1
Study abroad
Not available