COURSE INTRODUCTION AND APPLICATION INFORMATION

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Course Name

Code	Semester	Theory (hour/week)	Application/Lab (hour/week)	Local Credits	ECTS
	Fall/Spring

Prerequisites	None
Course Language
Course Type	Elective
Course Level	-
Mode of Delivery	-
Teaching Methods and Techniques of the Course	Case Study Q&A Application: Experiment / Laboratory / Workshop
Course Coordinator	-
Course Lecturer(s)	-
Assistant(s)	-

Course Objectives
Learning Outcomes	The students who succeeded in this course; To gain preliminary level of knowledge about basic assessment devices. To gain preliminary level of knowledge about basic assessment devices. To understand historical development of psychological assessment in clinical psychology. To explain historical milestones and development of psychological testing in practice. To understand different psychological test in relation to their theoretical background. To gain critical approach to pros and cons of psychological testing.
Course Description

Course Category	Core Courses
	Major Area Courses	X
	Supportive Courses
	Media and Managment Skills Courses
	Transferable Skill Courses

WEEKLY SUBJECTS AND RELATED PREPARATION STUDIES

Week	Subjects	Required Materials
1	Introduction to Psychological testing	Cohen & Swerdik – Chapter 1, Psychological Testing and Assessment, 129
2	The nature of tests	George – Chapter 1 – The nature of Tests, 112
3	Historical perspective	Cohen & Swerdik – Chapter 2, Historical, Cultural and Legal Considerations, 3570Goldstein & Hersen – Historical Perspectives, 317
4	Behavioural Assessment (SelfReport Inventories)	GrothMarnat – Chapter 4, Behavioral Assessment, 99131
5	Midterm 1
6	Assessment of Child Intelligence	Beres, Kaufman, & Perlman – Chapter 4, Assessment of Child Intelligence, 6596
7	Assessment of Adult Intelligence	Tulsky, Zhu, & Prifitera – Chapter 5, Assessment of Adult Intelligence with WAISIII, 97129
8	Objective Personality Assessment 1	Nezami & Butcher – Chapter 16, Objective Personality Assessment, 413435
9	Objective Personality Assessment 2	GrothMarnat – Chapter 6, The Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory, 205300
10	Projective Tests, 1	GrothMarnat – Chapter 9, The Roarscach, 393457
11	Projective Tests, 2	GrothMarnat – Chapter 10, The Thematic Apperception Tests, 458498GrothMarnat – Chapter 11, Projective Drawings, 499533
12	Midterm 2
13	Neurologic Tests	GrothMarnat – Chapter 12, Screening and Assessing for Neuropsychological Impairment, 534 594
14	Psychological Assessment and Treatment Planning	GrothMarnat – Chapter 13, Psychological Assessment and Treatment Planning, 595618
15	Ethical Issues in Psychological Assessment	Cohen & Swerdik – Chapter 2, Historical, Cultural and Legal Considerations, 3570
16	Review of the Semester

Course Notes/Textbooks

Psychological Testing and Assessment. Ronald Ray Cohen & Mark E. Swerdik. McGrawHill, USA, 2009The Handbook of Psychological Assessment. Gary GrothMarnat. John Wiley & Sons, USA, 1997Psychological Testing: An Introduction. George Domino. Cambridge Unievrsity Press, NY, 2002Handbook of Psychological Assessment. Gerald Goldstein, Michel Hersen. Pergamon. NY, 2000

Suggested Readings/Materials

Power point presentations Psychanalytic interpretation of Rorschach Test.1. Kodlama ve Uygulama. Tunaboyluİkiz. Bağlam Yayınları, İstanbul, 2001Rorschach Testinin Psikanalitik Yorumu 2. Erişkin Psikopatolojisinin Değerlendirilmesi. Tevfika Tunaboyluİkiz. Bağlam Yayınları, İstanbul, 2002MMPI Uygulama ve Yorumlama Rehberi (The MMPI: A Practical Guide). J.R. Graham (çev. O. Sorias) Türk Psikologlar Derneği, Ankara, 1998Wechsler Çocuklar için Zeka Ölçeği (WISCR) (Manual for the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for ChildrenRevised). . Işık Savaşır & Nesrin Şahin. Türk Psikologlar Derneği, Ankara, 1995BilişselDavranışçı Terapilerde Değerlendirme: Sık Kullanılan Ölçekler. Işık Savaşır & Nesrin Şahin. Türk Psikologlar Derneği, Ankara, 1997Power point presentations

EVALUATION SYSTEM

Semester Activities	Number	Weigthing
Participation
Laboratory / Application
Field Work
Quizzes / Studio Critiques
Portfolio
Homework / Assignments
Presentation / Jury
Project	1	20
Seminar / Workshop
Oral Exam
Midterm	1	20
Final Exam	1	40
Total

Weighting of Semester Activities on the Final Grade	18	60
Weighting of End-of-Semester Activities on the Final Grade	1	40
Total

ECTS / WORKLOAD TABLE

Semester Activities	Number	Duration (Hours)	Workload
Course Hours (Including exam week: 16 x total hours)	16	2	32
Laboratory / Application Hours (Including exam week: 16 x total hours)	16
Study Hours Out of Class	16	2
Field Work
Quizzes / Studio Critiques
Portfolio
Homework / Assignments
Presentation / Jury
Project	1	14
Seminar / Workshop
Oral Exam
Midterms	1	10
Final Exams	1	20
		Total	108

COURSE LEARNING OUTCOMES AND PROGRAM QUALIFICATIONS RELATIONSHIP

#	Program Competencies/Outcomes	* Contribution Level
#	Program Competencies/Outcomes	1	2	3	4	5
1	To be able to assess psychological concepts and perspectives, interpret and evaluate data using scientific methods			X
2	To be able to develop a curiosity and interest towards the mind and its phenomena, to possess a sense of critical and scientific reflexion and ability to analyze new information.				X
3	Ability to make use of theoretical and applied knowledge in local and global levels.				X
4	To have a basic knowledge of other disciplines that can contribute to psychology and to be able to make use of this knowledge		X
5	To possess and value societal, scientific and ethical principles in collecting, interpreting and publishing psychological data					X
6	To have knowledge of how psychology is positioned as a scientific discipline from a historical perspective, and to know with what methods it views behavioural and mental processes				X
7	To be able to distinguish between the emphases of fundamental theories and perspectives of psychology (behavioural, biological, cognitive, evolutionary, social, developmental, humanistic, psychodynamic and sociocultural) and compare and express their differences and similarities, contributions and limitations				X
8	The competence to share psychological knowledge based and qualitative and quantitative data with experts and lay people, using effective communication skills			X
9	To have the awareness of interpersonal and societal problems and phenomena and adopt this awareness in psychological problems and researches.		X
10	Competence to make use of applied and theoretical psychological knowledge to make contributions to industrial development and provide solutions to problems	X
11	To possess essential knowledge of techniques and instrumentation for psychological measurement and evaluation					X

*1 Lowest, 2 Low, 3 Average, 4 High, 5 Highest