Psychological Assessment II

Objectives

This CU allows an extending knowledge in psychological assessment, previously acquired in the CU of Psychological Assessment I. At the end of this CU, the student should be able to:

1. Frame the relevance of psychological assessment in the development of a psychological intervention plan.

2. Understand the particularity of psychological assessment according to the age of the subjects.

3. Relate theoretical perspectives on intelligence, personality and behavior with methods of assessing them.

4. Develop skills in the application, scoring and interpretation of assessment instruments adapted and validated for the Portuguese population.

5. Recognize the relevance of returning information and preparing psychological reports.

6. Reflect on the current state of psychological assessment: potential, limitations and future developments.

Program

1. The role of psychological assessment in psychological intervention

2. Psychological assessment with populations of different ages

    2.1. Children and adolescents

    2.2. Adults and the elderly

3. Psychological assessment instruments:

    3.1. Intelligence assessment (e.g., BPRD/BPR, MPCR, Wechsler Intelligence Scales)

    3.2. Personality asessment (e.g., EPQ-R, NEO-PI-R, projective techniques)

    3.3. Social emotional and behavioral assessment (e.g., CBCL, TRF, YSR, PKBS-2)

4. Psychological reports

5. Current status and future directions of psychological assessment.

Teaching Methodologies

Theoretical, expositive and theoretical-practical lectures, using audiovisual resources (power-point)

Practical classes on application, scoring and interpretation of assessment instruments

Practical exercises

Viewing and discussing videos

Discussion of case-examples

Bibliography

Boyle, G. J., Saklofske, D. H., Matthews, G. (Eds.) (2012). Psychological assessment (Vol. I-IV). Sage.

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

Goldfinger, K., & Pomerantz, A. M. (2014). Psychological assessment and report writing (2nd ed.). Sage.

Maruish, M. E. (Ed.) (2004). The use of psychological testing for treatment planning and outcomes assessment (3rd ed.) (Vol. I-III). Erlbaum.

Merrell, K. W. (2008). Behavioral, social, and emotional assessment of children and adolescents (3rd ed.). Erlbaum.

Saklofske, D. H., Reynolds, C. R., & Schwean, V. L. (Eds.) (2013). The Oxford handbook of child psychological assessment. Oxford University Press.

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

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

Wright, A. J. (2011). Conducting psychological assessment: A guide for practitioners. Wiley.