Psychological Assessment lab 2500-EN_O_41
During the lab workshop students will gain knowledge and
practical skills necessary to establish a diagnostic relationship and conduct
a diagnostic investigation with employment of free diagnostic methods –
psychological interview, observation and some projective techniques.
During the workshop students will learn and practice how to establish a
contract for the investigation, build diagnostic contact, deal with
psychological resistance, conduct a diagnostic interview and use chosen
projective tests, interpret gathered data and lastly how to deliver
diagnostic feedback.
The course provides basic skills required in the psychological
assessment domain. The course introduces students to selected
assessment tools such as different types of interviews and the contexts in
which they are used. The important part of the course’s program
concerns ethical issues and methodological standards obligatory in
diagnostician’s practice.
Type of course
Learning outcomes
Skills:
- Student is able to critically reflect on diagnostic methods and the
conditions of their use, including potentials and limitations of the
employment of different methods such as interviews or projective
tests.
- Student is able to use the gained knowledge about psychological
diagnosis in practice and thus plan and conduct a diagnostic
investigation with employment of free diagnostic methods.
- Student is able to carry out basic diagnostic tasks – establish a
contract for the diagnosis, conduct a diagnostic assessment, analyze
gathered data, make case conceptualization and deliver diagnostic
feedback.
- Students has a necessary skills to build and maintain genuine
diagnostic contact: students is able to use active listening techniques,
deal with psychological resistance and use nonverbal cues and
accurately react to them.
Knowledge:
- Student understands diagnostic investigation as a process of decisionmaking
(creating and testing hypotheses) and understands how
different cognitive and emotional phenomena influence this process;
- Student knows the methodological and ethical standards of using
qualitative assessment tools (interviews, projective tests)
- Student knows and understands the meaning of professional
psychological competencies.
Values:
- Student is aware of the different socio-cultural contexts of
maintaining the process of psychological assessment and the impact
of final diagnosis on the participants wellbeing;
- Student understands the social role of diagnostician and its
implications.
Assessment criteria
During the module students will work individually on psychological
assessment assignment. Students' task will be first to conduct and analyze
a 20-minute interview with a colleague from the group aimed at
understanding a particular aspect of colleague’s life. Than students will be
asked to evaluate their diagnostic activity during the interview (e.g.
determine the best and worst part of their activity, indicate moments of
empathic response, proper use of paraphrases and open questions, and
improve the errors committed during the interview), analyze obtained
data and finally prepare feedback and deliver it to the colleague. Detailed
guidelines and requirements for the assignment will be given during the
workshop. Psychological assessment assignment should be handed in no
later than on Workshop 14 in print. Handing in assignment after the
deadline will lower the grade. For every day of a delay, you will receive
two points less. Assignments handed in more than two weeks after the
deadline will not be checked and graded, what is equal with failing the
workshop.
Max points for this assignment is 60
Three additional pieces of homework will be given during the course. Each
homework is 10 points
Positively evaluated, active participation during the classes (that is
preparation, asking questions, critical thinking, participation in conducted
exercises and discussions) is rewarded with additional 10 points.
Students are supposed to prepare the readings home and workshops will
include discussions to which preparation is needed. Please read the
literature for each class. If the class does not read the literature well
enough to participate in class discussions, the tutor has right to perform
unannounced tests of knowledge from the readings. Points from the
unannounced tests will be included into participation points.
Main assignment = 60 points
Three home assignments =3 x 10 points
Active participation = 10 points
MAX = 100 points
Needed to pass = 60 points
Attendance rules
Not more than 2 excused or unexcused absences allowed. An excused
absence means that the student has a documented excuse substantiated
by for instance a medical note. In case of the third absence it can only be
an excused one and it results in an additional assignment. Having more
than 3 absences means failing the class.
Additional information
Information on level of this course, year of study and semester when the course unit is delivered, types and amount of class hours - can be found in course structure diagrams of apropriate study programmes. This course is related to the following study programmes:
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