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Psychological Assessment in Placement
Study Course Description
Course Description Statuss:Approved
Course Description Version:8.00
Study Course Accepted:01.08.2024 09:12:39
| Study Course Information | |||||||||
| Course Code: | SUPK_156 | LQF level: | Level 6 | ||||||
| Credit Points: | 4.00 | ECTS: | 6.00 | ||||||
| Branch of Science: | Psychology | Target Audience: | Psychology | ||||||
| Study Course Supervisor | |||||||||
| Course Supervisor: | Aija Dudkina | ||||||||
| Study Course Implementer | |||||||||
| Structural Unit: | Department of Health Psychology and Paedagogy | ||||||||
| The Head of Structural Unit: | |||||||||
| Contacts: | Dzirciema street 16, Rīga, szf rsu[pnkts]lv | ||||||||
| Study Course Planning | |||||||||
| Full-Time - Semester No.1 | |||||||||
| Lectures (count) | 2 | Lecture Length (academic hours) | 2 | Total Contact Hours of Lectures | 4 | ||||
| Classes (count) | 22 | Class Length (academic hours) | 2 | Total Contact Hours of Classes | 44 | ||||
| Total Contact Hours | 48 | ||||||||
| Part-Time - Semester No.1 | |||||||||
| Lectures (count) | 2 | Lecture Length (academic hours) | 2 | Total Contact Hours of Lectures | 4 | ||||
| Classes (count) | 14 | Class Length (academic hours) | 2 | Total Contact Hours of Classes | 28 | ||||
| Total Contact Hours | 32 | ||||||||
| Study course description | |||||||||
| Preliminary Knowledge: | General Psychology, Developmental Psychology, Psychophysiology, Pathopsychology, Research of Cognitive Processes, Personality Research, Biological Basics of Psyche, Clinical Psychology, Personality Psychology, Cognitive Process and Personality Research. | ||||||||
| Objective: | To expand knowledge of cognitive processes and personality research methods and principles of processing and analysing research results; to provide opportunity to apply the acquired knowledge of the cognitive process and personality research in practice; to develop and upgrade skills of drawing up a plan for studying cognitive processes and personality; to conduct cognitive process and personality research under supervision of a supervisor and process, analyse and interpret its results to prepare a description of the research results, and inform the client of the results of the research. | ||||||||
| Topic Layout (Full-Time) | |||||||||
| No. | Topic | Type of Implementation | Number | Venue | |||||
| 1 | Explaining goals and tasks of the placement. Placement Regulations: the course of placement, assessment criteria. Stages of personality research: • Agreements on psychological research • Collection and recording of initial information • Preparation of a research plan, selection of relevant research methods • Analysis and interpretation of research results • Preparation of a report on the research results (structure and content of the opinion) • Informing the client about the research results | Lectures | 2.00 | auditorium | |||||
| Classes | 2.00 | auditorium | |||||||
| 2 | Classification of psychological research methods of cognitive processes. | Classes | 2.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 3 | Characteristics of research processes (attention, perception, memory, thinking, speech) and research methods. Research of intelligence. A set of methodologies, its relevance to the age group. Ethical and professional conditions for the activity of a psychologist. | Classes | 2.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 4 | Individual psychological research of cognitive processes. Collection and recording of initial information. Contact specifics. Basic principles of quantitative and qualitative analysis. Drawing up a research description. | Classes | 2.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 5 | Diversity of personality research methods: • Life data analysis • Diary method • Surveys, structured personality questionnaires • Interview • Observation • Clinical method, Case study • Objective personality tests and experiments • Projective personality tests • Explored tests. | Classes | 2.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 6 | Clinical interview and lifestyle analysis. | Classes | 2.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 7 | Supervision, case studies. | Classes | 8.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 8 | Supervision (preparation for the defence of the placement). | Classes | 2.00 | auditorium | |||||
| Topic Layout (Part-Time) | |||||||||
| No. | Topic | Type of Implementation | Number | Venue | |||||
| 1 | Explaining goals and tasks of the placement. Placement Regulations: the course of placement, assessment criteria. Stages of personality research: • Agreements on psychological research • Collection and recording of initial information • Preparation of a research plan, selection of relevant research methods • Analysis and interpretation of research results • Preparation of a report on the research results (structure and content of the opinion) • Informing the client about the research results | Lectures | 2.00 | auditorium | |||||
| Classes | 2.00 | auditorium | |||||||
| 2 | Classification of psychological research methods of cognitive processes. | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 3 | Characteristics of research processes (attention, perception, memory, thinking, speech) and research methods. Research of intelligence. A set of methodologies, its relevance to the age group. Ethical and professional conditions for the activity of a psychologist. | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 4 | Individual psychological research of cognitive processes. Collection and recording of initial information. Contact specifics. Basic principles of quantitative and qualitative analysis. Drawing up a research description. | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 5 | Diversity of personality research methods: • Life data analysis • Diary method • Surveys, structured personality questionnaires • Interview • Observation • Clinical method, Case study • Objective personality tests and experiments • Projective personality tests • Explored tests. | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 6 | Clinical interview and lifestyle analysis. | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 7 | Supervision, case studies. | Classes | 6.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 8 | Supervision (preparation for the defence of the placement). | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| Assessment | |||||||||
| Unaided Work: | Preparing for supervisions regarding placement assignments; regular work with specified literature; active participation in group supervision classes; conducting customer cognitive process research at the placement site; processing, analysing and compiling the research results; regular filling in the placement log book; preparing the placement report; submission of the placement report and the log book, presentation of case studies. | ||||||||
| Assessment Criteria: | Execution of placement tasks and active participation in supervision; presentation of cases in supervision, self-reflection on own activities, self-reflection on supervision. The placement report and its presentation. Requirements: 1. Regular and active participation in supervision. 2. Regular completion of the placement log book reflecting information about completion of the placement assignments, self-reflection on own work and self-reflection on supervision; a submitted placement log book at the end of the course. 3. Study of 2 clients carried out at the placement site. 4. Description of research results and drawn conclusions. 5. Cases are presented and analysed in supervision 6. Placement report is prepared and successfully defended. | ||||||||
| Final Examination (Full-Time): | Defence (Placement) | ||||||||
| Final Examination (Part-Time): | Defence (Placement) | ||||||||
| Learning Outcomes | |||||||||
| Knowledge: | Students are familiar with and describe the conditions, requirements and specifics of psychological research in cognitive processes; explain the peculiarities of psychological research of different age groups. | ||||||||
| Skills: | Students reasonably argue about methods of psychological research of cognitive processes and principles of processing and analysing the results; reasonably and critically evaluate the methods of psychological research on the conformity of cognitive processes to different age groups. | ||||||||
| Competencies: | Students independently critically evaluate the conformity of the method of psychological research of cognitive processes to different age groups; use psychological research methods of cognitive process in individual work with the client, plan and implement the research of the client's cognitive processes, process, analyse and interpret the acquired data within their competence, correctly form the results of the research of the cognitive processes, prepare an overview of the research results and provide the client with a feedback on them, cooperate with the client according to the basic principles of professional and general ethics. | ||||||||
| Bibliography | |||||||||
| No. | Reference | ||||||||
| Required Reading | |||||||||
| 1 | Gary Groth-Marnat (2016). Handbook of psychological assessment / Sixth edition. Hoboken, New Jersey : John Wiley & Sons, | ||||||||
| 2 | Lichtenberger, E. O., Mather, N., Kaufman, N. L., Kaufman, A. (2004). Essentials of Assessment Report Writing. Hoboken, New Jersey: John Wiley & Sons. | ||||||||
| Additional Reading | |||||||||
| 1 | Groth-Marnat, G. (2009). Handbook of Psychological Assessment. Fourth edition. John Wiley & Sons. | ||||||||
| 2 | Hersen, M., (2004). Psychological Assessment in Clinical Practice: A Pragmatic Guide. Taylor & Francis. | ||||||||
| 3 | Raščevska, M. (2005). Testu un aptauju konstruēšana un adaptācija. Rīga: RAKA. | ||||||||
| 4 | Kaplan, R. M., & Saccuzzo, D. P. (2009). Psychological Testing: Principles, Applications, and Issues. Cengage Learning. | ||||||||
| 5 | Sattler, J. M. (2008). Assessment of Children: Cognitive Foundations (5th edition). La Mesa, CA: Jerome Sattler. | ||||||||
| 6 | Qualitative Health Psychology: Theories and Methods. (1999). London. | ||||||||
| Other Information Sources | |||||||||
| 1 | Personality Assessment. | ||||||||
| 2 | Psychological Assessment. | ||||||||
| 3 | Psychological Methods etc. | ||||||||
