Преподавател(и):

проф. Енчо Герганов  д-р
гл. ас. Методи Коралов  д-р
гл. ас. Михаела Барокова  д-р

Описание на курса:

Компетенции:

TO KNOW:

basic terminology related to psychological testing and assessment (e.g., validity, reliability, etc.)

basic methods for and statistical approaches to psychological testing and assessment

best practices for administering and analyzing psychological tests and assessments

BE ABLE TO:

to use standardized psychological tests

to design and pilot new tests for psychological constructs

Предварителни изисквания:
basic statistics

Форми на провеждане:
Редовен

Учебни форми:
Лекция

Език, на който се води курса:
Английски

Теми, които се разглеждат в курса:

1. Introduction to psychological testing: Introduction to Psychological Testing and Assessment. Brief history of the field.
2. Constructing a new test: Constructing a new test. Example of the EPAQ.
3. Constructing a new test part 2: Steps and considerations. Operationalization of the test.
4. Factor Analysis: What it is and why it is useful
5. Ethical issues in psychological testing and assessment. Vulnerable populations. Informed consent. Debriefing.
6. Classical Test Theory: What is it and why it is useful.
7. Item-response Theory: What it is and why it is useful
8. Reliability. Types: internal consistency, test-retest, inter-rater, and parallel forms.
9. Validity. Types: content, criterion, and construct.
10. TEST
11. Measurement scales. General assumptions about psychological testing and assessment.
12. Norms, normality, and standard deviation. Outliers. Exclusion criteria.
13. In-class data collection
14. We will discuss famous psychological tests.
15. Group project presentations

Литература по темите:

Основна

Cohen, Ronald Jay, Psychological testing and assessment : an introduction to tests and measurement, Boston: McGraw Hill, 2005

Допълнителна

Kline, Paul, The handbook of psychological testing, London: New York: Routledge, 1993

Cohen, Ronald Jay, Exercises in psychological testing and assessment, Boston: McGraw Hill, 2005

Средства за оценяване:

Test (30%)

Group Project (70%)