SUBJECT
Assessment in Counseling Psychology
practical
master
4
Semester 2
Spring semester
Aim of the course:
The course is designed to provide an overview of the basic principles, theories, issues and practices in the field of psychological testing. Tests of both cognitive and personality functioning will be included, with emphasis on identification of both problems and strengths.
Includes group and individual appraisal techniques to be used to support career, educational, and personal planning and development. Standardized and nonstandardized data information gathering methods, validity, reliability, psychometric statistics, factors influencing appraisals, and use and interpretation of appraisal results.
Learning outcome, competences
knowledge:
- an understanding of the role of assessment in the overall counseling process
- an ability to identify assessment processes and procedures for specific situations and populations
- knowledge of basic statistical and measurement concept
- familiarity with a variety of cognitive, career and personality measures
attitude:
- ethically interpreting assessment information to clients, colleagues, parents, administrators, and other appropriate individuals and groups
- an understanding of professional and ethical issues in assessment
skills:
- how to communicate adequately
- how to listen and interact with others
- how to express oneself with empathy and respect
- how to put others at ease
- how to establish a climate of trust
- ability to properly select, administer and interpret assessment tools in counseling;
- how to analyze difficult interactions
- how to recognize personal resources and limits
- ability to evaluate assessment resources in terms of reliability, validity, and relationships to age, race, gender, and ethnicity;
Content of the course
Topics of the course
This course is designed to provide a foundation for using assessment procedures in counseling.
Learning activities, learning methods
Lecture
Student activities: Individual, pair and group works, reflecions on video data
Evaluation of outcomes
Learning requirements, mode of evaluation, criteria of evaluation:
requirements
- participation in exercises during class
- Endterm essay
Size: Maximum 4000 words (roughly 10 pages). Front page, contents page (optional) and bibliography are not included.
mode of evaluation:
Grades are awarded on a scale from 5 to 1, where 5 is the best grade and 1 is a fail.
Compulsory reading list
Ivey, A.E., Downing, L.S. (1990) Tanácsadás és Pszichoterápia. Orvostovábbképző Egyetem, Budapest
Kulcsár Éva (2009): Tanácsadás és terápia, ELTE Eötvös Kiadó
Rózsa Sándor, Nagybányai Nagy Olivér, Oláh Attila (Szerk.). (2006). A pszichológiai mérés alapjai. Elmélet, módszer és gyakorlati alkalmazás. Budapest: Bölcsész konzorcium. http://mek.niif.hu/05500/05536/05536.pdf
Szokolszky Ágnes (2004). Kutatómunka a pszichológiában. Metodológia, módszerek, gyakorlat. Budapest: Osiris.
Szokolszky Ágnes (szerk.). (2006). Kutatómunka a pszichológiában: gyakorlatok. Budapest: Bölcsész konzorcium. http://mek.oszk.hu/04800/04897/
Recommended reading list
Casement, Patrick (2006): Hibáinkból tanulunk, Lélekben Otthon Kiadó
Egan, Gerard (2011): A képzett segítő, ELTE Eötvös Kiadó, Budapest.
Egan, Gerard (2011): A segítő készségek fejlesztése, ELTE Eötvös Kiadó, Budapest.
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