LAP 501 Introduction to Psychological Assessment

This course offers an introduction to psychological assessment. Students review the concepts of personality, intellectual, and industrial/organizational assessment and the statistical concepts that underlie them. They further examine tests of various kinds, including objective, projective, and evaluative. Students concentrate on reliability and validity of the instruments as well as their use in clinical and non-clinical situations, with an emphasis on understanding the reported data rather than conducting the assessments. Pre-requisite(s): LAP 509, and LAP 510; or permission of Program Chair or designate. Co-requisite(s): None. 3 semester hours