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This assessment task requires the completion of 2 online quizzes, conducted via the PSYC13020 Moodle site. Each quiz contains 40 multiple-choice questions. You will have 90 minutes (1.5 hours) to complete each quiz. Only one attempt per quiz is permitted. Please see below details of content and due dates for each quiz:

• Quiz 1 assesses weeks 1 to 5. It opens Friday 16th August at 9:00am [AEST] and closes Monday 19th August at 9:00am [AEST].
• Quiz 2 assesses weeks 6 to 12. It opens Friday 4th October at 9:00am [AEST] and closes Tuesday 8th October at 9:00am [AEST].

Your responses to the quiz questions must be your own work. It is not permissible to use Generative AI tools to assist you with this task.

For each quiz, one (1) mark will be awarded for each quiz question answered correctly. There will be no negative marking penalty for incorrect answers.

Each quiz is marked out of 40 and weighted at 20% of the final grade.

Task Overview

An important final step in completing a psychological assessment is to share the assessment results with the client, patient or employee you have been working with. In this assessment, you will apply your knowledge of best practice principles in psychological testing through the demonstration of your ability to interpret the results and verbally communicate the findings from a psychological assessment. 

Task Description

In this assessment task, you are required to provide a video recording of you sharing and integrating a series of assessment findings with a 'client' in a simulated role play. You will be presented with a case study comprising results from a number of assessments. Your job will be to interpret these results, integrate them into a summary, and present this to a person using language and a communication style that is warm, professional and appropriate to the individual who has been assessed.

To assist you with this process, you will be allocated into small groups during Week 4 of term. You will be provided with example case studies and a skills checklist that will give you clear steps to follow in feeding back assessment findings. Using the skills checklist and example case studies, you can work in your small group to practice the process of feeding back assessment findings via role plays. You can also practice the role play for the case study allocated for the assessment. You will then need to video record the final role play for the assessment, with one of your group members acting as the 'client', and submit this via Moodle (ensuring the audio and video is of an acceptable quality). The role play should be between 7 to 9 minutes. 

Note that Zoom is usually the most efficient and compact recording method. Because of the limited allowable file size in Moodle (100mb), please use CQUniversity's ECHO360 system to upload your video by following these instructions on Moodle. 

The role play will be marked out of 20 and will be worth 20% of your final grade. Your mark will be based on:

• Adherence to skills checklist (15 marks)
• Communication and interpersonal skills (5 marks)

Task Overview

This assessment involves you applying your knowledge of best practice principles in psychological testing through the demonstration of your ability to select and evaluate psychometrically sound and appropriate psychological tests in an applied context. The task requires you to apply your knowledge of professional standards and ethical codes relevant to psychological testing, as well as to use your knowledge of psychometric principles to evaluate the normative sample, reliability, and validity of psychological tests.

Task Description

In this assessment, you will imagine you have been contracted by a hypothetical workplace (e.g., clinic, organisation, agency or educational institution) to provide a written report evaluating and recommending psychometric tests to be used with their clients or employees. Two workplace scenarios will be provided on Moodle, and you can choose one of those scenarios to base your report. Each scenario will present a psychological construct the workplace wants to measure. Your task is to select, describe and critically compare three psychometric tests that measure that psychological construct. 

You will prepare a written report for the workplace that critically evaluates and compares the psychometric properties and applicability of the selected psychometric tests, considers the cross-cultural applicability of the tests and discusses relevant ethical and professional issues in the administration of the tests. Your report should conclude with recommendations regarding the implementation of the tests in the workplace. 

The report should be presented in a professional manner, using clear and concise language, well-structured and logical paragraphs, grammatical and coherent sentences and APA 7 formatting. The word count for the report is 1500 words (+/- 10%), and you should include a minimum of 8 references (inclusive of the references for the 3 tests included in your report). The report should include the following sections:

• Introduction
• Test Description and Administration
• Normative Samples
• Psychometric Properties
• Cross-Cultural Applicability
• Ethical and Professional Considerations
• Conclusions and Recommendations 

Please refer to the Moodle site for permissible uses of Generative AI tools for this assessment task. Remember that it is plagiarism to directly copy and paste material produced by Generative AI tools into assessments. For guidance on using Generative AI in assessments, please access the resources developed by the Academic Learning Centre (ALC): GenAI Student Resources (ALC) and Referencing Guidelines for Large Language Models or AI in Assignments (ALC). If you have questions about Generative AI material and plagiarism, please speak with your unit coordinator and/or contact an ALC advisor. 

The assessment will be marked out of 100 and will be worth 40% of your final grade. A detailed marking rubric is available on Moodle. Your mark will be based on: 

• Introduction (10 marks): provide a description of the purpose and context of the report; a definition of the construct to be measured; and statement of the tests selected for evaluation in the report.
• Description of Psychometric Tests and their Administration (15 marks): provide a comparison of the selected tests including: a) their purpose, intended use, target population and structure; b) their administration procedures; and c) any costs or fees attached to the tests.
• Normative Sample (10 marks): provide a description and critical comparison of the normative sample/s of the selected tests, with consideration of the context for test administration.
• Psychometric Properties (20 marks): provide a critical comparison of the evidence for the reliability and validity of the selected tests.
• Cross-Cultural Applicability (10 marks): evaluate and compare the selected tests in terms of their applicability for use with diverse cultural groups or contexts, through consideration of relevant normative or psychometric information.
• Ethical and Professional Considerations (10 marks): discuss relevant ethical and professional issues for test administration, scoring and interpretation, with consideration of the context for test administration. 
• Conclusion and Recommendations (10 marks): provide a summary of the key findings of the evaluation with consideration of the benefits and limitations of each test and provide recommendations for the use of the tests in the workplace. 
• Quality of written communication skills, presentation style and adherence to word count (10 marks).
• Adherence to APA 7th ed. formatting (5 marks).