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Unit Synopsis
Psychological tests are only as good as the practitioners who use them. This unit is about becoming the type of practitioner who understands the science behind psychological testing, thinks critically about its limitations, and applies it ethically and responsibly across the diverse communities that make up contemporary Australia. This unit will equip you with a critical understanding of psychometric principles, including reliability, validity, and normative samples. You will learn about the application of psychological assessment across clinical, developmental, forensic, neuropsychological, and organisational psychology contexts. Critically, you will examine how cultural, historical, and social factors shape the development and application of psychological tests, and the importance of ethical, professional and culturally appropriate approaches to psychological assessment.
Details
| Level | Undergraduate |
|---|---|
| Unit Level | 3 |
| Credit Points | 6 |
| Student Contribution Band | SCA Band 4 |
| Fraction of Full-Time Student Load | 0.125 |
| Pre-requisites or Co-requisites |
96 credit points in CC43, CF59, CL51, CL55, CM62, CC13, CG85, CG93 or CA10, OR admission to CC10 and completion of PSYC11010. Important note: Students enrolled in a subsequent unit who failed their pre-requisite unit, should drop the subsequent unit before the census date or within 10 working days of Fail grade notification. Students who do not drop the unit in this timeframe cannot later drop the unit without academic and financial liability. See details in the Assessment Policy and Procedure (Higher Education Coursework). |
| Class Timetable | View Unit Timetable |
| Residential School | No Residential School |
Unit Availabilities from Term 2 - 2027
Term 2 - 2027 Profile
Attendance Requirements
All on-campus students are expected to attend scheduled classes - in some units, these classes are identified as a mandatory (pass/fail) component and attendance is compulsory. International students, on a student visa, must maintain a full time study load and meet both attendance and academic progress requirements in each study period (satisfactory attendance for International students is defined as maintaining at least an 80% attendance record).
Recommended Student Time Commitment
Each 6-credit Undergraduate unit at CQUniversity requires an overall time commitment of an average of 12.5 hours of study per week, making a total of 150 hours for the unit.
Assessment Tasks
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This is a graded unit: your overall grade will be calculated from the marks or grades for each assessment task, based on the relative weightings shown in the table above. You must obtain an overall mark for the unit of at least 50%, or an overall grade of ‘pass’ in order to pass the unit. If any ‘pass/fail’ tasks are shown in the table above they must also be completed successfully (‘pass’ grade). You must also meet any minimum mark requirements specified for a particular assessment task, as detailed in the ‘assessment task’ section (note that in some instances, the minimum mark for a task may be greater than 50%).
Past Exams
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Feedback, Recommendations and Responses
Every unit is reviewed for enhancement each year. At the most recent review, the following staff and student feedback items were identified and recommendations were made.
Source: Student feedback
Students requested more feedback on their written assessment task.
Review feedback processes and develop a video of general feedback to help contextualise the individual feedback provided to students on their assessment tasks.
Detailed individual feedback was provided via marking rubrics and in-text comments, alongside cohort-level feedback for each assessment to contextualise individual feedback. The development of a general feedback video will be considered in future offerings.
Source: Student feedback
Students requested support in identifying psychometric information for a test from journal articles to support them in writing the psychological test evaluation report (Assessment 3).
Deliver tutorial activities designed to build students' skills in identifying relevant psychometric information about individual tests from journal articles.
Planned tutorial activities addressing psychometric concepts were delivered as scheduled. Questions about identifying relevant psychometric information from journal articles arose and were addressed during live Q&A within these sessions. Opportunities to further enhance planned activities will be considered in future offerings.
Source: Marker feedback on student assessments.
Some students experience difficulty critically comparing psychometric properties of psychological tests.
Further integration of explicit instruction and practice in critically comparing psychometric properties is recommended within live workshops.
In Progress
Source: Student evaluation qualitative responses; Unit Coordinator
The blended delivery format, combining pre-recorded lectures with live workshops, supports flexible access to content while providing opportunities for interaction, clarification, and applied learning.
Continue the blended delivery format combining pre-recorded lectures with live workshops.
In Progress
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