Unit Synopsis
This unit is intended to provide you with knowledge and skill acquisition at Australian Psychology Accreditation Council (APAC) Accreditation Standards Level 3, which represents professional and specialised areas of practice competencies necessary for working as a psychologist. Specifically, this unit aims to build your competency in theoretically informed selection, administration, interpretation, and integration of standardised psychological testing into broader assessment of cognition, intelligence, and learning. You will build knowledge and skills specific to culturally-responsive reflective practice approaches to psychological assessment.
Details
| Level | Postgraduate |
|---|---|
| Unit Level | 9 |
| Credit Points | 6 |
| Student Contribution Band | SCA Band 4 |
| Fraction of Full-Time Student Load | 0.125 |
| Pre-requisites or Co-requisites |
Students must be enrolled in CG17 Master of Clinical Psychology or CL68 Master of Professional Psychology.
Anti-req PSCY20055 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 |
Compulsory Residential School View Unit Residential School |
Unit Availabilities from Term 1 - 2027
Term 1 - 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 Postgraduate 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
To see assessment details from an earlier availability, please search via a previous term.
This is a pass/fail (non-graded) unit. To pass the unit, you must pass all of the individual assessment tasks shown in the table above.
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: SUTE
Multiple students reported a discrepancy between the information of assessments and marking rubrics, compared with the comments of the external marker.
The unit coordinator will mark the assessments, so there's better alignment between information provided in lectures and the comments from marking.
The unit coordinator reviewed the assessment instructions and marked all the assessments in this unit.
Source: SUTE
Several students reported that the marking rubric for the feedback assessment was unclear.
The marking rubric for the feedback asessment will be reviewed and updated.
Marking rubrics and marking criteria were reviewed for all assessments in 2025, to improve the clarity of assessments expectations.
Source: SUTE Unit comments
Students appreciated the video resources and the tutorials to aid them in learning psychometric assessments.
The tutorials will continue to be taught live, while the video resources continue to be offered on Moodle.
In Progress
Source: SUTE Unit comments
Students would like to receive video resources, specifically for learning the WIAT-III assessment
The unit coordinator will develop video resources, with a focus on administration and scoring of the WIAT-III assessment.
In Progress
To see Learning Outcomes from an earlier availability, please search via a previous term.