Course Contents

1. Introduction of psychological testing 1. Meaning of psychological testing 2. Definition of psychological testing 3. Importance of psychological testing 4. History of psychological testing 2. Tests and testing process 1. Types of psychological tests 2. Uses/purposes of psychological tests 3. Sources of information of psychological tests 4. Standardized procedures in test administration 5. Norms and test standardization 6. Essential statistical concepts 3. Measuring psychological attributes 1. Psychological attributes 2. Intelligence-general mental ability a. Nature of intelligence b. Historical foundations of intelligence testing c. Characteristics of good test and general mental ability 4. Individual test for general mental ability 1. Stanford-Binet 2. Wechsler intelligence scale for children 3. Wechsler intelligence scale for adults 5. Ability testing: Group Tests 1. Advantages and disadvantages of group tests 2. Scholastic aptitude test 3. Graduate record examinations 6. Personality 1. Nature of personality 2. Historical foundation of personality measurement 3. Characteristics of good test of personality measurement 4. Objective measures of personality a. Edward personal preference schedule b. The Minnesota multiphasic personality inventory 7. Projective tests of personality 1. Rorschach inkblot test 2. Thematic appreciation test