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ED 315 Psychological Testing and Counselling

300 levelEducation10 topics

ED 315 covers 10 topics. StudyPath paces them into daily study sessions that finish before your exam date, with practice questions and worked answers for each one.

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Course outline

The topics this course covers, in teaching order.

  1. Nature and purpose of psychological testing
  2. Types of tests: aptitude, achievement, personality, interest
  3. Test construction and standardisation
  4. Reliability and validity of tests
  5. Norms and test interpretation
  6. Administration and scoring of tests
  7. Intelligence testing
  8. Ethical issues in testing
  9. Use of test results in counselling
  10. Report writing and referral procedures

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Nature and purpose of psychological testing

The nature and purpose of psychological testing focus on what a psychological test is, the qualities that make it useful, and the reasons professionals use tests in education, counselling, and other helping settings.

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