Overview
Lecturer
Ramona Stefana Petrovan
Seminar tutor
Ramona Stefana Petrovan
Type of course
Compulsory
Language of instruction
Romanian
Erasmus language
English
Domain
Psychology
Field of study
Occupational Therapy
Form of education
Full-time
Form of instruction
Class
Credit awarded by
Grade
Teaching methods
Conversation, exemplification, case study, questioning, brainstorming, debate
Entry requirements
The general aim of the discipline is obtaining the abilities related to the methods of psychological evaluation for the occupational therapy.
Aims
• correctly use the specific terminology for the methodology of the psychological evaluation in various contexts
• identify the problems requiring psychological intervention and occupational therapy, using specific methods of psychological evaluation
• select and apply specific evaluation methods for each age category
• elaborate and validate instruments for psychological evaluation
• elaborate a report of psychological evaluation respecting the methodology
Course contents
1. The conceptual frame of psychological evaluation: key-concepts – the psychological exam as psychologic instrument, the observation in the psychological exam, the behaviour of the specialist, the decisional process in the psychological evaluation.
2. Methods for the psychological evaluation: the method of analysing the activity outcomes; the method of the psychological inquiry
3. Methods for the psychological evaluation: the method of observation
4. Methods for the psychological evaluation: the interview as qualitative method for the psychological evaluation
5. Methods for the psychological evaluation: the psychological test - description; psychometric characteristic for this type of tests
6. Methods for the psychological evaluation: the psychological test – conceptual and methodological aspects in the elaboration of the psychological tests
7. The psychological test – adapting the psychological tests for Romanians
8. Fields for the use of the psychological tests: - the evaluation of the scholar maturity; the evaluation of the progress during the learning process; the evaluation of the learning capacity; the evaluation of children with special needs
9. Fields for the use of the psychological tests: clinical psychology – the evaluation of intelligence; the psycho-pathological evaluation
10 Fields for the use of the psychological tests: psychologic counselling - scholar and professional orientation; the evaluation of the abilities; the evaluation of the relational/ social behaviour
11. Fields for the use of the psychological tests: The industrial/ organisational psychology – the evaluation of the managerial potential; the evaluation of the cognitive and psychomotor capacity
12 The aim of the psychological evaluation: the psychological report; psychological report versus research report
13 Protocol analyses
Learning outcomes
1. Practical use of the methods for psychological observation: the method of analysing the activity outcomes; the method of psychological inquiry; the method of observation; the interview; 50%
2. The elaboration of an evaluation report. Highlighting the differences between a report of psychological evaluation and a research report in psychology 50%
Assessment
1. Practical use of the methods for psychological observation: the method of analysing the activity outcomes; the method of psychological inquiry; the method of observation; the interview; 50% 2. The elaboration of an evaluation report. Highlighti
Recommended reading
Psychological testing: Priciples and applications (3rd ed).
20. Murphy,K & Davidshofer, C. O.
Englewood Cliffs,, NJ: Pretince Hall., 1994
Testarea psihologică. Aspecte teoretice şi aplicative.
Mitrofan, N.
Editura Polirom., Iași, 2009
Testarea psihologică a copilului mic
Mitrofan, N
Ed. Mihaela Press., București, 1997
Introducere în psihologie. Istoric şi metode
21. Parrot, F., Richelle, M
Ed. Humanitas, București, 2006
Item response theory for Psychologists
Susan, E.
Lawrence Erlbaum Associates Inc., Mahwah, New Jersey, London., 2000