VISION AND MISSION B. S.

PSYCHOLOGY
OF THE SCHOOL OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY PROGRAM OUTCOMES

The graduates of Bachelor of Science in Psychology should be able to:

Mission:
The School of Science and Technology is committed to be a strong arm of
the university is fostering excellence in the pursuit of knowledge while
engendering personal integrity and social responsibility.
In line with the CEU mission, the School of Science and Technology seeks
for its clientele the following objectives:
1. To develop scientific, technical and vocational skills with world class
competency;
2. To be empowered with logical, critical, and creative thinking skills;
3. To appreciate, value, and live out man’s desirable potentialities, and
To become versatile and productive citizens in the global society
1. Demonstrate literacy in the application of the major psychological theories
and concepts in personal and professional life.
2. Apply the methods of psychological inquiries and develop lifelong learning
towards building knowledge on local culture and context.
3. Utilize psychological theories and methods in personal and professional
settings.
4. Administer and interpret psychological test results, analyze cases and
identify appropriate action and intervention in various settings.
5. Value professional and ethical behavior in research and practice.
6. Construct and develop questionnaire items for purposes of psychological
assessment and research.
7. Exhibit self-reflection to develop empathic and effective communication
that promotes harmonious interpersonal relationship.

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Course Description : Orientation into the rudiments of psychological testing. The principles, methods and uses of psychological testing are tackled. Emphasis is placed on
issues of item analysis, reliability, and validity in test construction. The administration, scoring and interpretation of objective, cognitive and affective
test used in various applied fields of psychology, particularly the educational, industrial and government settings are covered. Ethical considerations
as well as current trends and issues is psychological testing in the Philippine setting are discussed.

Pre-requisite : PRPY 121 – Psychological Statistics; PRPY 133 – Abnormal Psychology

Course Intended Learning Outcomes (CILO):

At the end of the course the student is expected to:

1. Cognitive
a. Describe the history, concepts and application of psychological assessment
b. Apply the principles of psychometrics in the administration, scoring and interpretation of the more commonly used psychological tests of
psychometrics.
c. Compare and evaluate various psychological assessment techniques that are appropriate for various purposes
d. Practice and show understanding of psychological testing in the write-up of a psychological report
e. Discuss the ethical principles governing psychological testing.

2. Affective
a. Practice respect for the dignity of persons, assume responsibility for and maintain integrity of his/her work as a future psychometrician.

3. Psychomotor
3.1 Administer, score and interpret psychological tests commonly used in the educational and industrial settings
3.2 Prepare and present test results reports

4. 3.2 Construct and develop simple test/scales for specific purposes.

COURSE PLAN
Intended Learning Outcomes Content/Topic Suggested Teaching Time Allotment Resources Assessment
Methodology/Strategies
• Define a psychological test I. Function and origins of Lecture: Lecture Textbooks Lecture:
• Demonstrate understanding of psychological test. Nature and • Interactive lecture discussion 3 hours E-Books • Quizzes
the uses and varieties of use of psychological testing • Lecture/discussion of different Journals • Recitation
psychological tests. psychometric tests Laboratory • Assignments
• Explain the principles of test 2. Historical antecedents of Modern 6 hours
administration Testing Laboratory:
• Analyze the examiner and • Administration and
situational variables that affect scoring of simple
test performance
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 Intended Learning Outcomes Content/Topic Suggested Teaching Time Allotment Resources Assessment
Methodology/Strategies
Laboratory: questionnaire /
• Enumerate people and events • Simulation of test administration inventories
led to modern testing

• Explain the Code of Ethics for 3. Legal and Ethical Consideration Lecture: Lecture – 6 Lecture:
psychologists and in Psychological Testing • Interactive lecture discussion hours • Quizzes
psychometricians • Concerns of the Profession • Recitation
• Analyze cases wherein ethical • The Right of Test takers Laboratory: Laboratory – • Assignments
issues could arise in the field of • User qualification and • Simple case analysis of legal / 12 hours
testing professional competence ethical issues Laboratory:
• Responsibilities of test publisher • Report on case analysis
• Protection of privacy
• Confidentiality
• Communication of test results
• Analyze the differences among 4. The Science of Psychological Lecture: Lecture – 6 Lecture:
nominal, ordinal, interval and Measurement • Interactive lecture discussion hours • Quizzes
ratio scales • Scales of measurement • Recitation
• Apply the different measures of • Describing Data Laboratory: Laboratory – • Assignments
central tendency and variability • The Normal Curve • Computation and analysis of 12 hours
in describing data • Standard Scores results in psychological testing Laboratory:
• Apply the different formula of • Correlation and Inference • Analysis of results in
correlation and inference in psychological testing
psychological testing
• Discuss the various 5. Some assumptions about Lecture: Lecture – 3 Lecture:
assumptions in testing psychological testing and • Interactive lecture discussion hours • Quizzes
• Define what is a “good” test assessment • Recitation
• Analyze the role of culture in • A “good” test Laboratory: Laboratory – 6 • Assignments
testing • Norms • Demonstration on establishing hours
• Culture and inference norms in testing Laboratory:
• Reports on morning
• Explain norms, reliability, 6. Technical and Methodological Lecture: Lecture – 6 Lecture:
validity and utility • Norms • Interactive lecture discussion hours • Quizzes
• Differentiate between norms • Reliability • Recitation
and within groups norms • Validity Laboratory: Laboratory – • Assignments
• Utility 12 hours

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 Intended Learning Outcomes Content/Topic Suggested Teaching Time Allotment Resources Assessment
Methodology/Strategies
• Identify the different procedures • Computation of reliability and Laboratory:
for establishing reliability validity administration of EPI, • Answered exercises on
• Describe the different types of MD5 and AAT validity and reliability
validity
• Analyze the different stages in 7. Test Development Lecture: Lecture – 12 Lecture:
test development • Test Conceptualization • Interactive lecture discussion hours • Quizzes
• Construct a test in psychology • Test Construction • Recitation
• Compute for item analysis • Test Try-out Laboratory: Laboratory - • Assignments
• Present the revised test for • Item Analysis • Computation for item difficulty and 24 hours
critiquing • Test Revision item discrimination Laboratory:
• Critiquing of developed test • Answered computation
on item analysis
• Constructed Test

• Differentiate between individual 8. Ability Testing Lecture: Lecture – 6 Lecture:

test and group tests • Individual test vs group test • Interactive lecture discussion hours • Quizzes
• Demonstrate understanding of • Intelligence Test • Recitation
the meaning of I.Q. • Stanford Binet Intelligence Test Laboratory: Laboratory-12 • Assignments
• Explain the different theories of • The Wechsler Tests • Demonstration of individual hours
intelligence intelligence test (Stanford Binet, Laboratory:
• Discuss the issues of ability Wechsler Scales) • Performance evaluation
testing in children and adults in the demonstration on
• Demonstrate the use of Sanford the use of test
Binet and Wechsler Scales • Write-up of the results
• Explain the four procedures of 9. Personal Testing Lecture: Lecture – 9 Lecture:
personality test development • Self report, personality inventories • Interactive lecture discussion hours • Quizzes
• Analyze test – taking attitudes • Measuring interests and attitudes • Recitation
and response biases • Other assessment techniques Laboratory: Laboratory – • Assignment
• Evaluate the current status of ❖ Clinical and Counseling • Administration of a projective test 18 hours
personality inventories Assessment / personality inventory Laboratory:
• identify interest and attitude ❖ Neuropsychological • Administration of tests in • Constructed test
inventories Assessment different settings • Psychological report
• Define projective techniques ❖ Assessment, Careers and • Construction of a simple
• Describe the more popular Business personality inventory / attitude
projective techniques ❖ Projective Technique scale

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 Intended Learning Outcomes Content/Topic Suggested Teaching Time Allotment Resources Assessment
Methodology/Strategies
• Compare projective techniques
and personality inventories
• Illustrate other assessment
techniques
• Develop program in any of three 10. Application of Testing Lecture: Lecture - 3 Lecture:
settings: education / industry / • Educational • Interactive lecture discussion hours • Quizzes
psychological clinic • Occupational • Recitation
• Clinical and counseling Laboratory: Laboratory – 6 • Assignments
psychology • Case analysis on the use of test hours
in various settings Laboratory:
• Report on case analysis

REREFENCES
A. BOOKS
1. Christensen, Larry B., Johnson, R. Burke and Turner, Lisa A. (2015) Research Methods, Design, and Analysis. Boston : Pearson
2. Gregory J. (2016) Essential Statistics for the Behavioral Sciences: Los Angeles : SAGE
3. Hedrih, V. (2020). Adapting psychological tests and measurement instruments for cross-cultural research: an introduction. Routledge.
4. Brough, P. (2019). Advanced research methods for applied psychology: design, analysis and reporting. Routledge
5. Privitera, J. (2019). Essential statistics for the behavioral sciences (2nd ed.). SAGE Publications.
6. Goodwin, K.A., Goodwin, C.J. (2017). Research in psychology: methods and design (8th ed.). John Wiley & Sons.
7. Morling, B. (2018). Research methods in psychology: evaluating a world of information (3rd ed.). W.H. Norton & Company.

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E-JOURNALS:
SOJ Psychology. https://symbiosisonlinepublishing.com/psychology/
The Open Psychology Journal. https://openpsychologyjournal.com/
Frontiers in Psychology. https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/psychology
International Journal of Psychological Studies. http://www.ccsenet.org/journal/index.php/ijps
Advances in Cognitive Psychology. http://www.ac-psych.org/en/home
American Psychologist. https://psycnet.apa.org/PsycARTICLES/journal/amp/75/7
Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ). https://doaj.org/
ProQuest. https://www.proquest.com/index
Emerald. https://www.emerald.com/insight/
Clinical Psychology in Europe. https://cpe.psychopen.eu/
Europe’s Journal of Psychology. https://cpe.psychopen.eu/
Interpersona. http://interpersona.psychopen.eu/
Journal of Numerical Cognition. https://jnc.psychopen.eu/
Journal of Social and Political Psychology. http://jspp.psychopen.eu/
Psychological Thought. http://psyct.psychopen.eu/
Psychology, Community & Health. http://pch.psychopen.eu/
Social Psychological Bulletin. https://spb.psychopen.eu/
The European Journal of Counselling. http://ejcop.psychopen.eu/

Prepared by: Date: Approved by: Date:

DR. JOCELYN R. VIRAY (SGD) APRIL 3, 2019

MR. LORDY ANGELO SANTOS (SGD) DR. DOROTHEA C. DELA CRUZ APRIL 3. 2019
MS. JEAN MARIE VILLANUEVA (SGD)
NAME HEAD /apm2020
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