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Psychology 442: Psychological
Assessment
Dr. Mills
Course syllabus
Class wikis:
DrMillsLMU.wikispaces.com
Classes: Spring, 2007 / Fall, 2006
/ 2005: Fall,
Spring / 2004: Fall,
Summer,
Spring / 2003 Fall /
2002 Fall, Spring /
2001 Fall,
Spring
/ 2000 Fall,
Spring
Homework / Term Project Instructions:
Optional computer tutorials can be downloaded
here.
Previous Article or Book Chapter Summaries and Critiques by Students
Vocational / Career:
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Summary
and Powerpoint Presentatation of
Gati, I., Saka, N., Krausz, M. (2001). ‘Should I use a computer-assisted career
guidance system?’ depends on where your career decision-making difficulties
lie. British Journal of Guidance & Counseling, 29. Review by Leslie
Frassel, Thomas Blashaw, & Bethany Sills. Spring 2004. |
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Summary and
Powerpoint
of Randahl, G., Hansen, J., & Haverkamp, B.
(1993). Instrumental Behaviors Following Test Administration and
Interpretation: Exploration Validity of the Strong Interest
Inventory. Journal of Counseling and Development, 71,
435-439. Review by Lily Soltero, Julia Baird, Alheli Miranda, and
Ana Arias. Spring, 2004. |
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Summary and
Powerpoint Presentation of Miller, Mark J.
(1994). An assessment of the effect of vocational
exploration on career decision making. Journal of Employment
Counseling, 31, 137-143. Reviewed by
Margaux Elliott, Mariesa
Duggan, and Palmer Thornton. Fall, 2003
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Summary and
PowerPoint Presentation of Tracey, T., & Darcy, M. (2002).
An idiothetic examination of
vocational interests and their relation to career decidedness.
Journal of Counseling Psychology, 49(4).
Gina Jenkins, Heather Unger, Devyn Bolden, and
Maggie McCartney. Fall, 2003.
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Summary and
Powerpoint Presentation of
Holland, J.L., Johnston, J.A., Asama, N.F., Polys, S.M. (1993). Validating and
using the career beliefs inventory. Journal of Career Development, Vol 9(4).
Review by Alexandra Alonzo, Melissa Masoni, Evangelina Orozco, and Jennifer
Phinney. Fall, 2002.
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Summary and
Powerpoint Presentation of Jones, W.
P., Harbach, R. L., Coker, J. K., & Staples, P. A. (2002, September).
Web-assisted vocational test interpretation. Journal of Employment Counseling,
39, 127-137.
Review by by Beth
Dorso, Angel Lomboy, Monica Saydak, and Amanda Uribe. Fall, 2002.
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Summary and Powerpoint
Presentation of Heppner, M. J., &
Hendricks, F. (1995). A
Process and Outcome Study Examining Career Indecision
and Indecisiveness.
Journal of Counseling and Development, 73, 4, 426-38.
By Daniel Rodriguez,
Brian Marsee, Lorena
Yepez, Maria Garibay (Spring 2002).
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Summary and Powerpoint Presentation
of Lucas
(1999).
Adult career changers:
a developmental context. Journal of Employment Counseling. by
Balooch,
Condos, Graham & Wicke
(Fall 2001).
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Summary and Powerpoint
presentation of
Furham, A., Drakeley, R.
(2000).
Predicting Occupational Personality Test Scores. Journal of
Psychology, .
By Fernandez,
Green, Shymanski, & Zamora (Fall 2001).
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Personality:
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Summary of Craig, R.J. & Olson, R.E. (2001).
Adjectival Descriptions of Personality Disorders: A Convergent Validity Study of
the MCMI-III. Journal of Personality Assessment, 77 (2) 259-271. Reiew by
Jill Dobens, Greta Kent-Stoll, Jennie Leonard and Myka Peck. Fall, 2002
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Summary and
Powerpoint Presentation of
Buchanan, T., & Smith, J.
(1999) Using
the Internet for psychological research: Personality testing on the
World Wide
Web. British Journal of Psychology, Feb 99, Vol. 90, Issue 1,
125, 20. By Cris J.
Costa & Irene Shipkova (Spring 2002).
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Summary and Powerpoint
presentation of Gat & McWhirter (1998). Personality
characteristics of competitive and recreational cyclists. By Dolan,
McNeil,
Wiseman & Bonilla (Fall 2001).
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Clinical/Counseling (objective tests):
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Summary and
Powerpoint Presentation of
Bagby,
R.M., Rogers, R., Nicholson, R., Buis,T,
Seeman, M.V., Rector N. (1997).
Does clinical training facilitate
schizophrenia on the MMPI-2. Psychological Assessment, 9(2), 106-112.
Review by Valerie Gutierrez, Vynette Moore, and
April Osback. Fall, 2003. |
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Summary and
Powerpoint Presentation of
Gunsalus, A. C., & Nelly, K. R., (2001). Korean cultural influences on the
millon clinical multiaxial inventory-III. Journal of Mental Health
Counseling, 23(2), pp. 151-162. By Jon Doyle, Kristen Gage, Matt
Mellos, Carissa Contreras. Fall, 2002. |
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Summary and
Powerpoint
presentation of
Miach, P. et al. (2000).
Utility of the MMPI-2
in assessing gender dysphoric patients.
Journal of Personality
Assessment.
Summary by
Laura Vargas, Sara
Casillas, Marysol López, Carina Díaz (Fall
2001).
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Summary and
Powerpoint presentation
of
Diduca, D. and Joseph, S.
(1997).
Schizotypal
traits and dimensions of religiosity.
British Journal of Clinical Psychology. By
James Crissey, Rebecca Gaffny Brown , Mahana Chang. (Fall 2001).
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Projective Tests:
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PowerPoint
presentation of Projective Testing debate. Pro Debators:
Molly Weston, Nina Losorelli and Bethany Sills.
Con Debators: Nika Williams, Jennice Pamilton, and Nicole Murph.
Moderator: Gabriela Pelaez. Spring, 2004. |
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Summary and
Powerpoint Presentation of Smith, Gavin
M(1985). The Collaborative
Drawing Technique. Journal of Personality
Assessment. Vol 49(6), 582-585. Review by
Amy Kawecki, Emily Noll, and Joe Legacy.
Fall, 2003. |
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Summary and
Powerpoint Presentation of Smith, D., &
Dumont F. (1995).
A cautionary study: Unwarranted interpretations of the draw-a-person test.
Professional Psychology: Research and Practice, 23, 298-303. Review by Katie
Champagne, Olivia Flach, Vanessa Flores, and Lauren
Hood. Fall, 2003 |
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Summary and
Powerpoint Presentation
Lilienfeld, S. O., Wood, J. M., & Garb, H. N. (2001). What’s wrong
with this picture. Scientific American, 284
(5), 80-87. Virginia Huynh, Isaac Huang, Erica Olsen, and
Liz Beck. Fall, 2003.
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Summary and
Powerpoint Presentation of Weiner, B., Irving.
(2000). Making Rorschach
interpretation as good as it can be. Journal of
Personality Assessment, 74, 164-175.
Summary by Tim Devereaux, Kelli
Micheao, Alexander Martin,
Mia Hultga (Spring 2002). |
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Summary of and
Powerpoint presentation of
Rorschach
Assessment of Malevolence in
Sexually Abused Girls
Journal of Personality Assessment.
Summary by Rocío G.
Castillo, Yuvikza
Romero, Julia De Leon, Christian Arenas, Aimee Gonzales. (Fall 2001).
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Neuropsychological:
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Summary of The
Therapeutics and Technology Assessment Subcommittee of the
American Academy of Neurology (2001). Assessment: Clinical
Testing of Adults. Archives of Clinical Neuropsychology, 16,
255-269. Summary by Cristina Collazo, Michelle Young,
Merika Adams, Stephene Porras. Spring, 2004 |
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Powerpoint Presentation of Williams,
Arthur (2001). Psychometric concerns in neuropsychological testing. Neuro
Rehabilitation 16. Review by Joseph Cicchino, Colleen Clougherty, Jorge De La
Torre and Raul Espinoza Jr. Fall, 2002.
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Summary and
Powerpoint Presentation of Leahy, B, & Lam, C.
(date?). Neuropsychological Testing and Functional Outcome for Individuals
with traumatic Brain Injury. Review by James Reid, Elizabeth Hughes, Artesia
McDaniel, and Mike Farrell. Fall, 2002.
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Summary and
Powerpoint Presentation.of Kovner, R., Budman, C.,
Frank, Y., Sison,
C., Lesser, M., & Halperin, J. (1998). Neuropsychological testing in adult
attention deficit
hyperactivity disorder: a pilot study.
International Journal of
Neuroscience, 96, 225-236. By Emma Zeledon, Susie Boersma,
Brandon Joffe, Cordelia Wolf (Spring 2002).
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Relationship/Marital Compatibility:
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Summary and
PowerPoint of
Berscheid, E., Snyder, M.,
& Omoto, A.M. (1989). The Relationship Closeness Inventory: Assessing the
Closeness of Interpersonal Relationships. Journal of Personality and Social
Psychology, 57, 792 - 807. Review by Megan Blazek and Leslie
Wheeler (Summer, 2004) |
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Summary
and
Powerpoint of Freeston, M., &
Plechaty, M. (1977). Reconsideration of the Locke-Wallace Marital
Adjustment Test: Is it still relevant for the 1990's? Psychological
Reports, 81, 419-434. Review by Fatima Coley, Elisabeth
Hopkins, Jennice Pamilton, and Nakia Williams. Spring, 2004. |
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Summary and
Powerpoint Presentation of
Fowers, Blaine J., Olson, David H. (1986). Predicting Marital
Success with PREPARE: A Predictive Validity Study.
Journal of Marital and Family Therapy, vol 12, No. 4.
403-413. Review by Aracely
Miron, Aylin
Atabek, Elissa
Vaidman, and Qiana
LaCroix. Fall 2003.
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Summary and
Power Point Presentation of Larson, J. H., Newell, K.,
Topham. G., & Nichols, S. (2002).
A review of three comprehensive premarital assessment
questionnaires. Journal of Marital and Family Therapy, 28,
233-249. Review by Ana Moraga, Page Patten, Katie McKeon, and Sandy Escobar.
Fall 2003.
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Summary and
Powerpoint Presentation
of Crane, D.R. & Middletone, K.C. (Jan-Mar 2002). Establishing criterion scores
for the Kansas Marital Satisfaction Scale and The Revised Dyadic Adjustment
Scale Review by Diana Corral, Jessica Flores, Patricia Lopez, Rose Peskin, and
Cristina Zavaleta. Fall, 2002.
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Summary and
Powerpoint Presentation of Russell
Crane, D., Soderquist, J.N., Frank, R.L. (1995). Predicting divorce at therapy
intake: a preliminary model, The American Journal of Family Therapy, 23:3,
227-236. Review by Liz Price, Gina Bright, Alana Williams and Jolie Randal.
Fall, 2002.
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Summary and
Powerpoint Presentation.of
R.L. Beck and A. Bishop
Crawford (2000).
The Couple Assessment Summary: A Bridge from Assessment to Treatment.
Summary by Kateri
Broussard, Lara Perry, Maribel Pulido, Cleo Kades (Spring 2002).
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Summary and
Powerpoint Presentation of
Douglass, F.M., &
Douglass, R., (1995).
“The Marital Problems Questionnaire” Family Relations, 44,
238-244. Summary by
Meghan Emmert and Andrea Lord (Spring 2002).
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Summary and
Powerpoint presentation of
Douglass IV, F., &
Douglass, R. (1995).
The Marital Problems Questionnaire (MPQ),
a short screening instrument
for
marital therapy. Summary by Tracy Alvarez, Judith Hinojosa, Miriam
Kassabgui,
& Diana Pena (Fall 2001).
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Industrial/Organizational:
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Summary of Guest Speaker, Kim
Martin, presentation regarding Personnel Testing. Presentation given
on 03/16/04. Panel Members: Elisabeth Hopkins, Lily Soltero, Ana
Arias, Julia Baird, and Alheli Miranda. Spring, 2004.
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Summary and
Power Point Presentation of
Arthur, W. Jr., Woehr, D.J., &
Graziano, W. (2001). Personality testing in employment settings: Problems
and issues in the application of typical selection practices. Personnel
Review, 2001, Vol. 30, Issue 5/6, 657. 20. Ivan Ehlers,
and Elizabeth Moses. Fall, 2003.
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Summary of Guest Speaker, Jonathan O’Brien’s, presentation regarding
Industrial and Organizational Psychology. Presentation given
on 10/30/03.
Panel Members: Gina Jenkins, Maggie McCartney, Brandon Parks, Jill Cornelio, and
Isaac. Fall, 2003.
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Educational:
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PowerPoint of
Powers, D. E., Kaufman, J. C. (2004). Do standardized tests penalize
deep-thinking, creative, or conscientious students? Some personality correlates
of Graduate Record Examinations test scores. Intelligence, 32, 145-153.
Review by Priya Tharayal, Therese Zettel, and Elspeth Cardin (Summer,
2004) |
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Powerpoint Presentation of Debate:
Keep SAT in its Current Form or Reconstruct it? Pro (keep it): Jill Dobens, Myka
Peck and James Reid. Con (revise it): Jessica Flores, Patricia Lopez, and Rose
Peskin. Fall, 2002.
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Summary and
Powerpoint
presentation of
Clayton (2001). In
student test scores, a
wider gap. Christian Science Monitor.
Summary by Heather Digby, Carina
Echeverria, Kristen Bush, and Lisa Pawloski (Fall 2001).
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Summary and Powerpoint Presentation
Knauss, L. K. (date?) Ethical Issues in Psychological Assessment in School
Settings Reviewed by Edna Davoudi, Nilo Dutton, Alexandra Lima, Boubolina
Lozano, & Luky Pongquan. Fall, 2002.
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Test Construction, Development and Revision:
Summary and
Power Point Presentation of Adams, K.M. (2000).
Practical and ethical issues pertaining to test revisions.
Psychological Assessment, (12)3, 281-286. Review by Jill Cornelio, Brandon
Parks, Haleigh Roach, and Jamie
Shoma. Fall 2003.
Ethics / Legal Issues:
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Summary and
Powerpoint of Knauss, L.K. (2001). Ethical Issues in Psychological
Assessment in School Settings. Journal of Personality
Assessment. 77(2), 231-241. Reviewed by Nicole Murph,
Melissa Guzman, Ed Cruz, and Gabriela Pelaez. Spring, 2004. |
Course description:
TITLE: Introduction to Testing
COURSE NO.: PSYC 442
PROFESSOR: Dr. Mills
1. Pre-requisite(s): PSYC 241
2. Course Description:
(a) Objectives:
To familiarize students with concepts of testing, including testing
statistics, administration procedures, test validation, as well as present an
overview of current psychological tests.
(b) Content:
This course offers an examination of psychological assessment, including
principles of assessment interviewing, test selection, evaluation and report
writing, as well test construction and standardization. Ability, interest,
personality, vocational, marital and clinical tests will be examined.
3. Text(s) and/or required readings:
McIntire, S.A. & Miller, L.A. (2000) Foundations of Psychological Testing.
Boston: McGraw Hill. (required)
McIntire, S.A. & Miller, L.A. (200) Student Study Guide to
Accompany Foundations of Psychological Testing. Boston: McGraw Hill.
(optional)
4. Course format:
Lecture, discussion, demonstrations, films/videos.
5. Course Work:
Two midterms and a final examination.
Also, students will self-administer several psychological tests, and
complete a project related to psychological testing.
6. Suitability as elective for non-major:
Yes: No: X
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