| Course Objectives: |
The aim of this course is to examine the concept of psychological test in each sub-field of psychology in detail and to teach students the content and the use of it, its technical and theoretical basis, validity and reliability in test development, standardization, forming scale items and, the evaluation of commonly used scales. Besides the evaluation of important issues such as ethical dimensions, this course aims to teach students the objectives and areas of application. |
| Course Content: |
The aim of this course is to examine the concept of psychological test in each sub-field of psychology in detail and to teach students the content and the use of it, its technical and theoretical basis, validity and reliability in test development, standardization, forming scale items and, the evaluation of commonly used scales. Besides the evaluation of important issues such as ethical dimensions, this course aims to teach students the objectives and areas of application. |
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Subject |
Related Preparation |
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Psychological Measurement and Evaluation
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Lecturer's notes and related articles |
| 2) |
Historical, Cultural, Legal and Ethical Factors in Psychological Evaluation
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Lecturer's notes and related articles |
| 3) |
Basic Statistics for Norms and Psychological Tests
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Lecturer's notes and related articles |
| 4) |
Validity
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Lecturer's notes and related articles |
| 5) |
Reliability
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Lecturer's notes and related articles |
| 6) |
Test Development
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Reading for the midterm exam
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| 7) |
All topics covered in the course for 6 weeks
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Lecturer's notes and related articles |
| 8) |
Test Application and Interview Techniques
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Lecturer's notes and related articles |
| 9) |
Theories of Intelligence and Binet Scales
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Lecturer's notes and related articles |
| 10) |
Wechsler Intelligence Scales
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Lecturer's notes and related articles |
| 11) |
Measurement and evaluation in pre-school period
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Lecturer's notes and related articles
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| 12) |
Measurement and evaluation in school period (Educational Tests)
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Lecturer's notes and related articles
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| 13) |
Group Tests
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Lecturer's notes and related articles
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| 14) |
Bias in Psychological Tests (bias)
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Lecturer's notes and related articles
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| 15) |
All topics covered in the course for 14 weeks
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Lecturer's notes and related articles |
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Program Outcomes |
Level of Contribution |
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- Gaining discursive, theoretical and factual information from various environments, in local, national and global context for related field, architectural design/ planning/ design activities and researches, she has required ability and comprehension to reflect the information on academic environment. |
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| 2) |
- Has intellectual, discursive, scientific, technologic, esthetic, artistic, historic and cultural information and comprehension about related field. |
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| 3) |
- Has knowledge and understanding on human and community oriented and sensitive to environment (natural and built) architectural design/ planning/ design/ research methods on the related field. |
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| 4) |
- Has multidimensional knowledge and understanding on economics, topics related to disasters and environmental and societal sustainability principles and standards. |
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| 5) |
- They have knowledge about the principles, laws, regulations and standards related to their field. |
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| 6) |
- Has knowledge and understanding about institutional and ethical values related to the concerned field. |
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| 7) |
- Has knowledge and understanding about the place / importance of the related field in its historical, geographical, social and cultural context. |
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| 8) |
- Has ability to develop concepts in architectural design/ planning/ design fields. |
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| 9) |
- Has ability to provide integrity between discourse, theory and practise for architectural design / planning / design activities and researches. |
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| 10) |
- Has ability to identify facts, potential, problems and required researches for these in architectural design/ planning/ design issues. |
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