PSA_023 Psychodiagnostic of adults

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2013
Extent and Intensity
2/2/0. 6 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
prof. PhDr. Mojmír Svoboda, CSc. (lecturer)
PhDr. Pavel Humpolíček, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
PhDr. Zdenka Stránská, Ph.D.
Department of Psychology – Faculty of Arts
Supplier department: Department of Psychology – Faculty of Arts
Timetable
Mon 10:50–14:05 zruseno D21
Prerequisites
PSA_0SZ Comprehensive Examination || PSA_SZ Bachelor Degree Examination
The course follows up the courses of Methodology I and II, Basics of psychological assessment and other fields concerning personality structure and its traits. It is followed up by the courses of Psychological assessment of Children, Psychotherapy etc.
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
The aim of the course is to present a systematic overview of psychological assessment metods and briefly mention the principles of their construction and psychometric properties. The aim is to provide students with instruments to explore and reveal human mind.
Syllabus
  • Issues and topics:
  • Methodological principles of psychological assessment of adults,
  • Brief overview of history of development and use of methods, ethical principles of using the methods,
  • Clinical methods (observation, interview, case history),
  • Test methods, the principle and classification,
  • Mental ability tests (simple) ,
  • Mental ability tests (complex),
  • Tests of specific abilities, tests of art abilities, didactic tests,
  • Tests of memory and creativity,
  • Tests of organicity,
  • Projective tests, the principle, overview, classification,
  • Verbal projective tests,
  • Drawing projective tests,
  • Handling projective tests (choice tests),
  • Objective personality measurement,
  • Questionnaires and inventories, the principle, overview, classification,
  • Unidimensional questionnaires and inventories,
  • Multidimensional questionnaires and inventories,
  • Rating scales, the principle, overview, classification,
  • Subjective rating scales,
  • Objective rating scales,
  • Computer-assisted psychological assessment,
  • Writing a report.
Literature
  • Stančák, A. (1996). Klinická psychodiagnostika dospelých. Nové Zámky: Psychoprof.
  • Šípek, J. (1996). Projekce a projektivní metody v psychodiagnostice. Praha: Propsy.
  • Svoboda,M., Řehan, V. a kol. (2004). Aplikovaná psychodiagnostika v České republice.Brno:MSD.
  • SVOBODA, Mojmír, HUMPOLÍČEK, Pavel, ŠNOREK, Václav. Psychodiagnostika dospělých. Praha: Portál, 2013. 488 s. ISBN 978-80-262-0363-6.
  • Svoboda, M.: Psychologická diagnostika dospělých. Portál, Praha 1999.
  • Říčan, P., Ženatý, J. (1998). K teorii a praxi projektivních technik. Bratislava: Psychodiagnostické a didaktické testy.
  • SVOBODA, Mojmír. Psychodiagnostika dospělých. (Multimediální učebnice psychodiagnostiky). (Psychodiagnostic of adults. (Multimedia Coursebook of Psychodiagnostic).). Brno, MU: Masarykova univerzita, 2005, 150 pp. prvni vydani. info
  • SVOBODA, Mojmír. Metody psychologické diagnostiky dospělých. Praha: CAPA, 1992. ISBN 80-7064-036-5. info
  • SVOBODA, Mojmír, O. KONDÁŠ and A. STANČÁK. Psychodiagnostika dospelých (Psychodiagnostics of Adults). Martin: Osveta, 1992. ISBN 80-217-0357-1. info
Teaching methods
Lectures is based on interactivity with exploitation of multimedial and demonstration of concrete psychodiagnostic methods.
Assessment methods
Teaching proceeds two teaching hours once a week. This course is completed with an oral exam.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 1998, Spring 1999, Autumn 2001, Spring 2002, Autumn 2002, Autumn 2003, Autumn 2004, Autumn 2005, Autumn 2006, Autumn 2007, Autumn 2008, Autumn 2009, Autumn 2010, Autumn 2011, Autumn 2012, Autumn 2014, Autumn 2015, Autumn 2016, Autumn 2017, Autumn 2018.
  • Enrolment Statistics (Autumn 2013, recent)
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