Unit 1: Psychological Assessment
Definition and nature of psychological assessment
Uses and types of psychological assessment
Psychological test and assessment
Explain how to plain an assessment
Types of assessments: informal assessment—interviewing, observation, mental status examination, peer and self evaluation: formal assessment—standardized test/ norm reference test
Ethical, legal and professional issues in assessment
Unit 2: Test Construction And Standardization
Different taxonomies of test development
Types of items, General guidelines for writing items
Item writing and item analysis
Approaches of item writing
Types of item analysis
Item difficulty index, item discrimination index
Item response theory, item characteristic curve
Test translation and adaptation
MAPI guidelines for test translation
Unit 3 : Characteristics Of A Test Reliability
Concept of reliability
Types and measurement of reliability
Standard error of measurement
Unit 4: Validity
Meaning and purpose, Types and assessment of validity
Standard error of estimate
Unit 5: Test Norms
Definition and types of norms, Development of norms
Within group norms
Norm reference test vs. criterion reference tests
Unit 6: Types Of Testing
Ability testing
Intelligence—nature and meaning view point
Types of intelligence test: Stanford Binet intelligence scale, Wechsler adult intelligence scale
Raven’s progressive metrics
Aptitude test
Unit 7: Personality Testing
Objective personality testing
Minnesota multiphase personality inventory (MMPI)
Sixteen personality factors questionnaire (16PF)
The big 5 personality traits
Eysenck personality questionnaire
Unit 8: Projective Techniques
Thematic appreciation test(TAT)
Rorschach inkblot test
House tree person (HTP)
Sentence completion test
Unit 9: Neuropsychological And Diagnostic Testing
Introduction to neuropsychological assessment
Functioning test, neurological functioning inventory, Wisconsin card sorting technique
Assessing psychiatric conditions, anxiety, depression, OCD
Types of neuropsychological tests: Halsted battery, Luria Nebraska battery, Dysexeccutive
Unit 10: Application Of Testing
Testing in clinical settings
Testing in counseling settings
Testing in educational settings
Testing in organizational setting
Group vs. individual tests
Psychological testing and assessment by 
