PY601 Psychodiagnostics I: Introduction to Cognitive Assessment   (3.00 cr.)

Students are instructed on the rationale, theory, and standardization of individual cognitive tests. Emphasis is placed on intellectual assessment (WISC-IV, WAIS-III), achievement assessment (Woodcock-Johnson Tests of Achievement), and screening measures of perceptual motor functioning. Issues related to assessing mental retardation and learning disabilities are addressed. Students also learn basic interviewing skills, administration and scoring of cognitive tests, and rudimentary interpretation and report writing skills. Ethical and diversity issues, in accordance with the current version of the APA Ethics Code, are also addressed. Students are trained to assist in performing psychological evaluations under the supervision of licensed psychologists. Restricted to M.S. clinical and Psy.D. students in clinical psychology. A lab fee is charged. (Fall/Summer)