PSY712 CognitiveNeuropsychologicalAssessment
This course involves extensive practice in the administration, scoring, interpretation, and reporting of the most commonly used clinical instruments for psychological evaluation of intelligence, cognitive and neuropsychological functioning. Students will develop a thorough understanding of psychological testing and measurement principles as applied to cognitive and neuropsychological assessment. Concepts include, but not limited to reliability, validity, utility error, bias, group norms, standardization, item analysis and principles and practices in test development. Assessment instruments include, but not limited to the WAIS-IV, WISC-IV, KAIT, Stanford-Binet 5, WCST, and the Halstead-Reitan Neuropsychological Test Battery. Development of rapport, interviewing skills, and structured history-taking are also included.