Faculty of Psychology and Neuroscience
Practical Training: Psychological Tests
Full course description
This practical training course is concerned with psychological tests, which are used to assess cognitive development and functioning of children at various ages. More specifically, students will learn basic skills for administering and interpreting mental capacity tests for children and will increase their reflection on these skills. For example, students can gain experience in administering the WISC and SON tests and in interpreting child behaviour using the Bayley Scales of Infant Development (Bayley-III-NL).
The final assessment for this course is a numerical grade between 0,0 and 10,0.
Course objectives
- being able to administer mental capacity tests like the Bayley-III, SON and WISC (testing a child);
- being able to understand and interpret the Bayley-III;
- being able to communicate test findings to a lay person (lawyer).
PSY4037
Period 1
2 Sep 2024
25 Oct 2024
ECTS credits:
2.0Instruction language:
EnglishCoordinator:
Teaching methods:
Assignment(s), Lecture(s), Paper(s), SkillsAssessment methods:
Final paperKeywords:
Cognitive capacity tests, IQ tests, WISC, WPPSI, SON, Bayley-III