Assessment and Appraisal in Counselling

Paper Code: 
CON 231
Credits: 
04
Contact Hours: 
2.00
Max. Marks: 
100.00
Objective: 
  • Delineate the nature, process, underlying assumption and principles of psychological assessment.
  • Apply different techniques of psychological assessment in guidance and counselling
  • Develop skill of administration scoring and interpretation of psychological test.    
Unit I: 
Introduction to the Concept of Mental Measurement

Measurement scale: Nominal, Ordinal, Interval and ratio. Psychological testing: history, definitions, uses and types of psychological tests.  

Unit II: 
Characteristics of a Good Psychological Test

Objectivity, standardization, Norms.    

Unit III: 
Test Standardization

Reliability, validity and item analysis.  

Unit IV: 
Interpreting Test Scores

Types of Norms, Development of norms.

Unit V: 
Assessment Techniques

Assessment Techniques in Measurement of :

  1. Personality
  2. General abilities
  3. Special abilities
  4. Assessment in Educational set up
  5. Mental Health Batteries  
Essential Readings: 

Ø Nunnally, J.C. (1967). Psychometric Theory. McGraw Hill, N.Y.

Ø Dillon R.F. (Ed) (1997). Handbook of Testing. U.S.A. : Greewood Press.

Ø Ghisalli, E.E., Campbell, J.P. & Zedeck, S. (1981). Measurement Theory for the Behavioral Sciences. San Francisco : W. H. Freeman.

Ø Gulliksen, H. (1950). The Theory of Metal Tests. NY : John Wiley.

Ø Hambleton, R.K. Swaminathan, H. & Rogers, H.J. (1991). Fundamentals of Item Response Theory. ND : Sage.

Ø Jenson, A.R. (1990). Bias in Mental Health Testing. NY : Free Press.

References: 

Ø Rummel R.S. (1970). Applied Factor Analysis, North West University Press, Evaston.

Ø Sen, A.K. (1974). Method of Reducing the Length of Psychological Test. Indian Journal of Psychometry and Education, Vol. 55, pp 8-13.

Ø Kulkarni S.S. & Puhan B.N. (1988). Psychological Assessment. In a J. Pandey (Ed.) Psychology in India : The state-of-the-art, Vol. I, ND : Sage.

Ø Lewis – Beck,M.S. (1994). Factor analysis and Related Techniques. Thousand Oaks : Sage.

Ø Puhan, B.N. (1980). Issues in Psychological Testing. Agra : National Psychological Corporation.

Academic Year: 
2023-2024
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