Cognitive Assessment with Lab

This course explores theories of intelligence and the assessment of intellectual functioning. The focus of the course is on the administration and interpretation of the Wechsler Adult Intelligence Test, including WAIS, WISC, and WASI. The topics to be covered include historical perspectives of intelligence; psychometric theory and procedures; standardized tests; statistical and technical considerations (e.g. standard deviation, confidence intervals, significance levels, reliability, and validity); and ethical standards of assessment practices. The student is expected to learn how factors such as organicity, personality traits, anxiety, psychosis, cultural and diversity factors, social factors, and occupational expertise effect cognitive functioning as measured on standardized tests. This course additionally has a mandatory lab that coincides with the course material being presented, in which students practice actual administration, and scoring of intelligence testing instruments.