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PSY 475 Entire Course
PSY 475 Week 1 DQ 1
PSY 475 Week 1 Individual Assignment Introduction
to Psychological Testing Paper (UOP Course) PSY
475 Week 1 DQ 1 (UOP Course) PSY 475 Week 1 DQ 2
(UOP Course) PSY 475 Week 2 Team Assignment
Psychological Measure Paper (UOP Course) PSY 475
Week 2 DQ 1 (UOP Course) PSY 475 Week 2 DQ 2 (UOP
Course) PSY 475 Week 3 Individual Assignment
Attitude Survey  (UOP Course)
What are the major categories of tests and give
your own example for each category.  
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PSY 475 Week 1 Individual Assignment Introduction
to Psychological Testing Paper
PSY 475 Week 1 DQ 2
Write a 700- to 1,050-word paper in which you
summarize the major assumptions and fundamental
questions associated with psychological testing.
 Address the following in your paper   Define
the term test. Describe the major categories of
tests and identify the major uses and users of
these tests.  Compareand contrast the concepts
of reliability and validity and discuss how they
affect the field of psychological testing.
What are the fundamental questions to ask about
tests and do you believe that achievement tests
successfully answer these questions?
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PSY 475 Week 2 Team Assignment Psychological
Measure Paper
PSY 475 Week 2 DQ 1
Select in preparation for this assignment a
psychological measure of depression, such as the
Beck Depression Inventory or Childrens
Depression Inventory.  Obtain faculty approval of
your selected measure prior to beginning this
assignment.   
Of the different type of test formats, which one
do you prefer and why? What test format do you
find professors use more and why do you think
that they pick this method over all the others
available?
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PSY 475 Week 3 DQ 2
PSY 475 Week 3 DQ 1
Select an occupation and identify 2-3 Primary
Mental Abilities from Table 7.2 in your book that
you feel are relevant to your occupation. 
Discuss ways that you might measure these
abilities to select employees. Identify any
concerns with reliability and/or validity you may
see.
Define, compare and contrast Ability Tests and
Achievement Tests. Give examples of each and
discuss situations when one might be more
appropriate than the other.
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PSY 475 Week 4 DQ 1
PSY 475 Week 3 Individual Assignment Attitude
Survey
Select a contemporary issue that is of interest
to you.  Create an attitude survey using your
selected issue.  Write a 700- to 1,050-word paper
in which you explain the steps you took to create
your survey.  Address the following items in your
paper           Explain the purpose of the
survey.         
Describe current issues associated with faking
within personality tests.  Provide your thoughts
on the different approaches to dealing with
faking within personality tests.
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PSY 475 Week 4 Team Assignment Measures of
Cognitive Functioning Presentation
PSY 475 Week 4 DQ 2
Briefly describe each of the three major career
interest inventories. You can add to your
discussion by discussing reliability and validity
or comparing and contrasting the inventories.
Prepare a 10- to 15-minute oral presentation,
accompanied by a 10- to 12-slide Microsoft
PowerPoint presentation in which you analyze
measures of cognitive functioning.  Address the
following items in your presentation          
Describe at least two theories of
intelligence.          Compare and contrast the
constructs and measures of intelligence and
achievement.  Online Campus students must submit
a 10- to 12-slide Microsoft PowerPoint
presentation with speaker notes.
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PSY 475 Week 5 DQ 2
PSY 475 Week 5 DQ 1
Define Adverse Impact.  Explain how it is
calculated. Describe what steps an organization
can take to defend itself under claims of adverse
impact.
List and describe 2 court cases discussed in
Chapter 16.  How has this court case changed our
world today? What impact has it made in how we
think and/or do business?
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PSY 475 Week 5 Team Assignment Measures of
Emotional and BehavioralFunctioning Presentation
PSY 475 Week 5 Individual Assignment Issues in
Psychological Testing Worksheet
Complete the University Material, Issues in
Psychological Testing Worksheet, located in Week
Five of the student website.
Prepare a 10- to 15-minute oral presentation,
accompanied by a 10- to 12-slide Microsoft
PowerPoint presentation in which you analyze
measures of emotional and behavioral
functioning.  Address the following items in your
presentation           Describe objective
personality tests and explain their use in
psychological testing.          Explain the use
of projective techniques in psychological testing
and provide an example of this type of test.
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