Psychodiagnostics and
Psychological Assessment
National Research Tomsk State University | September 1, 2022
,Psychodiagnostics as a Science
1.1 Goals and Objectives of the Psychodiagnostics Course
1.2 Historical Background of Contemporary
Psychodiagnostics
1.3 The Object and Features of Contemporary
Psychodiagnostics
1.4 Comparative Characteristic of Psychological
Diagnostics and Assessment
1.5 Ethical Issues and Dilemmas of Psychodiagnostics
1.6 Current International Standards Psychologist –
Psychodiagnostic Activity
General Psychodiagnostics and Psychometrics
2.1 Homotheticity and Ideographic Approach of
Contemporary Psychodiagnostics
2.2 Classification of Diagnostic Methods
2.3 The Structure of Psychological Tests
2.4 Psychological Test Reliability
2.5 Psychological Test Validity
2.6 The Representativeness and Types of the Diagnostic
Psychodiagnostics of Intelligence
3.1 Diagnostic of Specific Mental Abilities
3.2 Intelligence Tests
3.3 Achievement Tests
3.4 Creativity Tests
3.5 Diagnostics of Emotional, Social and Ethical
Intelligence
Traditional Psychodiagnostics of Personality
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,4.1 Methods of Collecting Personal Characteristics
Empirical Data
4.2 Traditional Dimensional Approach in
Psychodiagnostics
4.3 Typological Approach to Personality Diagnostics
4.4 Projective Techniques
4.5 Substructural Approach to Personality Diagnostics
Integrative Approach in Psychodiagnostics
5.1 Diagnostic of Talent Potential
5.2 Interpersonal Communication Approach to
Psychodiagnostics
5.3 Group Technique of Psychodiagnostics
5.4 The Narrative Approach to Personality Diagnostics
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, Psychodiagnostics as a Science
1.1 Goals and Objectives of the Psychodiagnostics
Course
Greetings from Thomas State University, I'm Valeria Petrova, an Associate
Professor and certified consultant. And first of all I would like to express my gratitude
and appreciation to you for choosing my course Psychodiagnostics and Psychological
Assessment. And now, please let me elaborate on its content, main characteristics, and
the history of its creation. Getting acquainted with the audience, I like saying jokingly,
that I have been a lecturer and a consultant on psychology since the last millennia. And
all my lecture and consultant experience has shown that the uptake of new information
must be accompanied by verification of new knowledge in practice.
I understand that all of us are very busy people. And everyone wants to acquire a
higher level of competence as quickly as possible, and without much effort. But I am apt
to say to my students that psychodiagnostics is at our fingertips. It is learned, not only in
the process of listening to lectures, but it is also learned during the experience acquisition
of the youth of the diagnostic lessons.
If it is a simple standardized test, you may have only ten testees for each in-depth
study. Moreover, there are many diagnostic techniques which require a week long
seminar for the first acquaintance with them. And for, the more or less free use of them,
a hundred of clients, tested at least.
Therefore, I always recommend my students to start with self-diagnostics at the
beginning. Then, to be sure, you can try to apply this technique to your friends. But
please, warn these people that you are not a magician, you are only a learning student.
And the interpretation of the results you'll be trying to implement is a trial balloon. It is
what International Test Commission guidelines requires. Due to this, you will gain an
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Psychological Assessment
National Research Tomsk State University | September 1, 2022
,Psychodiagnostics as a Science
1.1 Goals and Objectives of the Psychodiagnostics Course
1.2 Historical Background of Contemporary
Psychodiagnostics
1.3 The Object and Features of Contemporary
Psychodiagnostics
1.4 Comparative Characteristic of Psychological
Diagnostics and Assessment
1.5 Ethical Issues and Dilemmas of Psychodiagnostics
1.6 Current International Standards Psychologist –
Psychodiagnostic Activity
General Psychodiagnostics and Psychometrics
2.1 Homotheticity and Ideographic Approach of
Contemporary Psychodiagnostics
2.2 Classification of Diagnostic Methods
2.3 The Structure of Psychological Tests
2.4 Psychological Test Reliability
2.5 Psychological Test Validity
2.6 The Representativeness and Types of the Diagnostic
Psychodiagnostics of Intelligence
3.1 Diagnostic of Specific Mental Abilities
3.2 Intelligence Tests
3.3 Achievement Tests
3.4 Creativity Tests
3.5 Diagnostics of Emotional, Social and Ethical
Intelligence
Traditional Psychodiagnostics of Personality
PAGE 1
,4.1 Methods of Collecting Personal Characteristics
Empirical Data
4.2 Traditional Dimensional Approach in
Psychodiagnostics
4.3 Typological Approach to Personality Diagnostics
4.4 Projective Techniques
4.5 Substructural Approach to Personality Diagnostics
Integrative Approach in Psychodiagnostics
5.1 Diagnostic of Talent Potential
5.2 Interpersonal Communication Approach to
Psychodiagnostics
5.3 Group Technique of Psychodiagnostics
5.4 The Narrative Approach to Personality Diagnostics
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, Psychodiagnostics as a Science
1.1 Goals and Objectives of the Psychodiagnostics
Course
Greetings from Thomas State University, I'm Valeria Petrova, an Associate
Professor and certified consultant. And first of all I would like to express my gratitude
and appreciation to you for choosing my course Psychodiagnostics and Psychological
Assessment. And now, please let me elaborate on its content, main characteristics, and
the history of its creation. Getting acquainted with the audience, I like saying jokingly,
that I have been a lecturer and a consultant on psychology since the last millennia. And
all my lecture and consultant experience has shown that the uptake of new information
must be accompanied by verification of new knowledge in practice.
I understand that all of us are very busy people. And everyone wants to acquire a
higher level of competence as quickly as possible, and without much effort. But I am apt
to say to my students that psychodiagnostics is at our fingertips. It is learned, not only in
the process of listening to lectures, but it is also learned during the experience acquisition
of the youth of the diagnostic lessons.
If it is a simple standardized test, you may have only ten testees for each in-depth
study. Moreover, there are many diagnostic techniques which require a week long
seminar for the first acquaintance with them. And for, the more or less free use of them,
a hundred of clients, tested at least.
Therefore, I always recommend my students to start with self-diagnostics at the
beginning. Then, to be sure, you can try to apply this technique to your friends. But
please, warn these people that you are not a magician, you are only a learning student.
And the interpretation of the results you'll be trying to implement is a trial balloon. It is
what International Test Commission guidelines requires. Due to this, you will gain an
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