Aug 01, 2025  
2023-2026 Academic Catalog 
    
2023-2026 Academic Catalog

PSY 6520 - Cognitive Assessment


(3 Credits)

After exploring some of the basic theoretical and psychometric issues surrounding the Intelligence construct, the course will examine the evaluation of intelligence and other cognitive functions and academic achievement. Through this course and its concurrent Cognitive Assessment Practicum, the student will acquire the necessary skills to administer these tests and other psychometric instruments ethically and competently. The course will also concentrate on the scientific method of hypothesis generation, on the type of inferences that may be drawn from these tests and on the different models of data interpretation available through the scientific psychometric literature.
Pre-requisite(s): PSY 6250  y PSY 6860