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1 SYLLABUS 1 Psy.D. 935, OBJECTIVE ASSESSMENT, 2006 Monday, 1:00 p.m. 4:00 p.m. Hofheimer Hall, 707 Robert P. Archer, Ph.D archerrp@evms.edu Teaching Assistant: REQUIRED TEXTS: ** Available at Copytron located on Hampton Blvd. Graham, J. R. (2006). MMPI-2: Assessing personality and psychopathology: (4 th ed.). New York: Oxford University Press. Groth-Marnat, Gary (2003). Handbook of psychological assessment (4 th ed.). Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons Inc Coursepak ** MMPI-2 workshop guide. Collection of workshop materials. ** Butcher, J. N., Graham, J. P., Ben-Porath, Y. S., Tellegen, A., Dahlstrom, W. G., & Kaemmer, B. (2001). MMPI-2 (Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory -2): Manual for Administration, Scoring, and Interpretation, (Rev. ed.). Minneapolis, MN: University of Minnesota Press. REQUIRED ARTICLES & MONOGRAPHS: Coursepak containing the following required articles is available at Copytron as noted above. Archer, R. P. (1997). Future directions for the MMPI-A: Research and clinical issues. Journal of Personality Assessment, 68, Burisch, M. (1984). Approaches to personality inventory construction. American Psychologist, 39, Butcher, J. N., Graham, J. R., & Ben-Porath, Y. S. (1995). Methodological problems and issues in MMPI, MMPI-2, and MMPI-A research. Psychological Assessment, 7, Butcher, J. N., Perry, J. N., & Matlis, M. M. (2000). Validity and utility of computerbased test interpretation. Psychological Assessment, 12, Caldwell, A. B. (2001). What do the MMPI scales fundamentally measure? Some hypotheses. Journal of Personality Assessment, 7, Dahlstrom, W. G. (1993). Tests: Small samples, large consequences. American Psychologist, 48,

2 Foster, S. L., & Cone, J. D. (1995). Validity issues in clinical assessment. Psychological Assessment, 7, Hall, G. C. N., Bansal, A., & Lopez, I. R. (1999). Ethnicity and psychopathology: A meta-analytic review of 31 years of comparative MMPI / MMPI-2 research. Psychological Assessment, 11, Handel, R.W., & Ben-Porath, Y.S. (2000). Multicultural assessment with the MMPI-2: Issues for research and practice. In R.H. Dana (Ed.), Handbook of cross-cultural and multicultural personality assessment (pp ). Mahuah, NJ: Erlbaum. Hogan, R., & Nicholson, R. A. (1988). The meaning of personality test scores. American Psychologist, 43, Jackson, D. N., Fraboni, M., & Helmes, E. (1997). MMPI-2 content scales: How much content do they measure? Assessment, 4, Meehl, P. E. (1945). The dynamics of structured personality tests. Journal of Clinical Psychology, 1, Meehl, P. E. (1986). Causes and effects of my disturbing little book. Journal of Personality Assessment, 50, Meehl, P. E. (1997). Credentialed persons, credentialed knowledge. Clinical Psychology: Science and Practice, 4, Meyer, G. J., Finn, S. E., Eyde, L. D., Kay, G. G., Moreland, K. L., Dies, R. R., Eisman, E. J., Kubiszyn, T. W., & Reed, G. M. (2001). Psychological Testing and Psychological Assessment: A review of evidence and issues. American Psychologist, 56, Streiner, D. L. (2003). Starting at the beginning: An introduction to coefficient alpha and internal consistency. Journal of Personality Assessment, 80, OPTIONAL READINGS & MATERIALS: Archer, R. P. (2005). MMPI-A: Assessing adolescent psychopathology (3rd ed.). Hillsdale, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates. Meehl, P. E. (1954). Clinical versus statistical prediction. Minneapolis, MN: University of Minnesota Press. Meehl, P. E. (1973). Psychodiagnosis: Selected papers. Minneapolis, MN: University of Minnesota Press. Paper

3 The purposes of the paper are to familiarize you with APA testing standards and provide practice in evaluation of tests according to these standards. Since the tests to be reviewed are commonly used in clinical practice, the distribution of these papers to the class will provide each of you with information on those tests. Choose one of the tests listed on the next page. Each student will choose a different instrument. Examine a copy of the test and its manual. Look up reviews of the test in Buros Mental Measurements Yearbook, Personality Tests and Reviews, or the Test Critiques Compendium, or other review sources. For multiply reviewed tests, limit yourself to the three most recent reviews. You are to evaluate the test according to the criteria that are marked as "primary" in Part 1 of the APA standards. The paper is due on Monday, July 10 th. I will Xerox the papers and distribute them to students who want a copy of a specific test review. The paper is worth 30% of the final grade and is in lieu of a mid-term exam. Papers should be in APA format, Fifth Edition. Tests The following tests are examples of frequently used objective personality assessment measures. Please select one of the tests below for the purposes of your paper. 1. MMPI/MMPI-2/MMPI-A. 2. Strong Campbell Interest Inventory (Strong Vocational Interest Blank in survey). 3. Symptom Checklist Revised (SCL-90-R). 4. Personality Inventory for Children (PIC). 5. Child Behavior Checklist (CBCL). 6. Millon Adolescent Clinical Inventory (MACI). 7. Millon Clinical Multiaxial Inventory - II (MCMI). 8. Myers-Briggs Type Indicator 9. State Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI). 10. Beck Depression Inventory (BDI). 11. Basic Personality Inventory (BPI). 12. Sensation-Seeking Scale (SSS). 13. Internal-External Locus of Control Scale (I-E Scale). 14. NEO Personality Inventory (NEO-PI). 15. Self-Directed Search (SDS). 16. Psychological Assessment Inventory (PAI). 17. Campbell Interest and Skill Survey (CISS). 3

4 ROOM ASSIGNMENTS 4 Classes will be held in Hofheimer Hall Room 707. READING ASSIGNMENTS Week Date Readings Topic 1 5/15 Meyer et al. (2001) article Foster & Cone (1995) article Burisch (1984) article Graham (2006) Chapter 9 Meehl (1945) article Streiner (2003) article Groth-Marnat (2003) Chapters 1 & 2 Introduction to course; Psychometric theory and concepts. 2 5/22 Groth-Marnat (2003) Chapters 8 & 9 History of the MMPI Hogan & Nicholson (1988) article and basic scales Butcher et al. (1995) article Graham (2006) Chapter 1 5/29 Memorial Day Holiday - No Class 3 6/5 Graham (2006) Chapters 2 & 4 Introduction to Groth-Marnat (2003) Chapter 7 the MMPI-2 and Meehl (1986) article clinical interpretation Caldwell (2001) Butcher et al. (2001) pgs /12 Graham (2006) Chapters 3, 6, 7 & 8 MMPI-2 validity Jackson et al. (1997) article scales and content/ Butcher et al. (2001) pgs /19 No assigned readings continuation of supplementary, PSY-5 Scales, and RC Scales. supplementary scales/ PSY-5 & RC scales, S, Fp (Rick Handel, Ph.D.) 6 6/26 Dahlstrom (1993) article Multicultural Issues Hall, et al. (1999) (Rick Handel, Ph.D.) Meehl (1997) article Handel & Ben-Porath (2000) Chapter 10

5 5 7 7/3 Graham (2006) Chapters 5,10 &13 Special populations Archer (1997) article including: Forensic & Groth-Marnat (2003) Chapter 15 MMPI-A 8 7/10 Graham (2006) Chapter 11, 12 Profile interpretation and Butcher et al. (2000) MMPI-2 computerized test Interpretation 9 7/17 Conclusions and Review 10 7/24 or 7/31 FINAL (Class to decide which date) WRITTEN ASSIGNMENTS Dates Hand Out Return 6/19 Profile No. 1 (Validity Scales) 6/26 Profile No. 2 (Profile Interpretation) Profile No. 1 7/3 None Profile No. 2 7/10 Profile No. 3 Paper due (Profile Interpretation) 7/17 Profile No. 4 Profile No. 3 (or your own profile) 7/24 or 7/31 Final Exam Profile No. 4 GRADING Paper: 30% MMPI Test Interpretations: 30% Final: 40%

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