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PSK 412 - Industrial Psychology Tests

Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences · Psychology · Undergraduate

ECTS: 5 T+P+L: 3+0+0 Departmental Elective
Coordinator: Dr. Öğr. Üyesi Ali KOTANCI

Course Objective

The main objective of this course is to provide students with an introduction to the assessment and assessment practices used in the field of assessment and evaluation in industry and organizational psychology.

Course Content

This course will cover basic topics such as measurement, measurement methods, and scale development related to the field of psychometry, and then the measurement applications, objectives and principles in the field of I/O Psychology will be explained on this information.

Required Resources

Introduction to Industrial and Organisational Psychology - R. Riggio - Nobel Press. Istanbul.

Explanations

Midterm 40 %, Final  60 %.

Exams are multiple choice, short answered open end questions, fill in the blank formed.

Topics till exam date are included in exams declared in syllabus .

Course presantations, textbook, uploaded materials to system are included exams.

Rules

Attandance to lessons is essential.

Min. attandance is 70 % required.

It is recommended to participate class activities.

Lectrures continoues also via uploaded materrials to system - if exists.

Reading couse texbook, following lesson slides are under students' responsibility.

Course Learning Outcomes

  1. The students can describes tests used in business areas.
  2. The students can defines the concepts of measurement, testing, measurement and evaluation.
  3. The students can improves the application skills of testing techniques.

Core Area Distribution

(31) Social and Behavioural Science%100

Teaching Methods

ExpressionQuestion-AnswerDiscussionPresentationBrain Storming

Assessment & Evaluation

Testing (Essay / Tests: True-Falls, multiple-choice, short answer, matching)

ECTS / Workload

ActivityQuantityDuration (h)Total Workload
Course Duration (Including Exam Week)15345
Out of Class Study Period15575
Midterm111
Quiz000
Assignment000
Practice000
Final111

Course Schedule

WeekSubjectPreparation
1History of Industrial and Organizational PsychologyHistory of Industrial and Organizational Psychology
2Basic Concepts of Ind. and Org. Psy.Basic Concepts of Ind. and Org. Psy.
3Performance and Motivation TestsPerformance and Motivation Tests
4Staffing Process TestsStaffing Process Tests
5Validty and ReliablityValidty and Reliablity
6Concept of Job Analysis TestsConcept of Job Analysis Tests
7Midterm ExamMidterm Exam
8Staff security testsStaff security tests
9Labour laws testsLabour laws tests
10Test development and adaptationTest development and adaptation
11Ind. and Org. Psy. tests in Türkiye.Ind. and Org. Psy. tests in Türkiye.
12Ind. ve Org. Psy. tests in the world.Ind. ve Org. Psy. tests in the world.
13Human Resources TestsHuman Resources Tests
14Ethical Principles in Ind. and Org. Psy. TestsEthical Principles in Ind. and Org. Psy. Tests
15Research Techniques in Ind. and Org. Psy. TestsResearch Techniques in Ind. and Org. Psy. Tests
16Final ExamFinal Exam