ID:
64056-MOD4
Dettaglio:
SSD: Psychometrics
Duration: 18
CFU: 2
Located in:
BERGAMO
Url:
CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGY - 64-R/PSICOLOGIA CLINICA Year: 1
Year:
2025
Course Catalogue:
At the end of the course, students will have attained knowledge of the
main characteristics and phases of the scientific investigation, of the
main research design, of analyses and data processing in the field of
clinical psychology. Moreover, students will also have acquired the
necessary skills to perform data analysis using different univariate and
multivariate analysis techniques. In addition, students will be able to use
and solve practical examples from different fields of research in clinical
psychology.
Basic knowledge of statistics applied to psychology (descriptive statistics,
probability distributions).
Teaching will take place through practical exercises and laboratory with a
focus on discussion and dialogue with the students, also with the use of
slides.
The exam consists of a written test. The test is structured in 21 closedended
questions, to be solved in 25 minutes, and 2 open-ended questions
with delimited space, to be answered in 30 minutes, through which the
learning of the basic concepts will be verified and to assess the capacity
of the student to apply the theoretical knowledge acquired to concrete
problems concerning specific research contexts and professional
intervention. To the closed-ended questions will be assigned a point for
each correct answer; open-ended questions, for which the ability to
combine synthesis and expository clarity is required, are evaluated from
0 to 5 points, considering the relevance of the answer with respect to the
question, the capacity for synthesis, the property of language. The final
grade corresponds to the sum of the scores assigned to each question.
Students who will provide correct answers for all the questions will obtain
the maximum mark (30 cum laude).
The marks will be sent to the institutional email of each student through
the University information system.
The course will present an overview of the main arguments linked to the
characteristics of scientific investigation and levels of scientific
investigation. Specifically, the following topics will be covered: research
validity, methods and strategies of psychological investigation, models of
data analysis, analysis of variance (one-way, factorial and multivariate), multiple linear regression, path analysis model, mediation and moderation model and cluster analysis.
Moreover, the topics related to the use of psychological tests in clinical
psychology, to the validity, reliability and standard error of measurement
of a psychological test will also be studied in depth; particular attention
will be done to the methods of investigation and usefulness of the
information acquired in the psychological-clinical setting and to methods
to assess the effectiveness of therapies.
The students not attending classes and the working students must
adhere to the program described above. For any request, they can
contact the professor either personally or by e-mail.