HU Credits: 4

Degree/Cycle: 2nd degree (Master)

Responsible Department: psychology

Semester: 2nd Semester

Teaching Languages: Hebrew

Campus: Mt. Scopus

Course/Module Coordinator: Dr. Laura Canetti

Coordinator Email: laurac@mscc.huji.ac.il

Coordinator Office Hours: Tuesday 9:30-10-30

Teaching Staff:
Dr. Laura Canetti
Mr. Yaakov Moshkoviz
Mr. Miron Tomer

Course/Module description:
Students will get acquainted with two additional instruments of assessment: TAT and Rorschach (R-PAS).

Course/Module aims:
Learning the theoretical foundations of TAT and Rorschach tests, and the administration, scoring and interpretation of the tests.

Learning outcomes - On successful completion of this module, students should be able to:
On successful completion of this module students should be able to administrate, score, interpret and provide a written report of the TAT and Rorschach tests.

Attendance requirements(%):
90% attendance requirements in the small groups.

Teaching arrangement and method of instruction: Frontal lectures and teaching in small groups.

Course/Module Content:
Lesson 1 – TAT: Administration. Theoretical background, norms.
Lesson 2 – TAT: Interpretation and case illustrations.
Lesson 3 – R-PAS: Historical and theoretical background. Reliability and validity. Administration of the test.
Lesson 4 – R-PAS: Coded Response Phase Behaviors, Location and Space Codes, Content Codes and Object Qualities
Lesson 5 – R-PAS: Form Quality, Popular, Determinants, Cognitive and Thematic Codes and scoring examples.
Lesson 6 – R-PAS: Scoring a full protocol.
Lesson 7 – R-PAS: Interpretive Principles and Procedures.
Lesson 8 – R-PAS: Response Process – Behavioral Foundation for Interpretation.
Lesson 9 – R-PAS: Administration Behaviors and Observations.
Lesson 10 – R-PAS: Engagement and Cognitive Processing Domain.
Lesson 11 – R-PAS: Perception and Thinking Domain.
Lesson 12 – R-PAS: Stress and Distress Domain.
Lesson 13 – R-PAS: Self and Other Representation Domain
Lesson 14 – R-PAS: Case illustration.

Required Reading:
TAT
1. Groth-Marnat, G. (2003). Thematic Apperception Test. Handbook of psychological assessment (4th ed., pp. 477-515). New York: Wiley.
Rorschach (R-PAS)
2. Meyer, G. J., Viglione, D. J., Mihura, J. L., Erard, R. E., & Erdberg, P. (2011). Rorschach Performance Assessment System. Administration, Coding, Interpretation, and Technical Manual. Toledo: Rorschach Performance Assessment System, LLC.
3. International norms from: Meyer, G.J., Erdberg, P, & Shaffer, T.W. (2007). Toward international normative reference data for the Comprehensive System. Journal of Personality Assessment, 89(S1), S201-216

Additional Reading Material:
4. Bellak, L., & Abrams, D. M. (1996). The TAT, CAT, and SAT in clinical use (6th ed.). Boston: Allyn & Bacon.
BF 698.8 T5 B42 1996
Psychological report
5. Groth-Marnat, G. (2003). Psychological report. Ibid, pp. 621-671

Course/Module evaluation:
End of year written/oral examination 80 %
Presentation 0 %
Participation in Tutorials 0 %
Project work 0 %
Assignments 20 %
Reports 0 %
Research project 0 %
Quizzes 0 %
Other 0 %

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