Requirements for Repeaters for the Licensure Exam for Psychometrician

(Note: this is not an official PRC list, it needs further verification. 

This serves as advance information to all those who have been asking us 

re requirements as per our latest contact with the PRC.)

Updated 26 May 2015 

Bring your old NOA and also a print out of your rating. 

For those asking - YES you can file application for examination both repeaters or first timers at the regional PRC office. No need to come to Manila and suffer yourself with the congestion and chaos at the PRC main office. Also, examination will be held in several key cities: Baguio, Manila, Legaspi, Cebu, and Davao.

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Based from the information we gathered from PRC, above would be the list of requirements for those who are repeaters or will retake the licensure exam for Psychometrician (BLEPP) this coming July 21-22, 2015.  So from the original requirements last year the only documents not included for repeaters to submit are the Certificates of Good Moral Character.

So before going to PRC to file your application for the licensure exam, try to secure first all the listed requirements above. At least both NBI and NSO documents could now be ordered or applied online.

There might be changes once PRC entertain application this coming month of May 2015, so just be open to any possibilities of either inclusions or exclusions of documents. And do let us know once you apply of the exact requirements for repeaters for us to inform others as well.

As to the process - first visit the PRC website, click the online application system and update your data or information for changes and save it.

Then, visit the closest PRC office in your place and follow the process of application by submitting those required original/photocopied documents.

Good luck to all repeaters and may you all make it this time!

Kami naman sa 2015! 

Related links:

http://psychometricpinas.blogspot.com/2014/04/checklist-of-requirements-for.html

http://www.prc.gov.ph/

http://clearance.nbi.gov.ph/

https://nsohelpline.com/

Thank you sa walang sawang support

Thank you!

You have been a great help since you started your blog and FB page for the BLEPP 2014.  And now kahit na Licensed ka na, you still try and help the upcoming BLEPP 2015 takers with your Blog, FB and twitter posts. Giving us the chance to review even though you have a  busy schedule.

Thank you sa Philippine Psychometrician Reviewer Team and sa Pathways International Review and Learning Center for the Gift Voucher, this will be big help for me for the upcoming Licensure Examination.

Thank you sa walang sawang support, and may God Bless you more!


Karen Gail P. Comia

Baseline Data: Survey Result as of April 2015

The data below is an addition to the survey result which we posted last March here - http://psychometricpinas.blogspot.com/2015/03/blepp-2015-baseline-data.html. The initial result have a total of 91 respondents while this survey has 57 respondents.  There's a strong correlation on the trend and pattern of results of the last survey with this one.

Also, our gratitude to those who responded to the survey as well as to our generous sponsors who provided us review gift pass which we gave to our respondents, maraming salamat po (just click their name to visit their FB page):

1. East West Psychology Review Academy 
2. RGO Psychology Review Center 
3. Pathways International Review and Learning Center Corp. 
4. DigiPsych 
5. SRG PSYCH 
6. SPARK Psychology Review Center 

More first time takers than retakers.

Majority age of test takers are in the bracket of 20-22 mostly in their early twenties.

More female than male.

Self-review is higher by a few points with those doing review but it will be almost equal if result of those reviewing through review centers is combined with  the result of those in the distance/online review. 

SPARK Review Center continue to get high number of  respondents as the choice of review center

followed by Pathways and RGO.

It seems that passing the BLE for Psychometrician is a stepping stone in obtaining or becoming a licensed Psychologist. With MA in Psychology as pre-requisite for the BLE for Psychologist, this year saw an increase in the enrollment of those taking up Psychology in graduate school, a trend which will continue. Its implication would be a decrease of  Psychology graduate taking up units in education to become Values Education teacher  and those taking up MA in Guidance and Counseling. The priority would now be towards getting professionalized and licensed as Psychometrician and Psychologist so lesser competition for those in the field of education (teachers and guidance counselors).

But we hope to see those schools offering undergraduate and graduate courses in Psychology to improve their programs and offer other field to specialize like Sports Psychology, Forensic Psychology, Play/Music/Arts Therapy etc.       

School of Respondents

Angeles University Foundation
Bataan Peninsula State University
Batangas State University
Bohol Island State University
Bulacan State University
CEU Makati/Malolos
Colegio de San Gabriel Arcangel
Colegio de San Juan de Letran
De La Salle Lipa
De La Salle University
Divine Word College of Legazpi
DLSU-D (2)
DMMSU
FEU
Laguna State Polytechnic University (2)
Lyceum of the Philippines University-Batangas
Mondriaan Aura College
MSEUF
New Era University (2)
NTC
Our Lady of Fatima University
Pamantasan ng Cabuyao
PLM (2)
PUP (2)
Rizal Technological University
Saint Mary's University
Silliman University
SLSU (2)
SLU
St Paul (QC/Manila)
St. Dominic College of Asia
Trinity University of Asia
Universidad de Manila (3)
Universidad de Sta. Isabel
University of Batangas (2)
University of Immaculate Conception
University of Makati
University of San Carlos
University of San Jose-Recoletos
University of St. La Salle
University of the Cordilleras
Western Mindanao State University

Angeles University Foundation

Bataan Peninsula State University

Batangas State University

Bohol Island State University

Bulacan State University

CEU Makati/Malolos

Colegio de San Gabriel Arcangel

Colegio de San Juan de Letran

De La Salle Lipa

De La Salle University

Divine Word College of Legazpi

DLSU-D (2)

DMMSU

FEU

Laguna State Polytechnic University (2)

Lyceum of the Philippines University-Batangas

Mondriaan Aura College

MSEUF

New Era University (2)

NTC

Our Lady of Fatima University

Pamantasan ng Cabuyao

PLM (2)

PUP (2)

Rizal Technological University

Saint Mary's University

Silliman University

SLSU (2)

SLU

St Paul (QC/Manila)

St. Dominic College of Asia

Trinity University of Asia

Universidad de Manila (3)

Universidad de Sta. Isabel

University of Batangas (2)

University of Immaculate Conception

University of Makati

University of San Carlos

University of San Jose-Recoletos

University of St. La Salle

University of the Cordilleras

Western Mindanao State University

BLEPP 2015 Baseline Data - Part 2

This is the part 2 of the BLEPP 2015 Baseline data about the occupation or job or respondents, their purpose of taking the licensure exam and future plans (Part 1 here).

Majority of the respondents are new graduates so they are not yet employed. Like the data last year majority are employed as human resource officers or specializing in Industrial/Organizational Psychology. A number works as guidance counselor or assistant and others are already practicing psychometricians.

Below are the main reasons commonly cited for wanting to become licensed Psychometrician:

1. For employment/Work/Job: Clinical, HR, Government, Academe/School, Guidance Counselor, Legal, Community (for job application and use in current work).
2. To administer Psychometric Test/purchase of assessment tools.
3. As compliance of DOH requirements on current work.
4. For career/Advancement/Credential/Promotion/upgrade knowledge.
5. To become a teacher/help younger generations. 

As to their future plans, majority or 91% have the intention to become future psychologists. It also reflect the other data wherein 25 respondents plan to take up graduate studies in Clinical Psychology.  

Data shows that the majority will take up Clinical Psychology followed by Industrial Psychology. Since most of the respondents are newly graduate so most have not yet thought of what to specialize for graduate school.

It is also interesting to note that there are other specialization that seems not ventured into by Psychology graduates like music therapy, child/developmental psychology, and social psychology among others.

The other table are the most cited schools/universities among survey respondents, top on the list is UST and PUP. However, some respondents did not specify the school/universities they plan to enroll for their graduate school. 

Part 1 - http://psychometricpinas.blogspot.com/2015/03/blepp-2015-baseline-data.html

BLEPP 2015 Baseline Data

The following data were gathered from February 27 - March 16, 2015 with a total of  75 female respondents and 16 male respondents for a total 91 respondents. 

The sign up/survey is ongoing and some of the respondents were given review gift passes from the different review centers that were featured in this blog and our FB page.  

Thanks to all respondents for us to come up with this baseline data for BLEPP 2015.

More female first time takers are taking the licensure exam at 61% compared to their male counterpart at 10%. Those yet to graduate some are graduating this year and others in 2016/2017. A total of 20% both male and female will be retaking the licensure exam. 

Those in the age bracket of 20-22 and mostly females composed 50% or half of the respondents. The rest of the respondents' ages are spread from the youngest age at 17 and the oldest at 38. 

This data also confirms the age bracket of the majority of respondents. Most of them at 63%  have graduated in 2013, 2014 and this year, 2015. The rest at 34% graduated from the year 1997 up to 2012. 

Data shows that almost half  of the respondents are doing self-review at 48%. Although the number of those availing services of review center has also increased as compared to the data last year and some continue to avail online and distance review. 

Again this data confirms the preceding or above data,  those doing self review responded NA for their review center. Meanwhile, many of the survey respondents are availing the services of SPARK Psychology Review Center.

Survey respondents came from 53 different schools or universities. Seven of the respondents came from Polytechnic University of the Philippines (PUP).

Baseline Data of BLEPP 2014

http://psychometricpinas.blogspot.com/2014/08/initial-result-of-survey-and-sign-up.html

http://psychometricpinas.blogspot.com/2014/08/125-schools-represented-in-the-survey.html

http://psychometricpinas.blogspot.com/2014/08/survey-respondents-job-categories-and.html

To sign up and answer survey follow link below

http://psychometricpinas.blogspot.com/2015/02/sign-up-for-regular-updates-on-2015.html

Review Gift Pass: Napakahusay

"Napakalaking ginhawa ang dulot ng regalo ninyo – regalong handog, mula sa inyong mga butihing puso. Tamang tama para sa nalalapit nating #InternationalDayOfHappiness 
(March 20, 2015). 

Sa mga tumulong para maging posible ang bagay na ito, Philippine Psychometrician Reviewer Team, DigiPsych Team at Kuya Tino, nag-uumapaw na pagpapasalamat ang handog ko para sa inyo. Napakalaking bagay para sa 'kin ng oportunidad na 'to para sa July 2015. Ang ideya ng 'Review Gift Pass' ay napakahusay.

Napakasarap sa pakiramdam na mayroong tunay na regalong nag-hihintay sa mumunting hakbang na binigay ko. Pinagbubutihan ko ang aking reviews, at mas lalo ko pang paghuhusayin dahil sa suportang handog ninyo! Maraming salamat.

Alam kong masaya kayong tumutulong sa mga kagaya kong nangangarap para sa mas mabuting pamumuhay. Sana'y marami pa kayong matulungan. Pagpalain po ang inyong landasin! Mapagpalaya at mabuting araw para inyo."


-  Donnies Dejucos Bendicio
   Batch 2014
  University of Makati

www.digipsych.net

Awesome RGO Review Center for Psychology's Gift Pass

An awesome, thoughtful, and generous gift you gave me is proof of success.  Thank you! I don't know how you knew  what I wanted. You blew me away with your thoughtfulness and generosity. A second to formally thank you for this blessing can’t  express my deepest gratitude. 

Answered prayers for this BLEPP 2015. Your up-to-date post in social networking sites encourage me a lot to continue what I have started. To all, who made this program possible, a pleasant surprise to see the reward you gave me that came at a much needed time. I sincerely appreciate this present and assure you I will do my best to merit the trust  you've placed in me. 

God Bless to all!  Deo Gratia!

Deo Gratias RGO Review Center!

- Joel R. Barba

Review and Recall: THEORIES OF PERSONALITY

...the psychological study of personality, the application of the methods of science to the riddles posed by man's own behavior,is a relative newcomer. The answers produced by psychology are bound to be measured against those produced by the collective experience and wisdom civilized man down through the ages.

For there seem to be almost as many definitions of personality as there have been writers about it. 

Personality

... the dynamic organization within the individual of those psychophysical systems that determine his characteristic behavior and thought (Allport, 1961).

... a person's unique pattern of traits (Guilford, 1959).

... those habits and habit systems of social importance that are stable and resistant to change (Guthrie, 1944).

... the organization of unique behavior equipment an individual has acquired under the special conditions of his development (Lundin, 1961). 

...the most adequate conceptualization of a person's behavior in all its detail (McClelland, 1951).

Source: Conceptions of Personality:Theories and Research by Leon H.Levy, Random House, 1970

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Recall and Review: Abnormal Psychology

1. Abnormal psychology is the branch of psychology that studies unusual patterns of behavior, emotion and thought, which may or may not be understood as precipitating a mental disorder. Although many behaviours could be considered as abnormal, this branch of psychology generally deals with behavior in a clinical context.^[1] There is a long history of attempts to understand and control behavior deemed to be aberrant or deviant (statistically, morally or in some other sense), and there is often cultural variation in the approach taken. The field of abnormal psychology identifies multiple causes for different conditions, employing diverse theories from the general field of psychology and elsewhere, and much still hinges on what exactly is meant by "abnormal". There has traditionally been a divide between psychological and biological explanations, reflecting a philosophicaldualism in regard to the mind body problem. There have also been different approaches in trying to classify mental disorders. Abnormal includes three different categories, they are subnormal, supernormal and paranormal.^[2]

   The science of abnormal psychology studies two types of behaviors: adaptive and maladaptive behaviors. Behaviors that are maladaptive suggest that some problem(s) exist, and can also imply that the individual is vulnerable and cannot cope with environmental stress, which is leading them to have problems functioning in daily life.^[3] Clinical psychology is the applied field of psychology that seeks to assess, understand and treat psychological conditions in clinical practice. The theoretical field known as 'abnormal psychology' may form a backdrop to such work, but clinical psychologists in the current field are unlikely to use the term 'abnormal' in reference to their practice. Psychopathology is a similar term to abnormal psychology but has more of an implication of an underlying pathology (disease process), and as such is a term more commonly used in the medical specialty known as psychiatry.  Source - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abnormal_psychology

(First posted on 10/23/14, h=208)

Recall and Review: Psychological Assessment

Most licensure exam takers in the BLEPP 2014 got low score if not failed  on this subject. Special focus and attention should be given to this subject since it is 150 items and it consists of 40% or double of any of the three other subjects (20%) in weight. In some school Psychological Assessment is named as Psychological Testing or Psychological Measurement.

(Posted 10/23/14 h=280)

Free Short Quiz on Filipino Personality

1) It is a temporary and spontaneous but often recurring and unexplainable deviation from what is normal for
an individual, object, or event. To the extent that the deviation is considered temporary and unexplainable, it is a state or behavior regarded as trivial and not necessitating any significant action. It is a culturally accepted
venue of tension reduction to the Filipino propensity for delayed and indirect reactions to frustration and
instigation to aggression. The concept referred to is:

a) Pag-kaasar
b) Sumpong
c) Suya
d) Pag-kainis

2) The Filipino psychologist referred to in question #1 who also pioneered in the indigenous research approach of pagtatanung-tanong is?

a) Virgilio Enriquez
b) Rogelia Pe-Pua
c) Abraham Felipe
d) Rita Mataragnon

3) Except for one in the list below are disparaging descriptions of Filipino motivational characteristics:

a) bahala na
b) ningas kogon
c) manana habit
d) diskarte

4) Identified as a key concept in understanding Filipino personality, Fr. Bulatao describes it as a painful emotion arising from a relationship with an authority figure or with society, inhibiting self-assertion in a situation which is perceived as dangerous to one's ego.

a) Pagka-api
b) Dalamhati
c) Hiya
d) Lungkot

5) In a study by Church, Katigbak and Castaneda on the "Conceptions of Good Psychological Health and
Personality Functioning of Filipino College Students: A Multi-method Investigation, from the list below which method was not used:

a) questionnaire
b) interview
c) focused group discussion
d) rating

6) In the same study above (#5), several interpersonally-oriented categories rated high among the 

respondents closely resemble to  Lynch's "smooth interpersonal relations (SIR)" construct described as 

important Filipino value. Among the list below which one does not belong to the group:

a) concern for others
b) interpersonal warmth
c) effective and enjoyable social relations
d) tolerance of individual 

References:

Church, T., Katigbak, M., & Castaneda, I. (2002) Conceptions of good psychological health and personality functioning of Filipino college students: A multi-method investigation. In A. Bernardo,  M. Sta.Maria, & A. Tan, (Eds.),  Forty Years if of Philippine Psychology (pp, 223-256). Quezon City, Philippines: PAP. 

Mataragnon, R. (2002). A conceptual and psychological analysis of sumpong. In A. Bernardo,  M. Sta.Maria, & A. Tan, (Eds.),  Forty Years if of Philippine Psychology (pp, 315-325). Quezon City, Philippines: PAP.

Check also   - http://psycnet.apa.org/psycinfo/1981-23502-001