Infographics - An Evolution of Mental Illness Treatment

An evolution of mental illness treatment

The infographics is silent about the use of DSM in diagnosing mental illness - so the prescription of psychoactive drugs. So much developments that took place in the 20th century that were not reflected in the infographics. Perhaps a separate one? Still a very nice presentation on the history of the treatment of mental illness.

Source - http://dailyinfographic.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/msr-evolution-mental-illness-treatment-640x3295.png

Unang Taong Anibersaryo ng ating Blog

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Maligayang Anibersaryo sa ating Blog, sa mga bloggers natin at lalo na sa mga nagbabasa nitong ating blog! 

(Happy Anniversary to our Blog, to our bloggers and most especially to our readers!)

Sinimulan ang blog na ito dahil sa kakulangan ng mga impormasyon ukol sa Psychometrician Licensure Exam na noong nakaraang taon (2013) ay may mga balita na ipapatupad ito. Subalit malaking pasalamat ng lahat at hindi natuloy, nalungkot din syempre ang ilan na nag-review tapos maghihintay pa pala sila ng isang taon. 

Ilang araw at buwan din naming sinubaybayan ang mga websites ng CHED, PAP at PRC para sa mga announcements at makapigil hiningang paghihintay kung tuloy ba o di tuloy ang exam. Sa kalaunan lumabas din ang announcement na sa Oktubre 2014 na ito gagawin. 

Gayon din sa pagpasa ng mga requirements kailangan pang bisitahin ang PRC para malaman kung kailan pwedeng magpasa ng mga requirements para mag-board wala pa rin hanggang sa ngayon (as of writing)  mabasa sa webpage ng PRC at ng Board of Psychology ang ukol dito. Nadiskubre na lang natin nang  nakaraan na pwede na pala ang online application sa PRC subalit walang linaw pa noon kung kailan maaring magpasa at paano magpasa ng mga requirements - bagay na aming isusulat at i-blog kapag nagawa na namin. Kasalukuyang inihahanda pa namin ang mga kung anu-anong  mga requirements.

Kaya kung hindi ka handa ay malamang kung saan ka papapuntahin at ipapasa. Katulad na lang ng kwento ng isang kakilala na napapunta doon sa pagpapasahan ng requirements para sa nag-avail ng grandfather clause ng batas o RA 10029 - doon sa hindi kukuha ng board dahil sa matagal na nilang karanasan sa pag-practice ng psychology o bilang psychometrician (guidance counselors, teachers, psychometrician, etc). 

Paano naman ang mga nasa probinsiya malayo sa Manila, o kaya mga self-review lang at walang access sa mga impormasyon nakukuha tulad  ng mga nasa review centers. Kaya ito po ang naging dahilan natin para mag-blog - ang ibahagi sa inyo ang ilang mga ng kaalaman, impormasyon o update na nakukuha namin na napaka-dalang mabasa at makita offline man o online. 

Laking pasalamat din sa mga nagse-self-review at lumabas na ang Tables of Specificications (TOS). Ngayon mas alam na ang bagay na dapat aralin at i-review. Kung kaya't patuloy kami sa pag-aaral at pag-review para sa paggawa ng mga Review Guides at Quizzes.

Kaya sana po kasama din namin kayo na tumulong ipaalam ang ilang mahalagang mga impormasyon sa mga kapwa natin kukuha ng Licensure Exam para sa Psychometrician.

At sa ating unang taon,  nais nating ibahagi ang ilang infographics sa ibaba na  naabot na ng ating blog - mga statistics sa ating pageviews, traffic sources, posts, at iba pa. Kabilang ang posts na ito mayroong 109 posts na tayong nai-blog. May ibang buwan na masipag at naka-30 posts tayo, may buwan naman na 2 lang ang aming nai-post.

Pataas ang bilang ng nagbabasa ng blog. 

Hindi bumababa ng 500 ang pageview sa isang araw.

Pinakamaraming hits/pageviews ang post ukol sa 

Review Centers.

Syempre naman Pilipinas ang pinakamaraming 

mambabasa ng blog. Poland, hmmmm....

Marami gamit ang PC/laptop sa pagbabasa ng blog, subalit  pataas din ang bilang nang gamit ay ang kanilang tablet/smartphones at android ang OS.

  

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Job Descriptive Index

Job Descriptive Index (JDI) is a scale used widely in personnel psychology to measure five major factors associated with job satisfaction - the nature of the work itself, wages and salaries, attitudes towards supervisors, relations with co-workers, and opportunities for promotion. (Colman, A.M., Oxford Dictionary of Psychology)

Read more here - http://www.siop.org/tip/july10/06jdi.aspx

About the scales

For more than 50 years, the Job Descriptive Index and related scales have been continually developed and refined by the university’s noted Job Descriptive Index Research Group. Comprised of numerous faculty members and Ph.D. students, members of the research group have used their expertise in psychology, scientific research methods, and organizational behavior to study workplace attitudes and behaviors using these scales. To encourage the use of the scales, the scales are available for you to use free of charge. Products and services related to our scales are available for purchase, and proceeds help to fund efforts in the future.

• The Job Descriptive Index is designed to measure employees' satisfaction with their jobs. The JDI is a “facet” measure of job satisfaction, meaning that participants are asked to think about specific facets of their job and rate their satisfaction with those specific facets. The JDI is comprised of five facets, including satisfaction with: coworkers, the work itself, pay, opportunities for promotion, and supervision.
• The Job In General is also designed to measure employees’ satisfaction with their jobs. The JIG is a measure of global satisfaction, meaning that participants are asked to think about how satisfied they are with their job in a broad, overall sense.
• The Abridged Job Descriptive Index and Abridged Job in General are shortened versions of the original scales. The abridged versions maintain adequate reliability, while reducing the administration time.
• The Stress in General is designed to measure employees’ general level of workplace stress. Participants are asked to think about whether or not particular stress-related descriptors are characteristic of their job.
• The Trust in Management is designed to measure employees’ feelings of trust toward senior management in their organization. Analysis of the scale revealed four factors (components) of trust: ability, benevolence, consistency, and integrity.

User’s Manuals, Automated Scoring Services, Norm-Referenced Scoring, and other services

It is strongly recommended that researchers and workplace professionals acquire the Quick Reference Guide prior to administering the JDI or other scales. These documents describe the development, validity, and reliability of the scales, as well as the proper administration, scoring, and interpretation of the scales. We offer solutions that can help you quickly recode your data for interpretation (automated scoring) and even compare scores from your sample to scores obtained from a large-scale, nationally-representative sample of United States workers (norm-referenced scoring).

Source - http://www.bgsu.edu/arts-and-sciences/psychology/services/jdi.html

Up for discussion issues on work life balance

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#‎issues‬ on ‪#‎work‬ ‪#‎life‬ ‪#‎balance‬ ‪#‎wlb‬ now up for discussion athttps://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/psychometricianreviewer

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Psychometrician Licensure Exam Online Quiz Reviewer

Updated 28 October 2014

Practice Quiz

1) Psychological Assessment 
testmoz.com/321862
Quiz passcode - tagumpay

2) Abnormal Psychology 
testmoz.com/320019
Quiz passcode - mabuhay

Image source (revised) - https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/psychology-dictionary-challenge/id610302611?mt=8

Blog updated last 10 June 2014


Below are the results  of the quizzes as of  9 June 2014

Industrial Psychology
N= 57
Average Score
32%

Abnormal Psychology
N= 83
Average Score
51%

Theories of Personality
N= 35
Average Score
79%

Psychological Assessment
N=28
Average Score
57%

(N is the total test takers, it is okay to take the quiz as many times you want and continue to use a single user name so we do not count your test as different person. Average score, average of all the results from among the test takers - there are few exceptional/high scores and low scores and majority of the middle scores). Will make a new blog entry with graphical presentations.

Industrial psychology - difficulty lies on the names and dates. Check the TOS and basing from it, the exam will be more theoretical not factual/historical. Will be making new quizzes that are more TOS compliant. Watch out for them!

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Below are the links of our Psychometrician Licensure Exam Online Quiz Reviewer, very short quiz of 20 items. Please note that these quizzes were made prior to the release of the Tables of Specifications (TOS) - the outline, topics or coverage of the licensure exam.


1) Psychological Assessment 
testmoz.com/321862
Quiz passcode - tagumpay

2) Industrial Psychology 
testmoz.com/320688
Quiz passcode: pag-asa

3) Abnormal Psychology 
testmoz.com/320019
Quiz passcode - mabuhay

4) Theories of Personality
https://testmoz.com/321176
Quiz passcode - kalayaan

We would like to solicit support from you should you want to help improve these quizzes  and share also with others who are doing self-review. You might want to add questions for the quizzes and share notes about the topics/subjects.

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Also, try to comment and give us feedback on the comment section below of this blog or this FB link - 

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We just created a google groups for our review. Please check your email for those who already signed up. Unfortunately if you are not using  gmail account you have to create one,  otherwise you will not be able to join the group.  Check your spam mail inbox for the invitation. 

What's the advantage of a google group? It will be much easier for us to go back to the discussions unlike in Facebook that it is so difficult to review and get back to the thread of the discussion because of new updates. Since this is an open forum and group discussion we hope that you can actively participate and interact with the rest of the members. Post questions and answer questions and give your opinions and ideas backed up with source and references to make it credible. We have to keep the focus and refrain spamming the group with unrelated topics, otherwise moderators will ban you.

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For many of us doing self-review helping each other will make our review much better and easier.

PAP holds Orientation on the Psychology Licensure Exam

After the released of the Tables of Specifications  for the Psychologists and Psychometricians Licensure Exam, the Psychological Association of the Philippines (PAP) in partnership with the Professional Regulatory Board of Psychology will hold an Orientation on the Psychology Licensure Exam. When we called PAP Secretariat and clarifies if Psychometrician will also be covered they answered in the affirmative.

So it is encouraged that those who are taking the licensure exam this October 2014 should attend this very important orientation to know more about the contents and approaches that will be used for the said exams. The orientation seminar is open to Psychology faculty, students and alumni, specifically for those taking the licensure exam.

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Registration fee will be collected to those who will attend the orientation.

PAP Members who preregistered  - PhP 300.00 
PAP Members walk-in                     PhP 400.00

Non PAP Members preregistered     PhP 400.00
Non PAP Members walk-in              Php 500.00

To register please take note of the following:

1) Register on or before June 13, 2014. 

2) Pay registration fee via BPI Current Account :
Psychological Association of the Philippines
CA# 0421 0208 68

3) Email deposit slip with your name (participant/s name) to pap_1962_08@yahoo.com

4) Wait for PAP Secretariat acknowledgement.

5) Conctact PAP Secretariat - 0915 847 7727 (Globe) or Tel nos. 453 8257


Details of the orientation

Orientation on the Psychology Licensure Exam
18 June 2014
9:00 - 11:30 AM
Philippine Social Science Council (PSSC) Auditorium
PSSC Bldg., Commonwealth Avenue, Diliman Quezon City
PAP Secretariat - 0915 847 7727 (Globe) or Tel nos. 453 8257


Check Google map here -
https://maps.google.com.ph/maps?ie=UTF-8&q=google+map+PSSC+Diliman+Quezon+City&fb=1&gl=ph&hq=PSSC&hnear=0x3397b7a8473fbad5:0x7a660141d92d88e6,Diliman,+Quezon+City


PSSC is located at Commonwealth Avenue, among the landmarks:

1) Few meters away from Philcoa - Philippine Coconut Authority

2) Across UP Diliman - College of Human Kinetics

3) PSSC Building is near Iglesia ni Kristo/New Era University 

Tables of Specifications for Psychometricians Licensure Exam

A. Psychological Assessment

Outcome	Weight	No. of items
1. Apply technical concepts, basic principles and topics of psychometrics and psychological assessment.	20%	29
2. Describe the process, research methods and statistics used in test development and standardization.	20%	29
3. Identify the importance, benefits and limitations of psychological assessment	10%	19
4. Identify, assess, and evaluate the methods and tools of psychological assessment relative to the specific purpose and context: school, hospital, industry, and community.	20%	29
5. Evaluate the administration and scoring procedures of intelligence and objective personality tests and other alternative forms of tests.	15%	22
6. Apply ethical considerations and standards in the various dimensions of psychological assessment.	15%	22
TOTAL	100%	150

B. Theories of Personality

Outcome	Weight	No. of items
1. Recognize and differentiate basic theories and perspectives of personality.	80%	80
2. Identify the socio-cultural and environmental factors that may impact personality.	10%	10
3. Identify relevant Filipino/indigenous concepts in understanding personality.	10%	10
TOTAL	100%	100

C. Abnormal Psychology

Outcome	Weight	No. of items
1. Distinguish between pathological and non-pathological manifestations of behavior.	20%	20
2. Recognize common psychological disorders given specific symptoms.	20%	20
3. Use major psychological theories, particularly the commonly recognized ones, in explaining how psychological problems are caused and how they develop.	30%	30
4. Identify the socio-cultural factors that may impact on problem-identification and diagnosis of abnormal behavior.	15%	15
5. Apply appropriate ethical principles and standards in diagnosing cases of abnormal behavior.	15%	15
	100%	100

D. Industrial Psychology

Outcome	Weight	No. of items
1. Discuss the major considerations and principles of employee selection.	20%	20
2. Describe the process and principles in employee training and development.	20%	20
3. Apply the major principles in performance evaluation.	15%	15
4. Apply the major theories of motivation in designing and administering rewards.	15%	15
5. Apply basic theories in team dynamics.	10%	10
6. Differentiate the various functions involved in Human Resource Management.	10%	10
7. Recognize issues of work life balance and well-being in the workplace.	10%	10
	100%	100

Refer to this link - http://psychometricpinas.blogspot.com/2014/05/just-released-table-of-specifications.html