Three Days Workshop on Projective Tests

Date: 21-22 September 2013

Proposed to be organized by Department of Psychology

Resource Person: Dr. Shweta Rai (Assistant Professor, Department of Clinical Psychology, MCOAHS, Kasturba Hospital, Udupi, Karnataka)

A projective test is a personality test designed to let a person respond to ambiguous stimuli, presumably revealing hidden emotions and internal conflicts. This is sometimes contrasted with a so-called "objective test" in which responses are analyzed according to a universal standard (for example, a multiple choice exam). The responses to projective tests are content analyzed for meaning rather than being based on presuppositions about meaning, as is the case with objective tests. Projective tests have their origins in psychoanalytic psychology, which argues that humans have conscious and unconscious attitudes and motivations that are beyond or hidden from conscious awareness.

The objective of the workshop is to make the students of post-graduate level aware of the projective tests. This will give them hands-on experience on how to use different projective tests such as Thematic Apperception Test, Children Apperception Test and Rorschach Inkblot Test. This will also help them in assessing the personality of the people. These tests are the core of clinical psychology and the knowledge of this technique will enable them to become efficient members of psychological fraternity.

This workshop will be beneficial for the students not only in terms of understanding the projective tests but the instructor will be emphasizing on the clinical use and their use in psychotherapy also. 
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Three Days Workshop - Data Analysis and Interpretation in Psychological Research - 15-17 February 2013

Three Days Workshop

(Data Analysis and Interpretation in Psychological Research)

Date: 15-17 February 2013

Proposed to Organize by Department of Psychology

Psychology is a science and it relies on scientific research to study behaviors and mental processes. In comparison to personal observations and experiences, scientific research is systematic and it results in reliable and objective scientific findings.

Research is central to all the activities of psychologists. A key assumption of psychology is that a first-rate psychologist – researcher or practitioner – needs to be familiar with the way in which good research is carried out. This enables them to determine the adequacy and value of the findings claimed from a particular study. The scientific method has four major steps to it, which fall in logical order: conceptualizing the problem, collecting the data, analyzing the data, and drawing conclusions. After completing the first three steps, the fourth one is to analyze the data and interpret it to draw conclusions. In order to analyze the data, psychologists rely on statistical techniques, which are mathematical methods.

SPSS is a Windows based program that can be used to perform data entry and analysis and to create tables and graphs. All of these tasks occupy a pivotal position in extracting the meaning from raw data in psychological research. SPSS is capable of handling large amounts of data. It is commonly used in the Social Sciences, so familiarity with this program is a very important issue for students undertaking dissertations and research projects. The main purpose of the workshop is to help students to get trained in data entry, analysis and interpretation using SPSS software.

Workshop will provide participants a comprehensive introduction of SPSS software and hands on experience in entering the data, performing calculations, interpretation of results and graphical representation of data. As using appropriate statistical methods, getting precise results and analyzing the data are very important for conducting quality research work, this workshop would be highly fruitful for students aspiring to handle the research projects in the future efficiently and independently.
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