A REFLECTION ON THE CONTRIBUTION OF THE PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSESSMENT LABORATORY IN THE ACADEMIC-PROFESSIONAL TRAINING IN PSYCHOLOGY

• Autor(a) principal: Rodrigues, Tatiane Aparecida Batista
• Data de Publicação: 2019
• Outros Autores: Silva, Luciana de Araújo Mendes, Mendes, Delza Ferreira
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Psicologia e Saúde em Debate
• Texto Completo: https://psicodebate.dpgpsifpm.com.br/index.php/periodico/article/view/508
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Introduction: Psychological assessment is an important and exclusive practice of the psychologist and constantly expanding. This is a field of professional practice that must be exercised through proper training. Given this reality, Psychology undergraduate courses should strive for practices in this area that enable future action by their academics efficiently. In this sense, the training of the psychologist must be a concern of the Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) and the Psychological Assessment laboratory is a teaching and research space that strengthens the theory by practice. Objective: The objective of this research was to report the importance of the Psychological Evaluation Laboratory functioning in the formation of the Psychology professional, in a Private Higher Education Institution of the Alto Paranaiba Region, Minas Gerais State, Brazil. Methodology: This is a qualitative study of documentary nature plus a conceptual review of the literature. The documentary data were researched at the Psychological Evaluation Laboratory of the Department of Undergraduate and Postgraduate Psychology of Patos de Minas College; private non-profit institution. Data collection and analysis took place from October to December 2018 with visits to the referred laboratory. Considerations: It was observed in the researched literature the importance of higher education institutions in the practical training of competent psychologists for the performance in psychological assessment in their various fields. It is understood that the academic and continuing education is relevant and is linked to the ethical and technical problems that are present in the practice of psychological assessment in the Brazilian reality. Based on the documentary analysis, it can be stated that the HEI Psychological Assessment Laboratory to which the author is linked is a study space that greatly contributes to the psychologist's professional training practice, through which research is produced, favoring the improvement and valuing, increasingly, the professional of the area.