Eldon, Erin K. (2019) Validating a Measure of Psychological Literacy to Assess Global Citizenship. Honours thesis, University of Southern Queensland. (Unpublished)
Abstract
There is an increased movement towards accountability within the higher education system resulting in various efforts to formally identify expected graduate attributes following the completion of a degree. In the field of psychology, the concept of psychological literacy is considered to best encapsulate psychology-specific graduate attributes students must develop following an undergraduate education in psychology. Psychological literacy refers to an individual’s ability to apply psychological knowledge to meet personal, professional and societal needs. Despite being promoted by many as “the” graduate outcome, research into psychological literacy remains exploratory and definition focussed, with current assessments of the concept reliant on self-report measures. The current study presents as one of the earliest attempts at validating an objective measure of psychological literacy. The Test of Psychological Literacy remains in the piloting phase of development featuring 86 scenariobased items representing the core psychology topics. Using a correlational research design, the convergent validity of the research methods and statistics items were examined amongst two samples of undergraduate psychology students. Responses on the newly developed measure were compared with two pre-validate measures of psychological knowledge and demographic information. The current study produced no concrete results to support the convergent validity of the newly developed measure. Scores on The Test of Psychological Literacy displayed no correlation with scores on the pre-avidinated measures and participants reported year of study and usual course work grade. Future research opportunities within psychological literacy are extensive given the practicality of an objective measure which can be used to assess institutional efficiency to produce psychologically-literate graduates.
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| Item Type: | Thesis (Non-Research) (Honours) |
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| Faculty/School / Institute/Centre: | Historic - Faculty of Health, Engineering and Sciences - School of Psychology and Counselling (1 Jan 2015 - 31 Dec 2021) |
| Supervisors: | Tony Machin |
| Qualification: | Bachelor of Science (Honours) |
| Date Deposited: | 02 Sep 2025 01:46 |
| Last Modified: | 02 Sep 2025 01:46 |
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | psychological literacy; global citizens; global citizenship; psychology; undergraduate psychology; graduate attributes; higher education |
| Fields of Research (2008): | 17 Psychology and Cognitive Sciences > 1799 Other Psychology and Cognitive Sciences > 179999 Psychology and Cognitive Sciences not elsewhere classified |
| Fields of Research (2020): | 52 PSYCHOLOGY > 5299 Other psychology > 529999 Other psychology not elsewhere classified |
| URI: | https://sear.unisq.edu.au/id/eprint/52296 |
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