O ensino da avaliação psicológica na graduação em psicologia: revisão da literatura

Abstract

Evaluation is necessary in different contexts psychologist because it provides valuable information on the subject that contribute to a more refined and accurate performance. Therefore, the purpose of this article was to review the Brazilian studies that deal with the psychological evaluation of education during graduation. Publications were identified in this subject in the country, from which it follows that the formation of professional in the field, even after a period of reformulations in educational guidelines, is still insufficient. To undergraduate students seem to lack knowledge that enable them to consider in what circumstances an assessment must be performed which are the best instruments to be used in each case and how to interpret, in context, the data obtained through the evaluation. This is an expected skill curriculum guidelines that must be, in fact, developed during the undergraduate and updated through continuing education. Only then, psychologists will come out of universities in condition to carry out adequate evaluation processes and provide diagnostic and prognostic safe.