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Psychometrician Licensure Examination coverage (Psychometrician)
Here is exactly what the Psychometrician Licensure Examination tests: the 4 subjects, how much each is weighted, and every topic under them, mapped straight to the board's published coverage. The ExamJuan reviewer is built one lesson at a time against this outline, so nothing on the exam catches you off guard.
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- Who can take it
- Graduates of a Bachelor of Arts or Bachelor of Science in Psychology (or an allied degree the Board recognizes) from a CHED-recognized program. Unlike the Psychologist exam, the Psychometrician exam does not require a master’s degree — it is the entry licence for psychometric and testing work.
- Format
- 100% multiple choice across four subjects sat over two days: Developmental Psychology (20%), Abnormal Psychology (20%), Industrial-Organizational Psychology (20%), and Psychological Assessment / Psychometrics (40%). Psychological Assessment carries the heaviest weight — nearly half the exam.
- When
- Held by the PRC, commonly once or twice a year over two consecutive days (morning and afternoon sessions). Confirm exact dates on the PRC exam schedule at prc.gov.ph.
- Passing
- 75% general average, with no subject rating below 60%
Table of specifications
Subjects and weights
The Psychometrician is scored across 4 subjects. Each one counts toward your general average, so the reviewer gives every subject the depth its weight demands.
| Subject | Weight |
|---|---|
| Developmental Psychology | 20% |
| Abnormal Psychology | 20% |
| Industrial-Organizational Psychology | 20% |
| Psychological Assessment | 40% |
| Total | 100% |
Topics
What is tested, subject by subject
Developmental Psychology
20% of examHow humans change across the lifespan: the grand theories, prenatal beginnings, cognitive and language growth, attachment and moral development, and the passage through adolescence, adulthood, and aging.
- Foundations, grand theories, issues, and research methods in lifespan development
- Prenatal development, heredity and environment, and the newborn
- Physical and brain development across infancy, childhood, and the lifespan
- Cognitive development: Piaget, Vygotsky, and the information-processing view
- Language development and moral development (Kohlberg and Gilligan)
- Social and emotional development: attachment, temperament, and Erikson’s psychosocial stages
- Adolescence, emerging and middle adulthood, late adulthood and aging, and death and dying
Abnormal Psychology
20% of examDefining and classifying disorder, then the major diagnostic groups: anxiety and trauma, mood, psychotic, personality, neurodevelopmental, and the rest — at the depth a Psychometrician screens and refers.
- Concepts of abnormality, classification systems (DSM/ICD), and diagnosis
- Anxiety, obsessive-compulsive, and trauma- and stressor-related disorders
- Depressive and bipolar disorders and suicide risk
- Schizophrenia spectrum and other psychotic disorders
- Personality, neurodevelopmental, and neurocognitive disorders
- Somatic, dissociative, feeding and eating, and substance-related disorders
Industrial-Organizational Psychology
20% of examPsychology applied to work: job analysis and selection, testing and appraisal, motivation and satisfaction, leadership and teams, and the culture, development, and health of organizations in the Philippine setting.
- Foundations of I/O psychology, its history, and the world of work
- Job analysis, competency modeling, and performance criteria
- Recruitment, selection, and psychological testing in organizations
- Training and development and performance appraisal
- Work motivation, job attitudes, and job satisfaction
- Leadership, groups and teams, communication, and organizational culture
- Organizational development, work stress and occupational health, and the Philippine labor context
Psychological Assessment
40% of examThe heaviest subject — nearly half the exam: psychometric principles, test construction, intelligence and personality testing, the interview, and the statistics that make a score mean something.
- Psychometric principles: reliability, validity, and standardization
- Test construction, item analysis, and norms
- Statistics for assessment: descriptive statistics, correlation, and standard scores
- Intelligence and cognitive ability testing
- Personality assessment: objective and projective methods
- The clinical interview, mental status exam, and behavioral and neuropsychological assessment
- Ethics of testing, administration, scoring, interpretation, and report writing
How the Psychometrician is passed
A general average of at least 75%, with no subject rating below 60%. You need a weighted general average of at least 75% with no grade below 60% in any of the four subjects (RA 10029). Because Psychological Assessment is weighted 40% and the other three 20% each, the general average is a WEIGHTED mean — a strong Assessment score moves your average almost twice as much as any other subject.
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