JUPA Psychology Proficiency Test

JUPA Psychology Proficiency Test (心理学検定, Shinri gaku Kentei)[1] is a test designed to measure the knowledge of psychology by Japanese Union of Psychological Association.[2]

JUPA Psychology Proficiency Test was firstly held 2008, and as of 2018, the examination will be held at 14 different centres in Japan.

## Contents

* 1 Content
* 2 Result
* 3 Subjects
* 4 Fee
* 5 Merit
* 6 References

## Content

JUPA Psychology Proficiency Test examines the knowledge and abilities of psychology which can be learned through university education.

The test consists of 10 modules , and based on the number of modules that the examinees pass, they can be awarded the following three grades:

* Grade 2: Pass 3 modules (including 2 modules from A category)
* Grade 1: Pass 6 modules (including 4 modules from A category)
* Upper Grade 1: Pass all 10 modules

The examination for each module consists of 20 multiple choice questions.

## Result

The examinees receive the test result as Pass/Fail, with the standard score (M=50, SD=10).

## Subjects

[Category A]

１．Principle, Research methods, and History．

２．Learning, Cognition, and Perception.

３．Developmental psychology and Educational psychology

４．Social psychology, Feeling and character

５．Clinical psychology

[Category B]

６．Neuropsychology and Psychophysiology

７．Statistics

８．Industrial and Organizational psychology

９．Health psychology and Human Services psychology

10．Criminal psychology and Psychology of delinquency

## Fee

(Individual application)

3 subjects – 6,480 JPY

6 subjects – 8,640 JPY

8 subjects – 10,800 JPY

## Merit

The examinees who pass Grade 2 can be admitted to be a member of several professional associations.

* The Japan Association of Applied Psychology[3]

* The Japanese Association of Counseling Science[4]

* The Japanese Association of Health Psychology[5]

## References

1. ↑ "Psychology Proficiency Test". http://www.jupaken.jp/.
2. ↑ "Japanese Union of Psychological Association". https://jupa.jp/.
3. ↑ "The Japan Association of Applied Psychology". https://j-aap.jp/.
4. ↑ "The Japanese Association of Counseling Science". http://www.jacs1967.jp/.
5. ↑ "The Japanese Association of Health Psychology". http://jahp.wdc-jp.com/english/index.html.

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