Idaho Administrative Code
Title IDAPA 24 - Occupational and Professional Licenses, Division of
Rule 24.12.01 - RULES OF THE IDAHO STATE BOARD OF PSYCHOLOGIST EXAMINERS
Section 24.12.01.150 - EDUCATIONAL AND CREDENTIALING REQUIREMENTS FOR LICENSURE

Universal Citation: ID Admin Code 24.12.01.150

Current through August 31, 2023

Applicants who receive a doctoral degree from a program accredited by the American Psychological Association are considered to have met all criteria outlined. (3-28-23)

01. Training in Professional Psychology. Training in professional psychology is doctoral training offered in an institution of higher education that is accredited by a regional accrediting organization recognized by the United States Department of Education. The program must stand as a recognizable and coherent program in the institution. (3-28-23)

02. Training Program. The curriculum must encompass a minimum of three (3) academic years of full-time graduate study, one (1) of which is in physical residence at the degree-granting institution. The program must include a supervised practicum and pre-doctoral internship. Pre-doctoral internships must be completed at a member site of the Association of Psychology Postdoctoral and Internship Centers, or sites demonstrating an equivalent program. (3-28-23)

03. Content of Program. The program must be an integrated, organized sequence of study, with a recognized sequence of study. It must have an identifiable psychology faculty and body of students who are matriculated in that program for the purposes of receiving a degree. Minimal competence is demonstrated by passing a three (3) credit semester graduate course (or a five (5) credit quarter graduate course) in each of the substantive areas listed below: (3-28-23)

a. Biological Bases of Behavior: Physiological psychology, comparative psychology, neuropsychology, sensation and perception, psychopharmacology. (3-28-23)

b. Cognitive-Affective Bases of Behavior: Learning, cognition, motivation, emotion. (3-28-23)

c. Social Bases of Behavior: Social psychology, group processes, organizational and systems theory. (3-28-23)

d. Individual Differences: Personality theory, human development, abnormal psychology. (3-28-23)

e. Scientific and Professional Standards and Ethics. (3-28-23)

f. Research Design and Methodology. (3-28-23)

g. Techniques of Data Analysis: statistics, multivariate statistics, factor analysis, multiple regression, non-parametric statistics. (3-28-23)

h. Psychological Measurement: psychometric principles, test theory, personality assessment, cognitive assessment. (3-28-23)

i. History and Systems of Psychology. (3-28-23)

j. Multiculturalism and Individual Diversity. (3-28-23)

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