Section 24.12.01.150 - EDUCATIONAL AND CREDENTIALING REQUIREMENTS FOR LICENSUREApplicants who receive a doctoral degree from a program accredited by the American Psychological Association are considered to have met all criteria outlined.
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.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.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:a. Biological Bases of Behavior: Physiological psychology, comparative psychology, neuropsychology, sensation and perception, psychopharmacology.b. Cognitive-Affective Bases of Behavior: Learning, cognition, motivation, emotion.c. Social Bases of Behavior: Social psychology, group processes, organizational and systems theory.d. Individual Differences: Personality theory, human development, abnormal psychology.e. Scientific and Professional Standards and Ethics.f. Research Design and Methodology.g. Techniques of Data Analysis: statistics, multivariate statistics, factor analysis, multiple regression, non-parametric statistics.h. Psychological Measurement: psychometric principles, test theory, personality assessment, cognitive assessment.i. History and Systems of Psychology.j. Multiculturalism and Individual Diversity.Idaho Admin. Code r. 24.12.01.150