PSYC 2300H Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Socalled, Standard Deviation, Dementia

• School: Trent University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 2300H
• Professor: Agostino

Document Summary

Clinical assessment: lecture will focus on the various types of clinical assessments that are used to evaluate psychological and behavioural problems. Therapeutic assessment: the basic premise of therapeutic assessment: It can provide new insights, a sense of relief, a more mindful approach to cope with life challenges, or simply the sense that someone is taking an interest and cares. Finn and tonsager (1992) found that providing personality score feedback to students awaiting therapy lowered their distress and raised self-esteem: telling perfectionistic students about their perfectionism reduced emotional reactivity and psychological distress (aldea, rice, gormley, & rojas, 2010). Finn (2007) suggested a key early session is the assessment interview that takes place shortly after test results are available. Here the client will discuss his or her problems in living as the assessor/therapist begins the process of relating these problems to test feedback.