Psychology 2030A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Twin, Psych, Abnormal Psychology

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 2030A/B
• Professor: Ian Nicholson

Document Summary

Single-case designs: experimental studies conducted with a single individual, most common. Abab: advantages, controlled study = some causality, individual serves as his/her own control group, limitations, not generalize results to heterogeneous groups, not address the impact of individual differences (age, sex, and ethnicity, abab. B (take something away and if there is a drop this variable may be causing a change) **taking someone off of a drug and anxiety levels** Clinical assessment: gathering info to make decision about the nature, status, and treatment of psychological problems, begins with a set o referral questions that determine goals od assessment. Cases of misdiagnosis: deafness vs intellectual disability, epilepsy vs schizophrenia, medication reaction vs depression, brain tumor vs anorexia nervosa. Developmental and cultural considerations: age, developmental status, people involved in testing, nature of test chosen, testing environment, culturally fair . Assessment instruments: self-report measures (patients evaluate symptoms, clinician-rated measures (clinician rates symptoms, types of assessments, clinical interviews, psychological tests, behavioural assessments, psychophysiological assessments.