PSY 2200 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Inter-Rater Reliability, Neurosis, Psychopathology

• School: St. John's University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSY 2200
• Professor: Eric B. Fields

Document Summary

**examples of formal (objective, projective) and informal measures of assessing abnormal behavior and psychopathology** Helps with research in terms of specificity. Dsm - 1,2, and 3 - increased levels of specificity and thus inter-rater reliability (ie, neurosis and psychosis -> more specific categories of disorders -> multi-axial system (axes 1-5) Dsm-iv - disorders based on scientific research not mere expert opinion and increased inter-rater reliability. Dsm-v - utilized newer and more abundant research studies and elimination of multi-axial system. Basic psychology - area or division of psychology that generates new knowledge mostly by research; scientists (ie, social, cognitive, developmental, psychotherapy, neuro-psychology, etc. ) Applied psychology - area of division of psychology that utilizes research findings to solve problems with individuals, groups, organizations, etc. ; practitioners/clinicians (ie, clinical, school, or industrial-organizational psychologist) External validity - how generalizable of the results or how applicable are they to the.