PY 358 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Chartered Management Institute, Psychological Testing, Personality Test

• School: University of Alabama
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PY 358
• Professor: Theodore Tomeny

Document Summary

Process of gathering information about a person and his/her environment to make decisions about the nature, status, and treatment of psychological problems. Begins with a set of referral questions. Selection of appropriate psychological tests and measurements (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) Deciding what assessment procedures and instruments to administer. Tailoring an assessment to types of symptoms, age, and medical status (cid:1) Screening- identify psychological problems or predict the risk for future problems (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) Treatment plan- individual"s plan of care to meet mental health needs. Developmental and cultural considerations (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) Self-report measures- ask patients to evaluate their own symptoms. Conversation between an interviewer and a patient, the purpose of which is to gather information and make judgements related to assessment goals (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) Personality tests- psychological test that measures personality characteristics (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1)