PY 358 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Electrodermal Activity, Biofeedback, Thematic Apperception Test
13 Sep 2016
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Deciding what assessment procedures and instruments to administer. Tailoring an assessment: differential diagnosis is a process in which a clinician weights how likely it is that a person has one diagnosis instead of another. Screening (identify psychological problems or predict the risk for future problems) Treatment plan (individual"s plan of care to meet mental health needs) And the usual properties of assessment instruments are . Standardization: test is given the same way each time it is given. Normative comparisons: test used to compare scores from same age and gender peers. Self-report measures (asks patients to evaluate their own symptoms) Types of assessments: clinical interviews, psychological tests, behavioral assessments, psychophysiological assessments. Conversation between an interviewer and a patient to gather information. Purpose of interviews (screening, diagnosis, treatment planning, or outcome evaluation) Types of interviews: -unstructured- no specific questions going in, -structured- has a set of questions to an algorithm. Personality tests: psychological test that measures personality characteristics.
