CLP-3305 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Body Dysmorphic Disorder, Major Depressive Disorder, Social Anxiety Disorder
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Tests can be reliable but not valid: what is a referral and how does it impact assessment, referral the reason the client is seeking treatment/testing. Method of addressing the referral is not standardized, depends on clinician"s theoretical orientation: assessment an evaluation of an individual, usually intended to identify a psychological problem and offer solutions. A face-to-face interaction with a goal in mind. Goals are usually to elicit information, beliefs, and attitudes: physical arrangements should be professional and private but comfortable/inviting, rapport what it is and is not, why is it important, rapport the relationship between client and clinician. If the relationship is not good, the client is less likely to open up. Chapter 7 (intelligence assessment: what were the first intelligence tests for children and adults, children: binet-simon scale (1908) assessed cognitive limitations among children to establish who was having learning problems and who was having behavioral problems.
