PSYC 235 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Sensorium, Presenting Problem, Physical Examination
3 Jan 2017
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Key: finding a thread (pattern) that helps solve the case. Can be limited by orientation/bias as a psychologists (conceptualization by how people work, ie. freudian perspective: multi-dimensional approach, narrow down to specific problem areas. Ie. table 3. 1 in book ocd: assessments specific to features of disorder. Ie. measure how tall you are using a ruler (not a wet strand of spaghetti: test-retest reliability: test produces similar results when given at two points in time (measure same thing on monday and then friday) Scores can diffe(cid:396) if its dep(cid:396)essio(cid:374) it would(cid:374)"t (cid:271)e that different - there is consistency. Internal reliability: different parts of same test produce similar results: Problem: must have only 1 factor ie depression - only asks about mood, should be reliable and consistent. Vs. depression with many factors, should still be reliable because all factors should be elevated - consistent. Inter-rater / inter-judge reliability: two+ raters/judges who administer and score a test come to similar conclusions.
