PSY240H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Cognitive Test, Army Beta, Army Alpha
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Psychiatry and psychology parted ways in the 1940s (psychologists wanted to study behaviour scientifically and empirically) started with assessing people who are going to war in the 40s ww2 = birth of psychology. Assessment is an ongoing process (poor validity and reliability of dsm makes assessment an ongoing process, even after a diagnosis is over) There are psychologists that just do assessment (due to it being such a lengthy and difficult process) How you think = cognitive test, how you feel = personality test. Binet"s focus was on children: terman (army alpha and army beta) beginnings of testing and assessment to determine what trade of the military should people be in according to their scores. Led to a number of tests (e. g. , sat, gre, lsat: norm reference tests or criterion referenced tests (for students) Three types of assessment: (interview, observation, testing: interview. Most information derived from interviewed (ask questions, expect answers)
