PSYB45H3 Lecture Notes - Contrive, Parietal Lobe, Psychopathy
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Clinical assessment procedures are more or less formal ways of finding out what is wrong with a person, what may have caused the problem or problems and what steps must be taken to improve the individuals condition. Refers to the consistency of a measurement. Inter-rater reliability the degree to which independent observers or judges agree: test-retest reliability measures the extent to which people being observed twice or taking the same test twice, score in generally the same way. Relys on the theory that people will not change between testings ex. Intelligence: alternate-form reliability the extent to which scores on the two forms of the test are consistent. Internal consistency reliability whether the items on a test are related to one another ex. If you report a dry mouth in anxiety situation when you should report muscle tension aswell. Whether a measure fulfills the intended purpose. Related to reliability unreliable measures will not have good validity.
