PSYC 3330 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Pragmatics, Artificial Insemination, Neuropsychological Assessment
31 Jan 2017
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Assessment is closely linked with the identity of clinical psychologists. No other mental health profession incorporates assessment in the same way clinical psychologists do (very in depth) Psychological assessment techniques: clinical interview, intellectual and neuropsychological assessment including: performance based tasks, iq, language, visual-spatial skills, attention, memory, process speed, executive functioning, sensory/motor functioning, etc, personality assessment: objective (questionnaires and/or rating scales) vs. projective (ex. Any assessment should have adequate validity (measures what it is supposed to measure), and reliability (yields consistent, repeatable results) Content validity: has content appropriate for what is being measured. Convergent validity: correlates with other techniques that measure the same thing. Discriminant validity: does not correlate with techniques that measure something else. Test-retest reliability: yields similar results across multiple administrations at different times. Interrater reliability: yields similar results across different administrators. Internal reliability: consists of items that are consistent with one another. Clinical utility is also important: improves delivery of services or client outcomes.
