PSYC 2280 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Single-Photon Emission Computed Tomography, Predictive Validity, Thematic Apperception Test
8 Dec 2015
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Ve domains: physical examination, may recommend to rule out medical conditions that are associated with psychological disorders and those that may masquerade as psychological disorders. Purpose is to identify problematic behaviours and environmental events that may become targets of therapeutic intervention. Projective tests: arose out of the psychoanalytic tradition and cover methods in which ambiguous stimuli are presented to a person who is asked to state what s/he sees. The theory is that people will project their own true personality, unconscious thoughts, and fears onto the ambiguous test stimuli and will reveal their hidden unconscious thoughts: rorschach inkblot test, thematic apperception test (tat) Personality inventories: empirically grounded (i. e. , collection and interpretation of data, minnesota multiphasic personality inventory (mmpi, Mmpi-2, mmpi-a: responses examined for patterns referenced to. T/f response to statements (vs. rating scales) speci c groups: validity scales (l lie; f infrequency; k. Tedious, time-consuming (and tx implications?: psychometric properties, intelligence quotient (iq): score, mental age, deviation iq.
