PSYC 2130 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Convergent Validity, Content Validity, Hermann Rorschach
31 Oct 2016
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Every psychological report should say something about the patients character. Candidacy: is this person a good candidate for psychological testing: for example, if the patient is evasive (doesn"t answer questions) or covertly hostile. Psychologists are called upon in various settings to make judgements about the patients character. Rorsasch test: designed to uncover unconscious motivation. Helps you provide a diagnosis, designed to help clinicians form a formal psychiatric diagnosis. Cards are meant to reveal unconscious feelings/motivations. There"s no such thing as a routine psychological assessment. Personality tests also vary in their level of structure. Personality tests also vary in how they are constructed. Tests much be rationally and theoretically derived: for example, cant say a non-shy person likes chocolate and shy likes vanilla. Reliability: the degree to which any measurement device give you consistent, stable measurements. Test-retest reliability in research and applied contexts. Validity: how well a given measurement device measure what it is supposed to measure.
