PSYC 2130 Lecture 2: Psych 2130 - Lecture 2 - 01_14_2019.1
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What you get in terms of a personality assessment depends on a large extent on who you see. Not a getting to know you process, it can carry a great deal of weight. Even if people use objective tests some of them rely on some instruments, and some rely on diff ones. Every doctor won"t give the same diagnoses. What are they designed to do - they vary depending on function. Level of structure - vary on the level of structure. Mmpi - test booklet - like an exam - very very structured - 500 questions in a particular order and you indicate your answers on a scantron sheet. ____ - give a paper and they are sentence you need to complete about yourself. Method of construction - vary on the method on construction. Current theory and data literature - that"s how you would do your thesis - how to define a term.