PSY 034 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Surface Science, Psy

• School: College of The Sequoias
• Department: Psychology (PSY)
• Course: PSY 034
• Professor: Vannasone

Document Summary

We may just be getting to the surface and not to the specific things occurring with an. No natural boundaries: two people could have the classification with a depressive episode in a different way but still be considered depressed, clinical assessment. Characteristics of strong assessment tools: reliability measurement consistency. Kinds of reliability: interrader reliability different observers should agree upon the diagnosis 2. Often first face-to-face contact between client and therapist/assessor/program. Used to collect detailed info especially personal history about client. Allow interviewer to focus on whatever topics they consider most important depending on purpose & context. Structure: prepared questions, often from a published interview schedule o. Semi-structured: carefully planned questions, flexibility for follow-up o in between. If she eluded to something that referred to the dsm he would put through close-ended questions that would confirm these points at the dsm. Unstructured able to say more things than yes or no.