PSYC 353 Lecture Notes - Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test, Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale, Beck Depression Inventory
17 Mar 2014
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Assessment: process of gathering information about people"s symptoms and the possible causes of these symptoms. Diagnosis: a label for a set of symptoms that often occur together, just identify set of symptoms. Validity: accuracy, does it measure what it"s supposed to measure. Standardization: promotes consistency (wear same thing every time step on scale, doesn"t mar weight) Face- measures what it seems like it"s supposed to measure: being tested on psychopathology on psych exam. Content- assesses all important aspect of phenomenon: exam on depression should incorporate all aspects of depression: mood, appetite, activity. Concurrent- yields the same results as other measures of same behavior, thoughts or feelings: his assessment of depression yields same result of established assessment. Predictive- predict behavior it is supposed to measure. Construct- measures what"s supposed to and not something else. Test- retest- test produces similar results when given at two points in time. Alternate form- two versions of same test produce similar results.
