CSP 280 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Hans Eysenck, Thematic Apperception Test, Psy

• School: University of Rochester
• Department: Clinical and Social Sciences in Psychology
• Course: CSP 280
• Professor: Estrada

Document Summary

Rorschach interpretation & validity: the exner"s system (uses location, form, color, shading, movement), content. In other words, incremental validity seeks to answer if the new test adds much information that might be obtained with simpler, already existing methods). Thematic apperception test (tat): shows patient a series of pictures and then patient makes up a story about each one and scoring systems are rarely used and reliability and validity almost impossible to assess. Sentence completion tasks: patient finishes a list of incomplete sentences and good reliability and objectivity and economical to administer. Personality assessments: assume problematic behaviors stem from problematic internal stable dispositions and goal of assessment is to look for signs of personality. Behavioral assessments: problematic behaviors are the problem and goal is to gather samples of the behavior and used in children in teens. Antecedent: child becomes aggressive when teacher isn"t paying attention.