PSC 168 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Beck Depression Inventory, Intelligence Quotient, Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale
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Done by showing the relationship between a test and other tests and measures: construct validation involves assembling evidence about what a test really means, development of measures: Varies in terms of specificity of behavior from molecular to global which is associated with level of inference required from the observer: problems: validity of observations when patient is from another culture. Reactivity- knowledge or awareness of being observed affects person"s behavior: hawthorne effect, interviews: most common use of assessment. Affected by professional: standardization: degree of structured determine by relative presence (struggled. Criticisms: subjective interpretation, cultural influences: psychological tests and inventories. Projective personality tests: ambiguous stimulus such that person projects personal motives, needs, and conflicts into stimulus. Test taker answers specific written questions or selects specific responses: tat, self-report inventories person"s interpersonal needs from a list of alternatives, mmpi, mmpi-2, beck depression inventory, intelligence tests. Obtain intelligence quotient (iq) or estimate of current level of cognitive functioning.
