PSY 3400 Lecture Notes - Rorschach Test, Sensorium, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder
18 Sep 2013
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Operant conditioning: learning that occurs based on consequences: reinforces: frequency of behavior increases, punishment: frequency of behavior decreases. Types of reinforcement/punishment (positive or negative: positive: something is added, negative: something is taken away. Consequence: what happens after the behavior: appetitive: pleasant, individual wants to approach, aversive: unpleasant, individual wants to avoid. Appetitive consequence added: behavior decreases (punishment) Evaluation of biopsychosocial factors in an individual with possible psychological disorders. Common functions of clinical assessment: to understand the individual: understand stressors, childhood, etc , to diagnose psychological disorders, to plan treatment: what research suggests will help the most, to evaluate treatment outcome: assess if it is really helping. Accurate clinical assessment depends on the quality of the measurement tools. Key properties of test scores: reliability: will the tool produce consistent results. Example: test re-tester and inter-rater reliability: validity: does the tool measure what it is supposed to measure. Discriminant: different results than overall well being: standardization.
