Psychology 2030A/B Lecture Notes - Sigmund Exner, Sweat Gland, Normal Distribution

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 2030A/B
• Professor: Shauna Burke

Document Summary

What assessment procedures and instruments to administer. Tailoring an assessment to types of symptoms, age and medical status. ** differential diagnosis is a process in which a clinician weighs how likely it is that a person has one diagnosis instead of another. Medication reaction vs depression: what kind of meds are they one, some meds (for other illnesses) can cause depression. And the usual properties of assessment instruments are Standardization: means, tests given to diff groups, must be done the same way. Tests must be given under same conditions, marked in same conditions. Take your age group and compare it to hundreds and hundreds of people you age: compare like characteristics with like (female with female, kids with kids) Reliability: test retest reliability, interrater agreement. Refer to red, green, yellow curve graph. Self-report measures (ask patients to evaluate their own symptoms) Conversations between an interviewer and a patient to gather information and make judgments related to assessment goals.