PSY240H1 Chapter Notes -Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Beck Depression Inventory, Thematic Apperception Test
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Assessment: the process of gathering information about people"s symptoms and their possible causes. Diagnosis: a label attached to a set of symptoms that tend to occur together. Symptoms and history: current symptoms and their severity and chronicity, interference with functioning, coping methods, recent events, history of psychological problems, family history of disorders. Physiological and neurophysiological factors: physical examination, drug use, cognitive functioning and intellectual functioning (relevant to making a differential diagnosis: a determination of all the possible disorders) To understand and gain information of predisposing factors (family history, prolong homelessness), precipitating factors (traumatic event, loss/rejection), and perpetuating factors (isolation, stress) Validity: the accuracy of a test in assessing what it is aiming to measure. Face validity: test appears to measure what it is supposed to measure. Content validity: test assesses all important aspects of a phenomenon. Concurrent validity: test yields the same results as other measures of the same behaviour, thoughts, or feelings.
