PS280 Study Guide - Comprehensive Final Guide: Dysthymia, Social Skills, Avolition
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Methods of assessment must be reliable an valid. Be aware of the sociocultural and ethic factors. Experiences (new to country, war, dr. to janitor) Medical history, age, marital status, family, education, lifestyle. If child, interview family too; consider resistance (e. g. , teen not wanting help) For teenager, always start with separate sessions: unstructured interview; open-ended verbal info and non-verbal cues, semi-structured interview, structured interview; very specific in order and wording, rules governing evaluation of responses scid (structured clinical interview for dsm) -> People tend to reveal more to a computer than to a human interviewer (their therapist) 10 content scales + additional validity scales (567 items t. f, cannot say) Require minimal clinical inference in scoring and interpretation. Tests that reveals info the person cannot or will not report directly; ambiguous stimuli: rorschach inkblot test: stimuli = inkblots. Interested in: content (look for themes, concerns, style of response (small details vs. whole; hesitations, thematic apperception test:
