PSYCH 270 Study Guide - Final Guide: Construct Validity, Personality Test, Scientific Method
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The first step to studying and treating any disorder is diagnosis: the diagnostic test must be reliable and valid, there are many types of reliability and validity. Inter-rater, test retest, alternate form, and internal consistency reliablity: content, criterion, predictable, construct validity. The dsm was created in 1952 to create more validity and reliablity in diagnosis. The dsm 5 made several changes: no longer multiaxial system. To diagnose a patient, several measures are taken: cinician assessment where a certified individual interviews another while paying attention to behavior, emotion, thoughts, and presentation of self. Intelligence tests may be given to assess for cognitive impairment (iq tests: brain scans may be done to assess brain activity rates, pet or fmri, sometimes neurocognitive battery test are conducted asking for tasks to be completed. There is some level of difficulty in translating the tests across cultures due to differences in beliefs.
