PSYB32H3 Chapter Notes - Chapter 4: Differential Diagnosis, Mental Health Professional, Neurology
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Reliability and validity in assessment psychometrics is a field that exists just for the study of reliability and validity. Psychological assessment psychological assessment techniques are designed to determine cognitive, emotional, personality, and behavioural factors in psychopathological functioning. We interpret the term interview as any interpersonal encounter, conversational in style, in which one person, the interviewer, uses language as the principal means of finding out about the interviewee. Rogers argued that structured clinical interviews are essential to improve the validity of diagnoses. The international personality disorder examination has been translated into 10 languages, and as a result, is suited for use across different cultures. The main point made by rogers is that many structured clinical interviews are available and should have high clinical utility across assessment situations. Personality inventories personality inventory a self-report questionnaire by which an examinee indicates whether statements assessing habitual tendencies apply to him/her.
