PSYB32H3 Chapter Notes - Chapter 4: Rorschach Test, Thematic Apperception Test, Anxiety Disorder
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Recognition tests recognizing the content over memorizing. Look for stuff that the prof has focused on. Stuff that has been mentioned in both the lecture and the textbook usually are a good indication. Answers will be found in the book. Most psychologists spend the majority of their time in assessment over treatment. Psychologists have the ability to test, which ends up helping society (criminal, medical, etc. ) Internal consistency reliability want to make sure that all the items on a test are measuring the same thing. You don t want half the test asking about a person s depression and half asking where they buy their shoes. Content validity if you are measuring something, it is only valid if you measure as much of the content as exists: given a depression inventory, you don t just ask about their appetite and sleeping. It needs to ask about all the symptoms that are associated with the disorder.
