PSYC 3330 Chapter 9: Clinical Psychology (DSM-5 Update) - Andrew Pomerantz

• School: University of Windsor
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 3330
• Professor: Cassandra Pasiak

Document Summary

Introduction: measuring cognitive performance hallmark of clinical psychology, some assessments . focus on cognitive issues from the beginning i. e. specific learning disorders, intellectual disabilities or giftedness. Others can provide important contextual information i. e. mood disorders or disruptive behaviours: 3 major tests related to cognitive functioning: Charles spearman: intelligence is one thing: charles spearman, 1990s, intelligence is a single characteristic g (general intelligence, he found a strong correlation between a wide range of abilities means that one factor underlies them all. Also acknowledged specific abilities s (minor role) Louis thurstone: intelligence is many things: louis thurstone opponent of spearman intelligence is many distinct abilities that have little relationship to one another. Pioneer of multiple factor analysis (stats procedure: used to identify underlying factors in a large data set. He found several independent factors verb comp. , numerical ability, spatial reasoning, and memory. Intelligence is not one thing, it is many things.