Psychology 2030A/B Chapter Notes - Chapter 3: Millon Clinical Multiaxial Inventory, Rorschach Test, Sensitivity And Specificity

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 2030A/B
• Professor: David Vollick

Document Summary

Goals of assessment begins with a set of referral questions that determine goals of assessment and selection of appropriate tests. Conversations to gather information and make judgements related to the assessment goals. Can be a part of screening, diagnosis, treatment planning or outcome evaluation. Unstructured, may be part of initial interview, with open/closed-ended questions, likely to be unreliable in diagnosis; more flexibility. Self-referent comparisons compare to a group, with regard to the person"s and group"s characteristics use standard deviation (>2 sd is meaningfully different, present in only 5% of population) compare to the same person"s history. Validity test-retest reliability (same person, same test, different times) Age and developmental status are the two main things. Clinician-rated measures (clinician rates symptoms) subjective (patient"s perceptions)/objective structured(all patients asked same questions)/unstructured. Structured; can also be semi-structured; greater reliability. Personality tests (test for many personality traits and disorders)