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15 Cards in this Set
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categorical
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yes or no (pregnant)
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dimensional/continuous
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varying degrees (intelligence)
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in order for something to be valid it must be reliable
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something can be reliable but not valid
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inter rater reliablitiy
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2 people agree
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test retest
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same scores when tested more than once
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reliability
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the degree to which a measurement is consistent
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validity
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the degree to which a technique measures what it is designed to measre
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Axis 1
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Clinical disorders and other condition that may be a focus of attention
These are mental disorders that you have RIGHT NOW, and you might not have them later, they are just episodes of distress |
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Axis 2
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Personality disorders and mental retardation
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Axis 3
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general medical conditions
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Axis 4
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psychosocial & environmental problems
(life events, stressful events) |
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Axis 5
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Global Assessment of Functioning
gives person a score from 1-100 |
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3 types of psychological testing (type of assessment)
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1. objective (empirical tradition, stimuli are less ambiguous)
2. projective (projects aspects of personality onto test stimuli (inkblot) -- psychodynamic) 3. neuropsycho (asses brain skills and brain-behavior relations) |
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Type of Assessment
INTERVIEW |
* most common
*unreliable *structure is important -- ask questions in a specific way |
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Terminology of Classification Systems
1. taxonomy 2. nosology 3. nomenclature |
1. classification in a scientific context: Using similarities and differences among things to place them in categories
2. application of taxonomy to psychology 3. labels that comprise nosology (ex: anxiety disorder) |
