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An understanding of the behavior of a particular animal.
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Ideographic understanding
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The process of collecting and interpreting relevant information about a client or subject.
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Assessment
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The process in which a test is administered to large group of persons whose performance then serves as a common standard or norm against which any individual's score can be measured.
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Standardization
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A measure of the consistency of test or research results.
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Reliability
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the accuracy of a test's or study's results;that is the extent to which any individual score can be measured.
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Validity
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A face to face encounter in which clinicians ask questions of clients, weigh their responses and reactions and learn about them and their psychological problems.
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Clinical Interview
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A set on interview questions and observations designed to reveal the degree and nature of a client's abnormal functioning.
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Mental status exam
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A device for gathering information about a few aspects of a person's psychological functioning from which broader information about the person can be inferred.
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Test
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A test consisting of ambiguous material that people interpret or respond to
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projective test
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A test designed to measure broad personality characteristics consisting of statements about behaviors beliefs and feelings that people evaluate as characteristic or uncharacteristic of them.
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Personality inventory
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tests designed to measure a person's responses in one specific area of functioning, such as affect, social skills or cognitive processes.
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Response Inventories
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A test that measures physical responses as possible indicators of psychological problems.
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Psychophysiological test
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a test that directly measures brain structure or activity.
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neurological test
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Neurological tests that provide images of brain structure or brain activity including CT scans PET scans and MRI's
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neuroimaging techniques
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A test that detects brain impairment by measuring a person's cognitive perceptual and motor performances
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Neuropsychological test
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