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CHAPTER 3
ASSESSMENT
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CHARACTERISTICS OF PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSESSMENTS
• Psychological assessment: Involves having people provide scorable information
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PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTING
• What Makes a Good Psychological Test?• Reliability• Validity• Standardization
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CLINICAL INTERVIEW
• Unstructured interview: Involves a series of open-ended questions
• Information sought through interviews• Reasons for being in treatment• Symptoms• Health status• Family background• Life history
• Structured interview: Consists of a standardized series of questions with predetermined wording and order
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AREAS COVERED IN A CLINICAL INTERVIEW
• Age and sex• Reason for referral• Education and work history• Current social situation• Physical and mental health history• Drug/alcohol use and current medication• Family history• Behavioral observations
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MENTAL STATUS EXAMINATION
• To assess:• Appearance• Attitudes• Behavior • Mood and affect • Speech • Thought processes • Content of thought • Perception• Cognition• Insight• Judgment
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USES OF INTELLIGENCE TESTING
• Overall cognitive evaluation• Diagnosis of learning disabilities• Determination of giftedness • Prediction of future academic achievement• Diagnosis of neurological and psychiatric
disorders• Evaluation of the potential of employees
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INTELLIGENCE TESTING
• Stanford-Binet intelligence test• Deviation intelligence (IQ)
• Wechsler intelligence scales
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SCALES ON THE WECHSLER ADULT INTELLIGENCE SCALE-IV (WAIS-IV)
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FIGURE 3.1- STRUCTURE OFTHE WAIS-IV
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PERSONALITY TESTING
• Main forms• Self-report• Projective
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SELF-REPORT TESTS
• Self-report clinical inventory: Psychological test with standardized questions having fixed response categories• The test-taker completes the test independently, self-
reporting the extent to which the responses are accurate
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PERSONALITY TESTING
• Projective tests• Thematic Apperception test (TAT)
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BEHAVIORAL ASSESSMENT
• A form of measurement based on objective recording of the individual's behavior
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BEHAVIORAL ASSESSMENT
• Target behavior• In vivo observation• Analog observations• Behavioral self-report• Self-monitoring• Behavioral interviewing
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MULTICULTURAL ASSESSMENT
• Clinicians take into account the person’s cultural, ethnic, and racial background
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NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL ASSESSMENT
• Gathering information about a client's brain functioning on the basis of performance on psychological tests
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NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL ASSESSMENT
• Trail Making Tests• Executive function• Clock Drawing Test• Wisconsin Card Sorting Test• BNT• WMS-IV• CANTAB
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NEUROIMAGING
• EEG• CAT or CT scan• MRI• PET• SPECT• MRS• fMRI
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