PSYC 3390 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Autism Spectrum, Physical Examination, Heredity
11 Dec 2016
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Physical exam/physician consult depe(cid:374)di(cid:374)g o(cid:374) (cid:449)here you"re lo(cid:272)ated, this (cid:373)ay ha(cid:448)e already occurred (*if you need a physician"s referral) Dependent on population (ie. geriatrics may be high functioning but have little awareness) Identify: antecedents (what comes before), behaviours, consequences (what comes after) Setting in session, at work, at school, etc. Focus on the present direct, minimizes interferences. Ie. did she step closer, rating her fear on a scale of 1-10. Projective tests: certain parts of personality are projected onto test stimuli that are intentionally ambiguous, require a high level of inference by the clinician in scoring and interpretation, reliability and validity data are weak-mixed, e. g. Objective tests: test stimuli are less ambiguous, roots in empirical tradition more consistent with the scientist-practitioner model, require minimal clinical inference in scoring and interpretation, e. g. Intelligence quotient (iq) tests: variety of tasks ie. recreating block designs, assess verbal and performance domains, very structured.
