PSYB32H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Visual Memory, Occupational Therapy, Lesion
28 Sep 2016
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Interradar reliability: when 2 persons are measuring something, they come up with the same conclusions, the same diagnosis: make sure physicians come to interradar reliability o. Psychological test measures need to be reliable, could have implications on a persons life. Factors (difficult for a patient to convey what they"re experiencing) limiting a persons ability to not diagnosing themselves or concern for themselves: self stigma or reluctance. Tests allow us to canvas carefully symptoms that may go unnoticed o. If reliability refers to constant, want to be sure that if you measure twice, it be the same result. Doesn"t make sense if the construct were measuring is state like (severity of depression ex) and the person changes over time, we wouldn"t expect the result to be the same. Iq tests will undergo this: alternate-form reliability. When a test is created in 2 different forms. Patient given memory examination, see how well they were doing later; is it remembering or practice.
