Psychology 2310A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Abnormal Psychology, Intellectual Disability, Anxiety Disorder

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 2310A/B
• Professor: Katerina Rnic

Document Summary

Really common type of assessment we do in abnormal psychology. The most common way we do this is through self report tests. Some of them are really extensive like the mmpi. Very long comprehensive reports, they can take hours to administer. You are asking people about all sorts of symptoms they may be experiencing. This gives you a profile (based on their t/f answers). Nearly impossible to be dishonest on these tests. These tests are also based on huge numbers of people, because of this, that people with particular profiles tend to have certain personality traits. Based on this they would get a code type, and based on. On depression scale = i like going to carnivals they took known groups (groups that already had depression or anxiety disorder) clustered together and they commonly shared, items that tend to be more prevalent they tend to be extroverted). You can then form hypothesis and gear your questions specifically.