PSYC 2300 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Existentialism, Structured Interview, Predictive Validity
5 Sep 2019
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Emphasis on people as friendly, cooperative, and constructive; focus on the drive. Emphasis on self-determination, choice, and individual responsibility; focus on. Argue that abnormal behavior is best understood in light of social and cultural forces. Combination of: to self-actualize through honest recognition of strengths and weaknesses. authenticity. Family social theorists focus on family structure and communication. Integration of models more than one cause at a time. Integrative therapists are often called eclectic-- taking the strengths from each model and using them in combination. Clinical assessment: tools clinician"s theoretical orientation hundreds of clinical assessment tools have been developed, they fall into 3 categories. A growing number of clinicians favor explanations of abnormal behavior that consider. To be useful, assessment tools must be standardized and have clear reliability and. To standardize a technique is to set up common steps to be followed whenever it. Believes in the human need for unconditional positive regard.
