PSYC 3390 Chapter Notes - Chapter 3: Rorschach Test, Psychopathy Checklist, Personality Disorder

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 3390
• Professor: Heather Mc Lean

Document Summary

Clinical assessment: is the systematic evaluation and measurement of psychological, biological and social factors in a person presenting with a possible psychological disorders. Diagnosis: the process of determining whether the particular problem affecting the person meets all the criteria for a psychological disorder. The clinician begins by collecting a lot of information across a broad range of the persons functioning to determine where the source of the problem may lie. After getting a preliminary sense, they narrow the focus by ruling out problems in some areas and concentrating on those that are most relevant. Reliability: is the degree to which a measure is consistent. Inter-rater reliability (two or more raters get the same) Validity: whether something measures what it is designed to measure. Concurrent (descriptive validity): comparing the results of one assessment measure with the results of others to determine the validity of the first test. Predictive: assessment will tell you what happens in the future.