PSYC 2490 Chapter Notes - Chapter 3: Projective Test, Thematic Apperception Test, Learning Disability

• School: University of Manitoba
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 2490
• Professor: Janine M.Montgomery

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List different life events, participants are asked to indicate whether or not these events happened to them in a specified period of time o issue: high variability in how people view these events o. Multiphasic personality inventory (mmpi) = designed to detect a number of psyc problems based on responses to certain items in a similar manner as individuals with a particular diagnosis. Mmpi-32 is much more reliable, has adequate criterion validity. 1@ a time, and asked to tell a story related to each. Not very reliably scored, low construct validity o rorschach inkblot test = person is shown 10 inkblots, one at a time, and asked to tell what the inkblots look like *most well-known. Exner scoring system, concentrates on perceptual and cognitive patterns in a person"s responses. Responses viewed as a sample of how subject perceptually/cognitively organizes real- life situations. Norms of this scoring system based on a small sample.