PSYB32H3 Chapter Notes - Chapter 3: Apperception, Living Brain, Autonomic Nervous System
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Clinical assessment: used to evaluate psychological and behavioural problems, and factors that contribute to them. Subjective process that is guided by insights and decision made by clinical assessors. Most predominant theoretical orientation is cognitive > eclectic-integrative > psychodynamic > behavioural. Regards assessment process as beginning of therapeutic intervention. Structure assessment so it may provide new insight, sense of relief, more mindful approach to cope with challenge. Simply the sense that someone is taking an interest and cares. Assessment eventually leads to diagnosis and treatment: process of assessment can be therapeutic, it provide new insight and sense of relief, studies shown increased self-esteem and lower distress after providing students personality score feedback. Correlation: measure of how closely 2 variables are related, which calculated between rates and sets of items -higher correlation indicates higher reliability. Inter-rater reliability: degree to which two independent observers or judges agree - relationship between judgements that at least 2 raters make independently about phenomenon.
