CLP 3144 Chapter 3: Chapter 3 Assessing and Diagnosing Abnormality

• School: University of Florida
• Department: Clinical and Health Psychology
• Course: CLP 3144
• Professor: Wippold Guillermo

Document Summary

Assessment: the process of gathering information about people"s symptoms and the possible causes of these symptoms. Diagnosis: a label for a set of symptoms that often occur together. Validity: the accuracy of a test in assessing what it is supposed to measure. Best way to determine validity is to see if results yield the same information as an objective and if it is an accurate indicator of what the test is supposed to measure. Face validity: on face value, the items seem to measure what the test is intended to measure. Content validity: extent to which a test assesses all the important aspects of a phenomenon that it purports to measure. Concurrent (or convergent) validity: extent to which a test yields the same results as other, established measures of the same behavior, thoughts, or feelings. Predictive validity: if it is good at predicting how a person will think, act, or feel in the future.