PSYCH 115 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Stereotype, Thematic Apperception Test, Gastroenteritis
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Behavioural assessment using direct observation to formally assess an individual"s thoughts, feelings, and behaviour in specific situations/contexts. Target behaviours identified and observed with the goal of determining the. Abcs of observation factors that seem to influence those behaviours. Antecedent what happened just before the behaviour. Reactivity your mere presence may cause them to change their behaviour. Self-monitoring when observing your own behaviour, behaviour you want to increase (ex. talking more in class) tend to increase, and behaviour you want to decrease (ex. smoking) tend to decrease. Projective tests include variety of methods in which ambiguous stimuli (ex. pictures of people/things) are presented to a person who is asked to describe what he/she sees (based in psychoanalytical theory) Theory is that people project their own personality and unconscious fears onto other people and things and without realizing it, reveal their unconscious thoughts to the therapist. Rorschach inkblot test 10 inkblot pictures and asks what the persons sees.
