PSYC 3604 Chapter Notes - Chapter 4: Brain Damage, Structured Interview, Face Validity
20 Nov 2014
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Assessment: the process of gathering information about people"s symptoms and the possible causes of the symptoms. Diagnosis: a label attached to a set of symptoms that tend to occur together. Three types of information that guide the formation of a diagnosis: symptoms and history, physiological and neurophysiological factors, socio-cultural factors. Information concerning clients" symptoms and history is obtained in an assessment: this information includes their current symptoms, their ability to function, their coping strategies, recent events, their history of psychological problems, and their family history of psychological problems. Sociocultural factors: clients" sociocultural background including their social resources and cultural heritage. Is important to ascertain in an assessment: acculturation: the extent to which a person identifies with his or her group of origin and its culture or with the dominant, mainstream culture. Clinical interviews: unstructured interview: open-ended questions to obtain nonverbal indicators on what"s wrong.
