Psychology 1000 Chapter Notes - Chapter 17: Gestalt Therapy, Viktor Frankl, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 1000
• Professor: Laura Fazakas- De Hoog

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Most therapists are eclectic therapists - use all different kinds of therapies. *assessment is an integral component of effective treatment. Must look at more than what they"re saying: appearance, speech patterns, Limitations: interviewer themselves affect result, also depends on how honest the interviewee is. Interpret black and white pictures, and look for two things in the patient: Press environmental influences on behavior pressure from environment. Looking at a situational picture and assess the patient"s interpretation of it. Psychodynamic theorists say we can"t use interviews/questions because the things we want to know are unconscious. Objective measures of personality have better reliability and validity than projective. Using a pager to randomly ask respondents about their current feelings. People may lie, but you can test their tendency to lie to protect their image by using validity scales. Rational approach - try to determine what introverts would say about themselves (i like spending time alone) (neo-pi test is this)