History (1) Flashcards
Gaining clinical licensure in PA
120 hours (credit) so a Doctorate. Predoc, postdoc internships
Examination- 200 pt question test (EPPP - national) and a separate test on laws and ethics specific to PA
Continuing Ed Credits (contact hours)
Other Mental Health Professions
Social Work, Marriage, Family Therapist, and Professional counselor
Licensure, Certification, and Certificates
Certification - none really in our profession. Some training, yet you would still need a supervisor
Certificate - piece of paper that says good job pretty much
Licensure - enables one to work privately and without supervision in any specific state
Scientist-Practitioner (Boulder) Model
Equal balance between. This model dominates the field. ( PhD)
Practitioner-Scholar (Vail) Model
Leaning towards practice - the PsyD
Clinical Scientist Model
Leaning towards science
Where did Clinical Psychology get its start?
Educational System - children who had learning difficulties
WWI & WWII - assessment for potential and return soldiers
The beginnings came from the need from ASSESSMENT
Edward Lee Thorndike
promoted the idea that each person possess separate independent intelligences
Charles Spearman
argued the existence of “g” - general intelligence to overlap with many particular abilities
Alfred Binet
Yielded a single overall score, endorsing concept of “g” (IQ) eventually led to Stanford-binet intelligence scales; Focus as a children’s measure
David Wechsler
Wechsler-Bellevue test - designed specifically for adults, revised to Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale (WAIS)
WISC
WAIS for children. Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children. Inclusion of specific subtests as well as verbal and performance scales
WPPSI
Wechsler Preschool and Primary Scale of Intelligence
Hermann Rorschach
Published a projective personality test called the Rorschach Inkblot Method: based on the assumption that people will project their personalities onto ambiguous or vague stimuli
Christina Morgan and Henry Murray
TAT - Thematic Apperception Test - response to cards featuring ambiguous stimuli