T1-3 Flashcards
4 phases of psych assessment?
Planning
Data collection
Data processing
Communication of findings
What does Winsconsin sorting test and Tower of hanoi assess?
Executive functioning
5 Ps of clinical intervew
Presenting
Precipitating
Perpetuating
Pre-morbid
Protective
borstein process focused model of tests
different test items induce diff psych processes
effectiveness AND impact of assess results is called?
clinical utility
Groth’s concept of Inviolacy
negative feelings about being asked about taboo subjects
Criterion referenced
whether criterion has been met? eg. HD score
SEM
dispersion of msmt errors when estimating true scores from observed scores
Larger SEM means what for reliability?
lower reliability
Formula for SEM
SD sq root (1-r)
What is criterion validity?
how well it predicts performance on desired criterion
2 types of criterion validity and definition
Predicitive:
Concurrent - used at same time b/c can’t wait for predictive
Item response theory Rasch looks at item AND what?
persons ability
which section of ethics code refers to assessments?
B13
derived score
positions raw score relative ot other raw scores in distribution (ie normative sample). Gives meaning
Interval scale example
temperature
Ratio example
IQ. True zero. most complex scale. 0 is absence of something (unlike interval scale)
3 measures of dispersion
range, interquartiole range, deviation measures (Variance and SD)
Asymptopic
(trait of normal distributions). tail will continue to infinity (allowing outliers to be included in curve)
