Vocab 13-15 Flashcards
Aptitude
Measures a person’s ability to learn new information in a specific area
Neuropsychological
Measures efficiency, accuracy, and effectiveness’s of one’s brain functions
Projective Test
Provide ambiguous stimulus for the client that’s then interpreted by the administrator
Rorschach Test
Used to measure personality, intelligence, and more modern. Before the death of its creator it was used to diagnose schizophrenia
Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test (AUDIT)
Questionnaire used to see how alcohol is starting to effect your life
Brief Symptom Inventory (BSI)
Helps clients by indicating how their psychology stress is functioning
Brief Trauma Questionnaire
Used to see if a traumatic event occurred and it has effected the client
Zung Self-Rating Depression Scale
Scales the levels of depression in children
Pediatric Symptom Checklist
At-home online assessment done by the parent to access what psychosocial disorder may afflicting their child
Somatic Syndrome disorder
3 or more unexplained symptoms that disrupt daily life, but has no direct link to a disorder that last longer than 6 months
Elements of consent
Disclosure, lack of coercion, and competency
Steps to submitting to the IRB (Institutional Review Boards)
Prepare a highly detailed explanation of your study
The board then reviews it for how safe it is
Depending on your study, it is then approved or rejected
Assent
Someone else is giving consent for you
Permanency Planning
Deciding where a child will be living
Internal Validity
There is a clear cause-and-effect in the study with no other explanation
External Validity
The results from a research study can be applied to other scenarios
Face Validity
A test or assessment appears to measure what it set out to measure.
Reliability
Measure of the consistency of scores over time