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Week 1 Flashcards

1
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Methods of designing self-report test

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rational

factorial

empirical`\

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What is Psychological Assessment and its goals

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Process that uses both nomothetic and idiographic means to understand subjects and their behavior

Goal for this understanding:
- guide treatment planning
- inform decision-making
- help client understand themselves

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Nomothetic vs idiographic (variance)

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Nomothetic– that part of variance in a quality that is shared by people
- done by testing

Idiographic– that part of variance that is unique to the individual

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“objective test” refers to…

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  • structured stimulus (a specific statement)
  • a limited set of externally provided items (like T/F, likert scale)
  • does not rely on scorer’s judgement to classify the response (has pre-existing key)

connotes: unbiased, reliable

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The non-objective aspect of objective tests

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Objective connotes the notion of unbiased, reliable BUT this ignores possible non-objective aspects of these types of tests:

  1. test taker/raters willingness to be honest/malingering
  2. test taker/rater ability to be honest—lack of self knowledge, response styles; Halo effects and Scapegoating effects
  3. Imperfections in the tests (ambiguity, psychometrics, etc.)
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Replaced “objective test” with what?

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Self-report test

Differentiate by type of informant:
- Self typically
- but also, parent, spousal, teacher, etc.

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Projective tests

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Projective tests refer to:

  • ambiguous stimulus or activity (E.g., inkblot)
  • test-taker generates a response with minimal external guidance (infinite answers)
  • in responding the test-taker projects or puts forward elements of their habits/personality
  • interpretation requires subjectivity
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Is rorschach inkblot method a project test?

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Yes, in the classical sense (ambiguity, infinite answers)

BUT scoring involves more stimulus classification and problem-solving styles than classical projection, and scoring strictly limits subjectivity

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Two types of projective tests

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  1. Projective tests—rely exclusively on projection (House-Tree-Person, Thematic Apperception Test, Roberts Picture Story, etc.)
  2. Performance-based personality tests—which have substantial nomothetic aspects
    (Rorschach, Wartegg Drawing Completion Test, Adult Attachment Projective)
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10
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Examples of classic projective tests

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House-Tree-Person

Thematic Apperception Test

Roberts Picture Story

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Examples of performance-based personality tests

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Rorschach

Wartegg Drawing Completion Test

Adult Attachment projective

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Attributes of a good test

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clear instructions for administering, scoring and interpreting

efficient use (incremental validity)

accurate (reliable and valid)

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Incremental validity

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Test is the most efficient way to measure something

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Reliable vs valid

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reliable: consistent

Valid: measures what it says it measures

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Purposes of Personality Assessment?

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assessment in general: to guard against bias/human thinking errors (to have structured way to measure the below items)

  1. To describe current functioning
  2. To confirm, refute or modify impressions
  3. To identify therapeutic needs
  4. To aid in differential diagnosis
  5. To monitor treatment
  6. To manage risk
  7. As an effective short-term therapeutic intervention.
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16
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Best defenses against inaccurate conclusions

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using valid and reliable measures

multi-method assessment
- using multiple methods of measuring, blend the various strengths and weakness every instrument inevitably has)

collaborative/therapeutic assessment
- work with test taker, look at strengths

17
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What are the main ethical guidelines around assessment?

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Do no harm (non-malfeasance)

Do good (beneficence)

Promote autonomy (informed consent)

Be just (be fair)

18
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The three personality problems in living

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Emotional
Interpersonal
Thought disorders

19
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What is personality?

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“an individual’s unique constellation of psychological traits and states”

–> their unique combination of traits and states

Ex. how do you handle conflict? how are you handling this conflict?

20
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Traits

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relatively enduring ways in which one person varies from another

– at least somewhat situation-dependent

– perfect consistency will not be found; no absolute standards

21
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States

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Temporary (unlike traits which are enduring)

22
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Meyer & Erdberg theory on personality and personality disorders

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Personality is:
- a bio-psycho-social construct
- the relatively stable set of attitudes and behaviors that makes each person unique –
- the product of a complex interaction of nature, nurture, and context

Personality disorders:
- maladaptive extremes of normal personality characteristics (deviate from cultural norm)

23
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States vs traits debate: Mischel

How stable is behavior across situations

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CONTEXT

traits are not very important determinants of behavior; rather the context of the behavior is most important

24
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States vs traits debate: Bandura

How stable is behavior across situations

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FUNCTIONALITY - REINFORCEMENT

trait theorists neglect the functionality of a behavior in a particular situation (reinforcement, etc.)

25
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States vs traits debate: Wachtel

How stable is behavior across situations

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TRAITS INFLUENCE CONTEXT/THOUGHTS

traits are important; differing experiences cause people to see similar situations differently (or different situations similarly); traits can influence the kinds of situations we put ourselves in

26
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10 underlying assumptions in assessment

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  1. traits and states exist
  2. T and S can be quantified and measured
  3. multi-method (using various approaches to measuring) is vital
  4. Provides insight into issues that aren’t observable otherwise (gives unique info)
  5. error is part of the process
  6. tests have strengths and weaknessess
  7. test-related behavior predicts non-test-related behavior (what you see in test happens outside of test)
  8. Present day behavior sampling predicts future behavior
  9. testing and assessment can be conducted in a way that is fair and unbiased
  10. testing and assessment benefit individuals and society
27
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Personality Dimensions: NEO-PI

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Assesses the “Big 5”–Costa and McCrae (1978)

OCEAN:
- openness to experience
- conscientiousness
- extraversion
- agreeableness
- neuroticism

projective test

28
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Types vs patterns of behavior

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Generally, “types” are out of favor and the focus today on patterns of traits and states, which offers much more precision and accuracy

29
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Methods of personality assessment

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  1. self report
  2. performance based
  3. behavioral
30
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Methods of personality assessment: self report questions

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True/False
Lickert scale
Forced choice
Adjective Checklist
Q-sort technique

31
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Methods of personality assessment: performance based questions

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Sentence completion (my mother is……)
Inkblot
Picture stories
Drawings

32
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Methods of personality assessment: behavioral questions

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actual exercises
behavioral observation
role play
physiological methods

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