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Clinical psychology - Module 3
Goal, purpose and need for assessment
size up the contributing factors
biological
psychological
social
assessment important
assessment tools
clinical interview
Checklist, inventories and psychological tests
Behavioural observation
Discussion with other involved specialists
review of previous records
selected based on
nature of patient's problem
skills and perspective of the psychologist
practical matters
objectives and willingness of patient
Reliability and validity
assessment tools must be reliable and valid
to develop conclusions nd generalize
Reliability
consistency of results
test-retest reliability
Validity
accuracy to which a test measures the said content
different types (eg. content, face)
Types of assessment
Interview
Behavioural observations
Checklist and inventories
physiological tests
Intelligence tests
Personality tests
cognitive tests