PSYCH ASSESSMENT

• Measurement


  The size, length, or amount of something
• Pagsukat


  The action of measuring something
• Psychology


  Scientific study of human behavior and mental processes
• Operationalize


  Turning abstract conceptual ideas into measurable observations
• Objective


  Not influenced by personal feelings or opinions in considering and representing facts
• Concept


  “an abstract formed by generalization from particulars”.
• • Abstracts are hard to define
• construct


  a concept with scientific purpose (i.e., operationalized). Can be measured and studied. Often cannot be directly observed hence we create items or procedures to measure them
• Variable


  Any condition, event, characteristic, or attribute that can take on different values at different times or with different people
• Constant


  One value in a given context. It does not change or vary
• Frequency Distribution


  Displays scores on a variable to reflect how frequently each value is obtained. A classification of data which helps in understanding important features
• For most variables, it is bell-shaped, normally curved, and may be graphically represented
• Frequency


  The number of times this information appears
• Distribution


  The way in which something is shared out
• Correlation


  A mutual relationship or connection between two or more things
• Correlation coefficient


  A mathematical index that describes the direction and magnitude of a relationship
• Magnitude: The closer the value is to (-/+) 1, the stronger the relationship.
• Direction: Positive: Variables move in the same direction
• Negative: Variables move in the opposite direction
• Psychological Assessment


  the gathering & integration of psychology-related data for the goal of doing a psychological evaluation with the use of tools
• Assess 


  Pagtasa; evaluation, valuation, appraisal, judgment, assessment
• Collaborative


  Cooperation between the mental health professional & client
• Therapeutic

  Encourage self-discovery

  Client has what it takes to facilitate life change

  Clients take the lead
• Dynamic

  Mental health professional takes the lead

  Apply interventions to client until change occurs

  Educational setting
• Alternative Assessment

  Evaluative & diagnostic process that vary from usual ways
• Referral Questions

  Sources of referral questions are psychiatrist, psychologist, teacher, counselor, judge, corporate resource specialist.
• Acquiring Knowledge Relating to the Content of the Problem

  Selecting tools to answer the referral question.
• Data Collection

  Must rely on multiple sources and use these to assess consistency of findings.
• Data Interpretation

  Describe client’s present level of functioning.

  Make objective & empirical inferences.

  Must be clear, relevant to the goal of assessment.

  Give oral feedback
• Educational Setting

  To identify students with special needs, academic difficulty, emotional problems.
• Clinical Setting

  Hospitals, inpatient and outpatient clinics, private-practice conseling rooms, schools

  Used to help screen for or diagnose behavior problems
• Geriatric Setting


  To evaluate cognitive, psychological adaptive, or other functioning.
• Counseling Setting


  Focus: Client’s improvement in terms of adjustments, productivity among others.
• Business and Military Setting


  Decision making about the careers of the personnel
• Government & Organizational Credentialing


  For licensing certification
• Interview


  • Personal, phone, email
  • Mutual/reciprocal affair
  • Could be scripted or spontaneous
• Interview


  • Depends highly on the skill of interviewer
  • Must establish rapport, genuineness, empathy, humor
  • Involves observation of non-verbal behavior to validate
  • Can be administered by a panel (or board interview) where biases are minimized
• Portfolio


  • Compilation of work (e.g., student file)
  • Assess individual work samples for screening, selection, classification, or placement
• Case History Data


  • Case studies: records, transcripts, pictures, written data, media
  • Purpose: Preserve information from past events, letters, clippings, albums, videos, autobiographies, etc.
• Behavioral Observation


  • “Down-home wisdom” takes time
  • Monitor behavior to be used in diagnosis, selection, therapy
  • Forms: Naturalistic – natural setting, Systematic – procedures follow specific behavior to be observed and the targeted behavior