ASSESSMENT 101
ETHICS
WAIS
Emotional Functioning
Reliability and Validity
100
WHAT IS THE PURPOSE OF ASSESSMENT?
DIAGNOSIS, INTERVENTION, TREATMENT PLANNING
100
CAN YOU DIAGNOSE SOMEONE BASED ON TEST DATA ONLY?
NO!! Need to have met with them (clinical interview)
100
CALCULATE TEST AGE:
TEST DATE: 10/16/18
BDAY: 12/24/1987
30 year(s), 9 month(s), and 22 day(s).
100
LIST 5 DOMAINS UNDER EMOTIONAL FUNCTIONING
Affect/Mood
Sense of Self
Interpersonal Functioning
Coping and Defenses
Thought Process
100
DIFFERENCE BETWEEN RELIABILITY & VALIDITY (DEFINE EACH)
RELIABILITY - MEASURE IS RELIABLE, CONSISTENT, DEPENDABLE.
VALIDITY- DOES IT MEASURE WHAT IT SAYS IT MEASURES.
200
LIST AREAS OF ASSESSMENT REFERRAL SETTINGS
Legal
Academic
Medical
Employment
200
DISCUSS ETHICS OF STORING TEST DATA
Psychologists make reasonable efforts to maintain the integrity and security of test materials and other assessment techniques. (Don't be dumb)
200
WHAT IS THE GAI, & WHEN DO WE USE IT?
GENERAL ABILITY INDEX (VCI & PRI) - USE IT WHEN HIGHEST AND LOWEST INDEXES ARE 23+ DIFFERENCE & SO WE'RE UNABLE TO USE THE FSIQ.
200
WHAT TYPE OF SCORE IS USED ON THE MCMI? WHAT IS INTERPRETABLE?
Base Rate = 75 and above
200
A MEASURE CAN BE (reliable/valid) WITHOUT BEING (reliable/valid), BUT CANNOT BE (reliable/valid) WITHOUT BEING (reliable/valid)
A MEASURE CAN BE RELIABLE WITHOUT BEING VALID, BUT CANNOT BE VALID WITHOUT BEING RELIABLE.
300
WHAT CONFIDENCE LEVEL/CRITICAL VALUE DO WE USE IN ASSESSMENT?
95% & .05
CONFIDENCE LEVEL - CONSISTS OF A RANGE OF VALUES THAT ACT AS GOOD ESTIMATES OF THE POPULATION PARAMETER...I.E.,YOU CAN BE 95% CERTAIN
300
WHAT DO YOU DO IF THE PERSON YOU ARE TESTING IS ESL?
ASSESS LEVEL OF ENGLISH COMPREHENSION/FLUENCY/EDUCATION. IF NOT SUFFICIENT, NEED TO UTILIZE A CERTIFIED INTERPRETER, IF POSSIBLE LOCATE THE TEST IN THEIR PREFERRED LANGUAGE.
300
WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN NORMATIVE & PERSONAL STRENGTHS/WEAKNESSES?
PERSONAL=RELATIVE TO EXAMINEE'S OTHER SCORES
NORMATIVE= RELATIVE TO COMPARISON TO OTHERS OF SIMILAR AGE
300
WHAT TYPE OF SCORE IS USED ON THE MMPI? WHAT IS AN INTERPRETABLE SCORE?
T Score = 65 and above
300
WHAT TWO TYPES OF VALIDITY ARE THE SAME?
DIVERGENT AND DISCRIMINANT
400
DEFINE PROJECTIVE VS OBJECTIVE TESTS
OBJECTIVE: STANDARDIZED SCORE AND INTERPRETATION (WAIS, MMPI, MCMI)
PROJECTIVE: NON-STANDARDIZED, SUBJECTIVE INTERPRETATION (TAT, SC)
400
WHO CAN REQUEST ACCESS TO THE RAW DATA ASIDE FROM THE ASSESSOR?
NO ONE!
400
LIST THE RANGES & DESCRIPTORS OF THE WAIS CLASSIFICATION CHART
130 & + (VERY SUPERIOR)
120-129 (SUPERIOR)
110-119 (HIGH AVERAGE)
90-109 (AVERAGE)
80-89 (LOW AVERAGE)
70-79 (BORDERLINE)
69 & BELOW (EXTREMELY LOW)
400
LIST AND DISCUSS THE MMPI VALIDITY SCALES
CNS CRIN VRIN TRIN
F Fp Fs FBS RBS
L K
400
LIST AND DEFINE ALL TYPES OF RELIABILITY
Test-Retest
Interrater
Split Half
Internal Consistency
500
LIST ALL SECTIONS OF THE MSE
Physical Appearance
Orientation
Thought Content
Perception
Thought Process
Speech
Mood
Affect
Judgement
Insight
Impulse Control
SI/HI
500
LIST BASIC CONSIDERATIONS FOR DETERMINING IF A TEST IS APPROPRIATE
Age
Level of Ed
Reading/Comprehension level
Native language
Most current/updated version
Are you trained to administer it?
500
LIST OUT ALL FOUR WAIS INDICES AND WHICH TESTS GO UNDER EACH (BOTH CORE & SUP)
500
WHAT ARE THE DIFFERENCES, STRENGTHS AND WEAKNESSES OF MMPI AND MCMI
Differences: MCMI is full personality profile, MMPI is specific symptomology. MCMI normed on CLINICAL population, MMPI normed on NON-CLINICAL population.
MCMI strengths: Shorter, scale names correlate to DSM personality diagnoses (BUT THIS DOESN'T MEAN THATS WHAT THEY HAVE)
MCMI weaknesses: normed on clinical population, NAME OF SCALE DOES NOT EQUAL DIAGNOSIS
MMPI strength: Highly reliable and valid, normed on general population, symptoms correlate to DSM criteria.
MMPI weaknesses: Long.
500
WHAT KIND OF CORRELATION (POSITIVE OR NEGATIVE) DOES CONVERGENT VALIDITY ESTABLISH?
TRICK! IT CAN BE BOTH!