This bundle contains the articles and lectures for the course "Psychological Assessment" given at the University of Amsterdam. It contains the following materials:
Interim exam 1:
- Lecture 1 (Wright (2011); Gregory (2014); Bijttebier et al. (2019).
- Lecture 2 (Wright (2011).
- Lecture 3 (Barelds (2016); Cohen (2013); Cohen (2018).
- Lecture 4 (Verhoeven (2014); Kessel (2019).
- Lecture 5 (Cohen (2018); Folkman (2004); Latham (2012); Schaufeli (2009).
Interim exam 2:
- Lecture 1: De Vogel, Van den Broek, & de Vries (2014); Hanson & Morton-Bourgon (2005).
- Lecture 2: Verhulp, Stevens, Van de Schoot, & Vollebergh (2013)
- Lecture 3 / Lecture 4: Scholing & Visser (2019); Van Zandvoort (2019); Luteijn (2019)
- Lecture 5: Scholing, Emmelkamp & Van den Heuvell (2019); Barry, Frick & Kamphaus (2013)
- Lecture 6: Harkness & Lilienfeld (1997); Miller (1991)
Psychological assessment refers to the collection and integration of psychological data to make a diagnosis in the field of psychology. This employs tools such as tests, interviews, observation and specifically designed equipment.
Physiognomy states that it is possible to judge the inner character of people from their appearance (e.g. face). Phrenology states
........Read moreAn intake is a clinical interview with a referred client who requests help with certain complaints to find out the client’s presenting problem and to get acquainted with the client. This allows for the building of a working relationship and is an important source for hypothesis building.
The intake categorizes the information about the client:
Personality refers to a unique combination of psychological characteristics (e.g. cognitions, feelings, behaviours) that are relatively stable over time. A personality trait refers to any distinguishable, relatively enduring way in which one individual varies from another.
There are different trait theories and the different theories have different ideas of how many traits exist. The traits are
........Read moreGeneral intelligence (g) explains a person’s performance on intellectual tests according to Spearman. However, the idea that there is only one factor explaining intelligence is contested. Crystallized intelligence refers to the knowledge of facts. Fluid intelligence refers to the ability to solve new problems and reason.
Fluid intelligence is not stable over time and is disrupted
........Read morePsychological assessment is used for selection of personnel (1), development of personnel (2), career choice (3), absence and reintegration of personnel (4), assessing motivation (5), assessing leadership (6) and improving performance (7).
Personal interest is related to occupational fulfilment and success. They promote better performance (1), greater productivity (2) and greater job satisfaction (3). It can
........Read moreRisk assessment is important in the social (1), political (2), clinical (3) and ethical (4) domain. It has several goals:
The goal of culture-sensitive working in mental health care is reducing major health inequalities. People with little education generally have poorer health. In health care, there is equality but not equity. Personal cultural-sensitive care can provide equity.
Every culture looks at mental health problems from a certain way of thinking and acting. Every culture has its
........Read moreClinical neuropsychology studies the relations between the brain and behaviour. It makes use of modern diagnostic tools such as interviews (1), personality questionnaires (2), complaint lists (3), neuropsychological tests (4) and neuroimaging research (5). The most important tool is knowledge of different cognitive and emotional domains.
Localization refers to the theory that focuses on the specific behavioural
........Read moreThere are a lot of similarities between developmental disorders (e.g. DSD, autism). Neurodevelopmental disorders have a proven biological basis (e.g. ADHD) and behaviour and emotion disorders do not have a proven biological basis and it is likely that the environment is more important for these disorders.
It is important to assess how complaints could develop for
........Read moreTherapeutic assessment refers to personality assessment that aims to have direct therapeutic influence on patients. In therapeutic assessment, the client develops highly personalized questions together with the therapist.
The holistic theory focuses on what is known and what is not yet known. It also focuses on what is understood and what is not yet understood. It pays
........Read moreThis bundle contains the articles and lectures for the first interim exam of the course "Psychological Assessment" given at the University of Amsterdam. It contains the following materials:
- Lecture 1 (Wright (2011); Gregory (2014); Bijttebier et al. (2019).
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This bundle contains the articles and lectures for the second interim exam of the course "Psychological Assessment" given at the University of Amsterdam. It contains the following materials:
- Lecture 1: De Vogel, Van den Broek, & de Vries (2014); Hanson &
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