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intelligence test
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a psychological test designed to measure aptitude for scholastic work / verbal ability and problem solving
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intelligence
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many definitions; ability to judge well, understanding well, and reason well and the capacity for abstract thinking, IN GENERAL, ABILITY TO SUCCEED IN SCHOOL TYPE TASKS
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galton
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attempted to demonstrate a heredity baseis for intelligence by studies of family trees; devised tests of sensory discrimination and reaction time to measure its components
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aflred binet
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diff. from analytical procedure;intelligence is manifested in performance of a variety of tasks, could be measured by responses to a sample of these tasks
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binet and simon
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first set of intelligence tests
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thurman, definition of IQ
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"the ability to adopt to a new situation in order to survive
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termans definition of intelligence
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ability to do abstract thinking; TOO NARROW
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theories of intelligence
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"theories of intelligent behavior"; based on psychomentric, developmental, and information-processing models
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psychometric and developmental theories
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traditional approaches
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information-processing models
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more recent in origin
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psychomentric theories
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statistical methods; SPEARMAN, CATTELL
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spearman
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little "g", general intelligence; "s", specific form of intelligence (gifted better at math)
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Cattell
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fluid-what you inherit, crystallized-what you learn
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development theories
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human development, PIAGET; 99% is observation of his childrens growth, said mental age stopped at age 15
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information processing, definition
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HOWARD GARDER, seven forms of intelligence; school system loved this, tried to develop IQ test but could not
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seven types of intelligence
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lingustic-writers; logical-mathematical; spatial-; musical; body kinesthetic; interpersonal,intrapersonal-billy graham, minister
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individual group
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cannot classify a person using this
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binet and simon first version
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used ration formula
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binet and simon first version
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used ration formula, 2 parallell versions, l and m
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deviated scale
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equal lengths between scores, switched from ma/ca
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stanford binet 5
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can be administerd from ages 2 to 85,plus or minus 6 months
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standard deviation
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16
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david wechsler
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next test after the stanford binet, was only one for aduls, developed the WAIS, WISC-4, and MMPPSI1
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what is the highest test used
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WISC-4, covers ages 6-16
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DAS differential ability scales
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for all children (normal and disabled)
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individual nonverbal ability test
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no instruction, show, single task test (oldest nonverbal)
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single task test
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oldest nonverbal introduced in 1866, SEGUIN, form board, peg board
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comprehensive test of nonverbal intelligence (CTONI)
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6-90, ADMINISTERED IN 1 HR, people having problems with language of fine motor skills
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universal nonverbal intelligence test
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UNIT,measures intelligence in people with speech and language or hearing imparements and for those who are verbally uncommunicative or have differencet cultural or language background ALSO HAS NONVERBAL, standardized during the mid-1990
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otis-lennon school ability test-OLSAT
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pictorial, verbal, figural, and quantitative items to measure verbal comprehension, reasoning, pictoral reasoning, figural reasoning, and quantitative reasonging-kindergarten to 12th grade
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nonverbal and culturae
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group intelligence test, there is a culture fair test but not a culture free test
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goodenough-harris drawing test
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have ind draw a picture, notice what hand they use how they hold the pencil, NONTHREATENING AND NONGRADED
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GRE
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most popular test for admission to graduate school
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Definition
grad test, for people who read alot
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retardation
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noone uses this term for years, MENTAL DISABILITY
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ublic school
Definition
have to be test for special needs
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ental disability
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score must be in the range of 70 plus or minus three
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SEM
Definition
standard error of measure, cognitive
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score of 66
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not be put in special, adpative behavior (communication, daily living skill, socialization), must have low score in cognitive and adaptive
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moron, imbecile and idiot
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moron=eduactional, imebile=trainable, idiot=profound
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cut off score for mental retardation
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70 or 75, two standard dev below the mean
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three requirements
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significantly, concurrent deficits, onset before age of 18
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development/genetic
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can explain what caused it
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familial
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cannot explain/understand
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cause of intellectual disability
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2.5 to 3 percent of the us,
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most common cause of mental retardation
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down syndrome
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cause of mental retardation
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down syndrome
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second most cause of mental retardation
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fragile x, the x is broken and stumpy
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tay saches
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hebrews for mental retardation
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changing IQ
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does not have a history of change
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humans are carbon babies
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if u put heavy metal in the body does not mix
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specific learning disabilities
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50 percent of school pop
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learning disabilities
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largest condition, 32 percent of special ed is LD
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tackle
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touching things
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alexia and dyslexia
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same, educational and medical
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cause of learning diabilities
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lack of oxygen, genetic
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torrance test of creative thinking
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to test for creativity
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cognitive abilities
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scores tend to be less stable during early and middle childhood
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problems with neuropsychological assessment in children
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because of short attention span and greater susceptibility to fatigue
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rochester-obsterical scale
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prenatal scale, delivery scale and infant scale
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apgar score
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mearurement of heartrate, respiration, muscle tone, reflexes, color
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brazelton neonatal behavioral
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3 days-4 weeks, 26 behavioral items
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90 percent of head injuries
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do not involve actual penetration into the brain,
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most frequent neuropsychological do
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head injuries, cerebrovascualr disease, tumors, dementia, and exposure to toxic substance
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charles whitman
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shot people from a univ of texas building, found large tumor in his amygdala
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halstead-reitan
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brain sensitive test
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executive function
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abstraction ability, clients ability to regulate and dirent his or her behavior
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summative evaluation
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traditional,
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formative
Definition
60 second probe multiple times a week
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NEAP
Definition
nations report card,
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praxis series
Definition
assessment for beginning teachers
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praxis I
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academic skills program
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praxis II
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subject test
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praxis III
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renegotiating classroom performance
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PL 94-142
Definition
due process for special needs, prior to 1975 mentally disabled were not recognized, chaos
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sell vs savannah county 1963
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african americans have lower IQs should not blend in schools
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hopson vs hanson
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group test of ability discriminated against minority
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ability tracks
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smart groomed for college
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diana vs state board of education 1970
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traditional testing cannot tell mental abilities of mexican america studebts
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guadalupe
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testing in native laguage, unfair questions removed, 2 SD below the mean, ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR
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dead in education
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PECKHAM
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continuum on the ban of IQ testing for african americans
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larry p case
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phrenology
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study of the mind, 19th and 20th century, bumps on the head
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physiogamy
Definition
facial expressions give away personality, no empirical data, gambling in las vegas
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kraeplin
Definition
best known classification of mental disorders, DSM-IV, word association (introduced it)
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JUNG
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put word association into practive
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galton created a
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lie detecter test
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nomathetic
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looks for underlying general laws to explain personality
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idiographic
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so unique cannot develop theories and laws, personality cannot follow natural laws
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TOE
Definition
to ecplain everything, steven hawkins, nomathetic, NO GENERAL ACCEPTED PERSONALITY THEORY
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somatotype study of body types
Definition
typology, fat carried in the body, endomorphic (fat), ectomorphic (thin), mesomorphic (muscular),
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trait theories
Definition
allport, no longer exist, BEST DEF OF PERSONALITY=PERSONALITY CONSISTS OF DYNAMIC ORGANIZATION OF THE TRAITS THAT DETERMINE A PERSON'S UNIQUE ASDJUSTMENT TO THE ENVIRONMENT
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frueds work
Definition
from austria, worked with only upperclass vietnamuese woman, TOO SMALL OF SAMPLE
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Phenoomonological
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self, idiomathetic, maslow and rogers, MODELS OF WELLNESS, UNCONDITIONAL POSITIVE REGARD
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psychodiagnostics
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process of examining a person from a psychological viewpoint to determine etiology of problem behaviors
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medical model
Definition
germ therapy, not made for behavioral specialists, cause and effect, easy to measure, DO NOT USE NORMAL OR ABBORMAL
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forensic psychology
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legal
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competency
Definition
do you understand the charges, are you able to assist attorney
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insaniity
Definition
legal term, does not appear in psychology, DURING THE TIME OF CONDUCT DID ACT AS A RESULT OF MENTAL DISEASE OR DEFICIT, may be found competent but not sane
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legal system tests
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MMPII AND WORSCHAW
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closest interaction
Definition
french and italian
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most widely used method of personality assessment
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try to see if interviewee will make good fit witht he rest
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kholberg
Definition
morality develops in 3 stages, MORAL DILEMA SCALE
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sskinner
Definition
never a therapist, behavior modification, field of learning,
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beck inventory
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number one used, most widely researched of all inventories
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myers briggs
Definition
self esteem, mother and daughter THEORIES OF CARL JUNG (introversion and extroversion
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MMPI-II
Definition
567 true false, lie detector built in
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validity scales
Definition
lie detecter
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projective techniques
Definition
lawrence frank, not many places use this, use to ask better questions, try not to interpret,
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wor dassociation
Definition
introduced by galton, practiced by jung USED TO DETECT CLUSTERS OF UNCONCSSIOUS IMAGES
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sentence completion
Definition
most valid, do not need test can create your own, children tend to be most honest
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drawing
Definition
up to age 15 (start to become self conscious)
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worschach ink blot test
Definition
only as good as the interpreter
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