Psychological tests and ethical considerations There is no doubt that psychological assessments are an important tool to evaluate a variety of mental facets. The main purpose of assessments is to gather enough information to issue a report regarding one or various mental aspects of an individual. These reports can significantly change a person 's life or society either favorably or unfavorably. That is why evaluators who conduct and emit reports must have the necessary expertise to make accurate ones. Furthermore, evaluators should use the appropriate assessment tools in order to be accurate. A test that has been of much controversy is the Rorschach inkblot test (RIT). The RIT is a psychological test, consisting of ten inkblot cards, oriented …show more content…
A negative assessment report may cause direct or indirect consequences to the person who was evaluated, (Michaels, 2006). The RIT has no apparent good or bad answers, (Radford, 2011). Answers that are judged as improper by the evaluator could disfavor the assesse. For instance, a direct consequence of an incorrect diagnosis can lead to leave a person in jail that perhaps deserves a reduction of sentence or parole. Indirectly, it can harm a person by classifying it as mentally ill, (Michaels, …show more content…
In addition, they must indicate any significant constraint of their analyses, (APA, 2010; Michaels, 2006). The interpretation of the RIT rests on judgments of evaluators. Several studies have indicated that this test scores poorly according to traditional psychometric standards. It has also been found that two experts can observe the same data and draw different or even contradictory conclusions, (Kaplan & Saccuzzo, 2009). Misinterpretations of psychological tests could be detrimental in many ways, such as releasing a dangerous criminal, or leave a person without adequate treatment. Moreover, misinterpretation of tests could label individuals as mentally ill and limit them to get certain services or jobs, (Michaels,
The purpose of this case study summary is to explain the patient’s psychiatric diagnoses and psychosocial assessment. This report will include an explanation of the patient’s illness and interventions that can help the patient improve. It will also describe the impact of the humanbecomoing school of thought and its influence in patient care. The following information should remain confidential and with significant respect as it is an in depth guide of a patient’s care and health problems.
First of all, through this assignment, I have learned that a theory is an interrelated set of concepts and propositions, organized into deductive systems that explain relationships among different aspects. It is an overall explanation of the person in environment configuration, and helps explain why a problem is occurring. It will also provide a social worker with a set of ideas that will help the social worker get a better understanding of the problem. In addition, there are many different theories, and perspectives that are used in the social work field to empower people and to promote a positive society for all. This particular case is associated with bio-psychosocial approach
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In conclusion, even though the test was developed for purposes totally unrelated to accessing character structure and personality problems, psychologists today have found ways to use this test in order to help access personality and probe the unconscious mind. Also, despite all the controversy that is caused by this test regarding the results and if they are meaningless, there are still findings that even though throughout the decades it is used less, to this day it is still a number one choice to assess a personality.
for too long, they can stop us from doing the things we want to and
... Scheff should not dismiss the influence of psychopathological variables on mental illness. Gove (1980) also criticizes Scheff's empirical methodology and operations.
... and future; however, most tests do emphasize the importance of understanding different characteristics of personalities. In addition, the TAT is considered to be a projective personality test, which is still used today (Davis & Buskist, p. 282).
The first contact between an officer and a probationer is when an officer estimates a probationer’s risk. This is deterring if re-offending of a crime in the presentence investigation report. The report informs the type of supervision the probationers, receives. Certain disorders in its self are a fragile predictor of recidivism compared to factors such as substance abuse such as mental disorder (Trotter). One example is substance abuse it is one of the eight risk factors for general recidivism, and was found to have a mean effect on general recidivism compared to a negative effect on mental disorders. Officers mistakenly believe that many disorders are a forceful risk factor and rate probationers with mental disorder as high-risk. Even agencies uses a structured risk measurement to assessment probationers’ risk, officers may look away from ratings risk that disagree with their perceptions to rate the probationer’s.
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Validity and reliability: The assessment has an overall reliability coefficient of .93 based on test-retest reliability, making it an extremely reliable assessment (Fredricks, 2010). For it 's validity rate, the assessment has an overall validity of 93.9% (Fredricks, 2010). However, many argue that this reliability and validity be accepted with caution. The test-retest reliability is limited by the fact that it is only reported over a two-week period. In addition, the sample population with a high occurrence of substance abuse disorder, could attribute to it 's high validity rate (Fredricks, 2010).
Applied scientists apply knowledge to solve practical problems of the modern world rather than acquire knowledge for knowledge sake. Basic scientists pursue knowledge motivated by scientific curiosity or interest in a scientific question and study a phenomenon to expand understanding in order to contribute to scientific advances in the area, not to solve a problem. The role of the policy evaluator is one in which psychologists who have methodological skills in assessing how well a policy has worked provide data regarding the effects of that policy. A forensic evaluator is responsible for providing forensic mental health assessments and expert court testimony on a variety of topics related to legal questions involving mental and emotional disorders, intellectual functioning, substance abuse, and other clinical disorders, as well as capacities that are directly related to the legal question. The role of ...
In this world, there are many different individuals who are not only different in demographics but also different neurologically. Due to an immense amount of people it is important to first understand each individual, in order, to better understand them and to help them when it comes to certain areas such as education, the work force, and etc…. For this reason psychologists have aimed to further understand individuals through the use of psychological assessments. This paper aims to examine a particular assessment tool, the Stanford-Binet Intelligence Scales (Fifth Edition), which measures both intelligence and cognitive abilities (Roid, 2003). This assessment is usually administered by psychologists and the scores are most often used to determine placement in academics and services allotted to children and adolescents (despite their compatibility for adults) (Wilson & Gilmore, 2012). Furthermore before the investigation dives into the particulars of the test, such as its strengths and weakness’, it is best to first learn more about the intelligence scales general characteristics.
... a trial that lead to small changes in performance that seek to reduce the error on the next trial” (Gluck et al., 2014, p. 133). As students of psychology, it is important to realize that all tests are not fail proof. We shouldn’t become dependent on the results of the tests and surveys that we provide to the general public as though it is a “reliable indicator of the test taker’s ability and knowledge” (Gladwell, 2005, p. 56).
Self-report personality inventories such as these allow for a comparison of various traits within an individual to other people’s qualities (Nevid, 2015, p. 435). Additionally, this form of testing is inexpensive to administer and score. Another benefit of these types of tests is the likelihood that one will be honest, due to the lack of face-to-face communication with an interviewer (Nevid, 2015, p. 436). Lastly, this form of testing also offers the possibility of boosting one’s confidence level, because of the positive wording that does not focus on the negative aspects of one’s personality (Caswell & Stromberg, 2015, para. 21). Nevertheless, negative factors remain, such as the results of these tests have the ability to change based on one’s mood, which may have been the reason for the variance in my testing results. According to an article by Vox media, fifty percent of testers had a changed result in as little as five weeks after the first testing experience (Caswell & Stromberg, 2015, para. 24). These self-reported tests depend on the truthfulness of the individual taking the test, thus they rely on the self-judgment of one’s opinion (Nevid, 2015, p. 435) Additionally, these tests which are bias, measure a single dimension of personality (Nevid, 2015, p.
Assessment is a core component in research. Clinical Psychologists use various types of assessments ...