Tuesday, January 25, 2011

Clinical Psychology Coverage

Assessment of Intelligence

It is a scientific based mental testing which measures variety of cognitive abilities general reasoning, sensorimotor functioning, spatal orientation and etc.

We can assess it in the form of Standardized Test


Personality Assessment
An assessment that measure personal characteristic or traits of an individual

We can assess personality using Projective test and Objective test

Behavioral Assessment
Assessment that tries to measures Specific behavior

We can assess it behavior by rating scales

Clinical Judgment
the application of information based on actual observation of a patient combined with subjective and objective data that lead to a conclusion.
(http://medical-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com/clinical+judgment)

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