PSYC 714 - Clinical Assessment

3 Credits

514 Prerequisite(s): None This course integrates various assessment methodologies, including Life Style Assessment techniques, MMPI, MBTI, Beck Depression scales, Intelligence Testing, Projective Testing, DSM-IV Diagnoses, Priorities Interview Technique, and the TAT, for a comprehensive process of assessment. The purposes, techniques, and process of clinical assessment will be explored. Techniques for understanding of non-verbal, verbal, and interpersonal transactions, including the recapitulation of the family structure and dynamics are examined. Students are introduced to situational assessment, psychological inference and report writing.