Psychology January 8th‚ 2014 Chapter 9: Intelligence and Psychological Testing Key Concepts in Psychological Testing Standardization - Test norms - Standardization group Reliability - Correlation coefficient Validity - Content validity (ex. Acadia entrance test thats only math based‚ not fair to all) - Criterion-related validity (ex. test is able to predict something important - Construct validity Characteristics of a good test - Reliability: test-retest (test again)‚ split half (score
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Psychiatria Danubina‚ 2012; Vol. 24‚ No. 3‚ pp 256-266 © Medicinska naklada - Zagreb‚ Croatia Review THE ROLE OF PERSONALITY TRAITS IN POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER (PTSD) Nenad Jakšić1‚ Lovorka Brajković1‚ Ena Ivezić2‚ Radmila Topić1 & Miro Jakovljević1 1 Department of Psychiatry‚ University Hospital Centre Zagreb‚ Croatia 2 Psychiatric Hospital “Sveti Ivan”‚ Zagreb‚ Croatia revised: 10.8.2012; accepted: 22.8.2012 received: 28.6.2012; SUMMARY Background: A number of studies have
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The Development of Empathy – a literature review - [pic] Empathy cannot be taught‚ but it can be caught – Mary Gordon - Student: Vanessa Anseline Introduction Empathy and caring is an essential part of human health. We love because we can empathize (Szalavitz & Perry‚ 2010). Empathy underlies everything that makes society work; such as altruism‚ collaboration‚ love and charity. Failures to empathize are a key part of social problems‚ such as crime‚ violence‚ war‚ racism‚ child abuse and
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H. H. Holmes: Master of Illusion Swindler [pic] Marion Hedgepeth The discovery of a murder in Philadelphia in October 1894 opened the door to a case that few could believe. Marion Hedgepeth‚ a one-time cellmate of a man who went by the name H.M. Howard‚ informed police about a recent scam. It involved insuring a man named Benjamin Pitezel for $10‚000 with the Fidelity Mutual Life Association in 1893 in Chicago‚ and then faking his death in a laboratory explosion by substituting a cadaver
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Carl Rogers and Person Centered Counseling Cheri Burns Theories of Personality‚ Psy 330 Brandy Goldston August 17‚ 2009 Introduction Carl Rogers‚ (1902-1987)‚ was an American psychologist who developed person-centered therapy. This type of humanistic counseling deals with the ways in which people perceive themselves consciously rather than having a counselor try to interpret unconscious thoughts or ideas. There are many different components and tools used in person-centered counseling‚
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Ethics key words and concepts Ethics 1: truth telling Duty of candour: This is the duty of being honest and straightforward in attitude and speech. The moral tension between beneficence and respect for autonomy: The principle of nonmaleficence is translated from ‘first‚ do no harm’ (Hippocratic oath) and what intends to say that if you can not do any good without causing harm then do not do it at all. The principle of beneficence is understood as the first principle of morality and follows
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Psych 103 (Psychopathology) 4/1/14 lifetime prevelance of mental illness throughout life- 46% females are twice as likely to be diagnosed throughout the ages 18-24 critical ages to be diagnosed biracial- more likely to suffer severe mental disorders neuropsychiatritic- takes off 28.47 years same as CVAD- *shift- primary doctors are now prescribing medicine for general mental disorders. more complex ones are still left for the psychiatrists. neuroanatomists- what goes wrong mentally
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story of a swindle: Profit‚ fraud‚ and death. The New York Times‚ p. B1. Brody‚ R.G.‚ & Kiehl‚ K.A. (2010). From white-collar crime to red-collar crime. Journal of Financial Crime ‚ 17 (3)‚ 351-364. Encyclopedia of Mental Disorders. (n.d.). Psychopathy Checklist. Retrieved October 6‚ 2010‚ from Encyclopedia of Mental Disorders Web Site: www.minddisorders.com Hammer‚ R Leiner‚ J. (2010‚ fall semester). Fraud Examination for Accountants‚ ACG 6686. Class Lecture. Florida Atlantic University. Perri
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CSR RELATED DOCUMETNS: http://www.boxofficemojo.com/genres/chart/?id=documentary.htm Supersize me (McDonalds): http://freedocumentaries.org/film.php?id=98 The film documents this lifestyle ’s drastic effects on Spurlock ’s physical and psychological well-being‚ and explores the fast food industry ’s corporate influence‚ including how it encourages poor nutrition for its own profit. The reason for Spurlock ’s investigation was the increasing spread of obesity throughout U.S. society‚ which the
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Patient: Ms. Jane Doe DOB: 2/18/82 Address: Jones‚MS Civil Status: Married Nationality: Caucasian Religion: Baptist Admission: 9/7/12 Discharged: 9/10/12 Unit: Adult Type of Admission: Voluntary Ms. Doe is a 30 year old white female. She is married and lives at home with her husband‚ her four children (ages 11‚ 9‚ 6‚ and 4 yrs). Her youngest brother lives in the home with them‚ also. She is a graduate from Jones High School and is currently
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