Interpersonal Therapy - Techniques

Not surprisingly, given its psychodynamic roots, IPT incorporates a number of “traditional” psychotherapeutic methods, such as exploration, clarificatio…

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Client Centered Therapy - Goals and Process

Client-centered therapy was not intended for a specific age group or subpopulation, but has been used to treat a broad range of people. It has been appl…

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Behaviour Modification - Concept, Applications, Methods, Examples

Behavior modification is based on methodological behaviorism, which refers to limiting behavior-change procedures to behaviors that are observable—in pa…

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Psychoanalytic Therapy - Basic Tenets

The idea that some mental processes, such as motives, desires, and memories are not available to awareness or conscious introspection. It is often refer…

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Thematic Apperception Test - ‘Pull’ of TAT Cards

Familiarity with the frequently noted features, commonly elicited story lines, and issues often tapped for each card provides a backdrop for grasping th…

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Rorschach Inkblot Method - Test, Reliability, Validity

Responses to each card are recorded verbatim and reaction times are noted. Then an inquiry is conducted where the subject identifies the characteristics…

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The Edwards Personal Preference Schedule

Edwards derived the test content from the human needs system theory proposed by Henry Alexander Murray, which measures the rating of individuals in fift…

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Sentence Completion Test

The SCT typically consists of thirty to one hundred brief sentence stems which the subject is instructed to complete with the first words that come to m…

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Behavior Rating Inventory of Executive Function - PreSchool

The original Behavior Rating Inventory of Executive Function (BRIEF) was the basis for the development of the BRIEF-P. Consequently, the BRIEF-P is an e…

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Sociosexual Orientation Inventory - SOI

Simpson and Gangestad constructed the Sociosexual Orientation Inventory (SOI) in 1991. The SOI was constructed as a one dimensional bipolar measure...

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Raven’s Progressive Matrices

The matrices are posed in three different forms for participants of different ability: Standard Progressive Matrices, Coloured Progressive Matrices and …

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Mismatched Validity

Some tests are useful in diverse situations, but no test works well for all tasks with all people in all situations. In his classic 1967 article, Gordon…

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