clinical psychology
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- nomothetic approach
- the approach that examines or attempts to identify general principles of behavior,demphasising individual differences. this approach is associated with empiracally orinted clinical practice.
- The context of discovery
- Coming up with new ideas, claims about the world
- What do counseling psychologists do
- Preventative treatment, wellnes Consultation, outreach programming Vocational counseling Short-term counseling/therapy
- Clinical practicum
- a training experince designed to build specific clinical skills
- Most phenomena in psychology have many causes
- They are multi-determined
- The context of justification
- Evaluating those ideas, claims
- Clinical science model
- a clinical psychology training model that emphazises empiracally supported approaches to assement, preventon , and clinical intervention
- Philosophy of science
- A branch of philosophy that seeks to understand how science works
- Clinical psychologist can do many jobs
- Therapy/intervention Diagnosis/assessment Teaching, clinical supervision Consultation, administrationResearch
- Loss of social support
- causes depression to get worse
- Karl Popper (1902-1994):
- Philosopher Wrote in this area The Logic of Scientific Discovery (1934
- The scientific method:
- A system for evaluating claims about the world
- Cognitive-behavioral therapy
- causes clients with depression to get better
- idiographic approach
- the approach that emphazises individual differences over general behavior principles