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Topic: PS505 Assignment 8Description:Your assignment should be 5-6 pages of main content and address the following:Select one of the hypothetical scenarios provided and elaborate on the significance of the presenting issues. Identify additional case data that might be considered for a diagnosis.Explain three constructs that will be included in your assessment.For example, intelligence and achievement, emotional and behavioral functioning, neuropsychological and personality evaluations, interest and vocational inventories.Discuss the importance of a comprehensive analysis, including structured behavioral interview, and relevant psychological tools in determining the appropriate diagnosis.
Hypothetical Scenario Chosen: The Business Student Who Behaved BizarrelyNew, strange behaviors that the subject doesn’t recognize can be an indication of a serious psychological disorder. Consider a 21-year-old business student whose bizarre behaviors worried friends and family. He became increasingly agitated, and several people overheard him whispering in an angry voice. Friends and family reached out, but the young man claimed that he couldn’t answer the phone because a chip placed in his brain by aliens would explode if he did. He didn’t abuse drugs or alcohol, but his aunt had been in and out of mental institutions. The young man’s psychologist recognized that he was suffering from paranoid schizophrenia and referred him for comprehensive psychiatric care.
As a clinical psychologist, you’ll encounter plenty of interesting cases of your own. Learn how to write case studies while you’re in school so that you can contribute to professional discourse in your field after you graduate.
Your assignment should be a 5–6 page expository essay, not including the title and reference pages, and should include the following elements:
Title page: Provide your name, title of assignment, course and section number, and date.Body: Answer all the questions in complete sentences and paragraphs.Your responses should reflect professional writing standards, using proper tone and language. The writing and writing style should be correct and accurate, and reflect knowledge of skills and practice in the human service profession.Reference page: Sources listed in APA format.Include a minimum of four scholarly or academic sources to support your responses and conclusions plus your textbook.Use Times New Roman 12-point font, double-spaced and left aligned.Use standard 1 margins on all sides.Use APA formatting and citation style.This assignment assesses the following Course Outcome:
PS505-4: Apply psychological testing, measurement, and assessment knowledge to a hypothetical scenario.
Textbook used:Cohen, R.J., Schneider, W.J., & Tobin, R.M. (2022). Psychological testing and assessment: An introduction to tests and measurement, (10th ed.). McGraw-Hill Education
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